BERMUDA EMBRACES A HANDFUL OF ACES!
With us this week for the first time is Hall of Famer Gail Greenberg, a six-time World Champion and author of several bridge classics. She is here with partner, Jeff Hand, and their Bridge Sprees group, and they have both kindly agreed to sit on the Prophet’s Panel TODAY, so don’t miss that event.
Well, it may be too early to say, but it looks very much as if Gail is already giving the Bermuda Regional a big thumbs - up!
Another Hall of Fame member, Eddie Wold, has an unusual claim to bridge greatness: amongst his many other sparking achievements in the game, he is one of the few to have won a gold medal for
a) an open event (the World Transnational Teams in Paris),
b) a seniors' event (World Championships in Bali), and c) a women’s event (non-playing captain of the US Olympiad team in 1996). “So, to make my trophy cabinet complete,” he gently jests, “all I need is one of those Bermuda Regional Section Top mugs.”
Although he has played bridge in Bermuda several times before, we are honoured that he and his partner, Bob Morris, have chosen to return this year. And return in clouds of glory they certainly did, winning, with their team mates, the Round Robin Event on Sunday. Some calling card!
When A.C.B.L Board member Sharon Fairchild (L) first visited our Regional, she was A.C.B.L. President and was so impressed with the tournament that she promised to return often. And she has certainly proved a woman of her word as, along with husband Stan, . she has returned almost every January since. Bermuda welcomes them both back again in 2018 and thanks them for their continued and fantastic support.
Yet another A.C.B.L past President who is visiting this week is Phyllis Harmon, who was here as President in 2014. Phyllis confesses that the Bermuda Tournament has always been one of her favourites, which is quite a coincidence, as she has always been one of our Tournament’ s favourites too!
There are no higher aces than these four in any pack, and the Bermuda Regional is delighted and proud to be holding them this week.
Contents
Mini Bridge Winners 2 Bermuda, Bridge and the Bond Connection 3 Expert Lecture 3 Past Hands – Yesterday’s Best 4 The Backhander – Yesterday’s Best 5 1 Results 6-13 Profit from the Prophet 14 The Bermuda regional 2019 15
The Sharpe Edge - Today's Notices 16
SALAD DAYS AND GLORY PLAYS!
Interest in the game of bridge continues to grow steadily in the Island’s High Schools, thanks, in no small part, to
the unflagging efforts of local player John Burville and his ever-growing team of willing helpers
from the established bridge community.
On Sunday, John ran his second inter-school mini bridge event in the Gardenia Room for Bermudian players
under 21 and who have never before played bridge at a bridge club or at an ACBL event. The event was extremely
well attended with 28 entrants from four out of five of the Island’s High Schools and was followed by a special
awards ceremony and prize-giving by Brian McNamara of AIG, a local insurance company which has agreed to
sponsor John’s youth programme here for the next three years. Youth bridge has never seemed in safer hands!
Overall winners of the event were Trent Harris and Alex Southern, pictured here with John (L) and Brian McNamara
First N/S w ere Isiah Cabral and Tariq White
First E/W were Keitalia Simons and Kaleyo James 2
BERMUDA, BRIDGE , AND THE LOMBARDINI & BARRETT BOND CONNECTION 24 CARAT
During the Second World War, Canadian spymaster William Stephenson (that man called Intrepid) was based at the Hamilton Princess, the Fairmont's sister hotel, where he frequently met with Ian Fleming, also On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It is said that Fleming’s creation, James Bond, was modelled on
Stephenson, (Fleming himself once wrote, "James
Bond is a highly romanticized version of a true spy. The real thing is ... William Stephenson"), who eventually retired and died here.
Bond bridge boffins will recognize a celebrated hand used in the 007 film “Moonraker” against the dastardly villain Drax. Known popularly as the Duke of Cumberland Hand, it was a purportedly rigged hand Jade, Dr. Donna Lombardini and a keen student first dealt the son of King George 111 resulting in the Nuggets of wisdom were easy to find in the many loss of a $20,000 wager, no small potatoes in those interesting anecdotes told yesterday by this well- days. known double act. As immensely successful coaches THE HAND themselves, both Jade and Donna offered interesting
insight into what it takes to get the most out of this 007 game of ours. And perhaps the most interesting ♠ lesson of all is that we never ever master bridge, we ♥ only learn to manage it, that the game is always ♦ Q8765432 difficult and sometimes terrifying to even the most Drax ♣ AQ1084 Meyer accomplished of us. ♠ AKQJ ♠ 65432
♥ AKQJ ♥ 109872 That said, their advice was to work and train hard at ♦ AK ♦ J109 the game, especially in this age of internet when we ♣ KJ9 M ♣ can practise every day, but not to expect to play the ♠10987 perfect game every time. As Donna reminded us, ♥ 6543 “When you make a mistake, put it behind you – ♦ nobody died and there’s always another hand!” ♣76532 Doctor’s Orders!
THE BIDDING We were also strongly advised to live by our agreed
convention card and not to fudge on aspects of it Bond (N) Meyer (E) M (S) Drax (W) with partner. Finally, we were urged not to be
7♣ (!!) Pass Pass Double intimidated by players we might consider good –
Redouble!!! Pass Pass Pass “Make them prove they’re better than you,” said Jade,
“and perhaps you’ll find that, after all, they’re not!” THE PLAY Wise, winning words, indeed, from two championship coaches. Although 007 has only 8 points in his hand, there was no give and get by about his approach to the play. By neutralizing Drax’s trumps with a double finesse and promoting his diamonds, which he LISA’S LAUGH-IN somehow knew were forever, he established a
legendary 13 tricks, fully justifying his licence to thrill. Overheard at a game in Missouri after a badly bungled board.
“Hey, Partner, the Partnership "Umm, that hand has certainly shaken and stirred the Desk never told me when you living daylights out of me!" learned to play bridge. I mean, I know it was today, but what time today?” 3
PAST HANDS - YESTERDAY'S BEST by ROBERT TODD
Another 12 IMPs for 3NT! Dealer: South Vul: N/S
♠ A643
♥ 932
♦ 96
♣ 9842
♠ JT98 ♠ 5 ♥ JT65 ♥ Q74 ♦ T7532 ♦ QJ84 ♣ -- ♣ AJT65 ♠ KQ72
♥ AK8
♦ AK
♣ KQ73
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST P P 2. P 2 P 2NT P 3. X XX* P All 3NT Pass
Bob Hamman’s Rule, “If 3NT is a possible contract for you to consider, you should probably choose it,” is true here again!
On this hand, South shows a big balanced hand and after a lead-directing X of 3., South XX to suggest playing there. Now knowing about the large . fit, North judges that East must have long . to make a lead-directing double. North could search for a fit, but he knows that if . are breaking poorly then may be as well. Thus, North chooses 3NT, which turns out to be wise because 3.XX will likely not make!
West could defeat 3NT with a lead, but the solid suit is too tempting, so the J is led.
In 3NT, if split, then South needs only 1. trick to make 9 tricks; South needs 2. tricks if aren’t breaking. If South makes the natural play of going to the dummy with the A and leading up to the . honors (playing the .K or .Q), then he will go down because he will only win 1♣ trick. Instead, South carefully insures 2. tricks by winning the opening lead in hand and leading the .K a trick 2. South wins the return of the Q and leads a low . to the .9, losing to the .T. This creates a finessing position against East’s .J and when declarer regains the lead and tests the , he is rewarded for his forethought by needing his 2. tricks to make the contract!
3NT making 9 tricks, while 4 goes down at the other table. Another 12 IMPs for 3NT!!
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THE BACKHANDER - YESTERDAY'S BEST by ROBERT TODD
An Excellent Offer and a Stellar Choice Dealer: East Vul: E-W
♠ AK543
♥ T
♦ AKJ3
♣ A42
♠ JT982 ♠ 6 ♥ J75 ♥ A32 ♦ T85 ♦ 962 ♣ Q7 ♣ T98653 ♠ Q7
♥ KQ9864
♦ Q74
♣ KJ
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST P 1♥ P 1 P 2♥ P 3♦ P 3NT P All 5NT P 6♦ Pass
Here is a hand from the Monday Evening Championship Pairs where North took a thoughtful action that bore fruit.
After a good start to the auction that led to N/S reaching 3NT, North was not ready to throw in the towel. Instead of just jumping to 6NT, as happened at many tables, North made a good bid of 5NT – “pick a slam”! South, willing to play in either ♦ or if North had very strong holdings in those suits offered the cheaper of the two, and 6♦ became the final contract!
6♦ is a better contract than 6NT because it has the advantage of declarer being able to do some ruffing in the short side and still draw trump if they are 4-2, and if the ♦ are 3-3, declarer can draw trump and still be able to ruff a ♥ to establish dummy’s ♥ suit!
On the actual lie of the cards East led the 6, which declarer won in hand and then led a ♥ towards the dummy. When East won the ♥A, the hand was over. Even if East had found the duck of the ♥A, then with ♦ breaking 3-3 declarer could draw trump and establish the ♥ suit.
In Matchpoints, most slams that make with fewer than 33 HCP are good results. Finding a making 6 contract in a 4-3 fit is an excellent result, even if some pairs find a way to make 6NT!!
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YESTERDAY 'S RESULTS
MON MORN SIDE GAME - 13.5 Tables A B C 4.55 1 1 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Foster Osborne, Summit NJ 70.41% 3.41 2 Selena Swanson - John Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 64.49% 2.56 3 Eric Endicott - Linda Akazawa, Toronto ON 63.49% 2.76 4 2 Jane Grewcock, Summit NJ; Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA 63.08% 1.44 5 John Grant, Willowdale ON; Gary Holmes, Toronto ON 60.08% 2.63 6 3 1 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 59.83% 1.97 4 2 Carol Armstrong - Starr Potter, Louisville KY 56.93% 1.48 5 3 Rosemary Smith, Hamilton Bermuda; Maryann Perry, Essex England 56.21% 1.11 6 4 Janet Trinder, Oakville ON; Mignon Williams, New York NY 54.84% 0.83 5 Maureen Sabo, Bedford Hills NY; Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO 51.62%
MON MORN NEWCOMER PAIRS -8.5 Tables A B C 2.22 1 1 1 Carol Litwak - Jim Litwak, Sunset SC 62.85% 1.67 2 2 2 Mary Roy, Glen Mills PA; Patti Kiely, Berwyn PA 61.71% 1.25 3 3 3 Kay Slevin, Malvern PA; Jane Young, Wayne PA 60.89% 0.94 4 Kathy Rose, Trenton NS; Joyce Pierce, Wolfville NS 59.42% 0.78 5 4 Mary O'Brien - Yvonne Dubois, Toronto ON 54.73% 0.58 5 Deborah Glass, Bryn Mawr PA; Cynthia Verges, Chesterbrook PA 54.58% 0.59 4 Jim Aston - Barbara Aston, North York ON 53.10%
MON AFT SIDE GAME - 27.0 Tables A B C 7.01 1 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 67.75% 5.26 2 Selena Swanson - John Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 65.65% 5.60 3 1 1 Roger Quillen - Joanna Quillen, Decatur GA 64.02% 4.32 4 Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON; Wendy Ripley Margraff, St Petersburg FL 63.31% 4.20 5 2 Jane Grewcock, Summit NJ; Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA 62.59% 3.15 6 3 Andrew Dykes - Helene Dykes, Mission Viejo CA 59.20% 2.16 7 Mary Eliza Jacob, Toronto ON; Shelagh Paulsson, Ottawa ON 58.41% 2.36 4 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Foster Osborne, Summit NJ 57.54% 2.96 5 2 Maureen Sabo, Bedford Hills NY; Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO 56.47% 2.22 6 3 Steven Trumper - Sandra Curtis, Toronto ON 55.96% 1.82 7 4 Maria Wilson - Lynne D'Arville, Nassau Bahamas 55.64% 1.27 5 Sandy Walker - Ginettee Brown, Nassau Bahamas 55.46% 0.93 6 Barbara Simpson - Grace Johnson, Chatham NJ 54.76%
MON AFT NEWCOMER PAIRS - 10.0 Tables A B C 2.33 1 1 1 Shirley Powers - Barbara Eastwood, New Albany OH 62.24% 1.75 2 2 2 Jim Aston - Barbara Aston, North York ON 59.59% 1.31 3 Veronica Boyce - Shirley Higgins, Hamilton Bermuda 58.27% 1.04 4 3 Sarah Lorimer Turner, St Georges Bermuda; Diana Downs, Warwick Wk Bermuda 56.75% 0.78 5 4 3 Marie Bitetti, New York City NY; Carolyn Bitetti, Belmont MA 55.95% 0.58 6 5 Rosemary Dangler, Summit NJ; Mary Ann Kinum, Harwich MA 54.56%
MON EVE SIDE GAME - 14.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 Constance Galanti, Crest Hill IL; Wynn Cook, Aurora IL 70.27% 3.41 2 1 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Jane Grewcock, Summit NJ 64.96% 2.80 3 Selena Swanson - John Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 58.14% 1.92 4 Kathy Centorino, Chestnut Hill MA; Janice Smola, Arlington MA 56.44% 1.96 5 Eric Endicott - Linda Akazawa, Toronto ON 55.68% 2.50 6 2 Maureen Donovan, Halifax NS; Sheila Leard, Bedford NS 54.92% 1.87 3 Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Judy Hyde, Los Angeles CA 53.79% 1.40 4 Bari Boyer - Carol Seager, Worcester MA 53.60% 1.05 5 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 52.27% 2.04 1 Richard Hall, Southampton Bermuda; James Fraser, Hamilton Bermuda 52.08% 1.53 2 Anne Powell - Tony Murfin, Nokomis FL 51.89% 1.15 3 Mary Murphy - Nancy Redding, Waterford CT 50.19%
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MON EVE NEWCOMER PAIRS - 9.5 Tables A B C 2.33 1 1 Mary O'Brien - Yvonne Dubois, Toronto ON 63.84% 1.75 2 2 1 Juliane Wilbee, Toronto ON; Adeline Young, Pembroke Bermuda 60.06% 1.31 3 3 Felicity Ashby, Toronto ON; Christina Bienkowski, North York ON 59.70% 0.98 4 4 2 Carol Litwak - Jim Litwak, Sunset SC 56.78% 0.74 5 5 Micheal Dawson - Jo-Ann Dawson, Paget Bermuda 55.02% 0.82 6 Claude Guay - Sharon Shanahan, Hamilton Bermuda 54.58% 0.74 3 William Kleinhofer - Susan Garthwaite, Stamford CT 52.54%
SUN-MON SIDE GAME SERIES - 49.75 Tables / Based on 23 Tables
12.51 1/2 Gail Greenberg, New York NY 141.11% 12.51 1/2 Jeff Hand, New York NY 141.11% 9.28 3/4 Foster Osborne, Summit NJ 139.54% 9.28 3/4 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ 139.54% 8.64 5/6 John Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 133.07% 8.64 5/6 Selena Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 133.07% 6.17 7/8 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA 128.04% 6.17 7/8 Jane Grewcock, Summit NJ 128.04% 7.37 9 Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 127.18% 5.11 10/11 Wynn Cook, Aurora IL 122.69% 5.11 10/11 Constance Galanti, Crest Hill IL 122.69% 4.36 12 Richard Palmer, Charlestown MA 122.68%
MON-TUE CHAMPIONSHIP PAIRS, LEADERS - 22.0 Tables A B C 1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 62.40% 2 1 1 Miodrag Novakovic, Niagara On Lake ON; Edward Betteto, Paget Bermuda 61.39% 3 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 60.00% 4 2 2 Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda; Elizabeth McKee, Devonshire Bermuda 59.44% 5 J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON; Dave Willis, Orleans ON 58.58% 6 3 Alan Douglas, Smiths Parish Bermuda; Kevin Comeau, Oakville ON 58.09% 7 Brenda Fortunate - Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 56.87% 8 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 56.49% 9 4 Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda 55.67% 10 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 55.39% 11 Philip Sharpsteen, Jericho VT; Ingi Agnarsson, S Burlington VT 55.35% 12 Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 54.90% 13 5 Judith Bussell, Devonshire Bermuda; Stephanie Kyme, Pembroke Bermuda 54.64% 14 Katherine Love - Donald Smith, Plymouth MA 54.58% 15 6 David Sykes, Flatts Bermuda; Bill Souster, Newport Gwent 54.55% 16 7 Marg Willis - Glenn Barkey, Nepean ON 53.12% 17 8 3 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Graham Fenton, Sarajevo 53.08% 18 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD 52.61% 19 9 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 52.36% 20 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 51.95% 21 10 4 Peter Laubenstein, West Chatham MA; Greg Winkler, Centerville MA 51.56% 22 11 5 Ellen Milano - Catherine Lowell, Charlotte NC 51.39% 12 6 Russell Craft, St Petersburg FL; Michael Viotti, Devonshire Bermuda 51.25% 13 Marcia Wilkins, Hanover NH; Denise Olson, New London NH 49.88% 14 Charles Hall, Smiths Parish Bermuda; Tony Saunders, Paget Bermuda 49.44% 15 7 Betsy Hines, Marshfield Hls MA; Jenny Koenecke, Kingston MA 49.27% 8 Lilian Grant - John Grant, Willowdale ON 46.15% 9 Fabian Hupe, Paget PG05 Bermuda; Margaret Way, Paget Bermuda 44.93%
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MON-TUE GOLD RUSH PAIRS, LEADERS - 32.5 Tables 7 3 1 1 Kathleen Kent - David Kent, Bracebridge ON 63.35% 2 Marilyn McGill, North Falmouth MA; Steven Colman, Falmouth MA 62.80% 3 Carolyn Laible, Short Hills NJ; Ruth Macpherson, Chatham NJ 62.02% 4 2 Linda Russell - Roberta Carter, Halifax NS 61.49% 5 3 Elizabeth Donovan - Dawne Griffiths, Toronto ON 60.72% 6 4 Sherry Kovacs - Michael Kovacs, Livingston NJ 60.60% 7 Eleanor Long, Colorado Spgs CO; Mary Alice Vogt, Shelby MI 59.82% 8 5 Susan Lemkau, Summit NJ; Cynthia Phelan, Short Hills NJ 58.39% 9 Pat Robinson - Patti Bunston-Gunn, Toronto ON 58.10% 10 6 Sharon Cotnam - Robert Cotnam, Pembroke ON 58.04% 11 Verna Macleod - Margaret Oulton, Halifax NS 57.74% 12 7 Shirley McInnes, Halifax NS; Deedee Dyer, Chester NS 57.14% 13 8 Susan Bond, North York ON; Joyce Cram, Toronto ON 56.83% 14 9 Jan Savage, Bronxville NY; Rita Lee, Chatham NJ 56.57% 15 10 Gwen McLaughlin - Suzanne Caty, Oakville ON 56.51% 16 Susie ONeil, Wyndmoor PA; Anna Tyson, Glenside PA 55.60% 17 11 Donna Leitch, Smiths Parish Bermuda; Kathleen Keane, Warwick Bermuda 54.76% 18 12 Maria Wilson - Lynne D'Arville, Nassau Bahamas 54.38% 19 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 54.17% 20 13 Lynne Dunsmuir - Nora Guinane, Toronto ON 53.57% 21 Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda; Jane Clipper, Smiths Parish Bermuda 53.11% 22 14 Caryl Marcellus - Heather Cassels, Toronto ON 52.68% 23 15 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 52.17% 24 16 Beth Schweitzer - Lawrence Schweitzer, Newtown CT 52.02% 25 17 Barbara Simpson - Grace Johnson, Chatham NJ 51.25% 26 Nancy Spencer, Halifax NS; Mary Goodman, Palmetto FL 51.22% 27/29 18/19 James Leitch - Katrina Van Pelt, Smiths Parish Bermuda 51.19% 27/29 18/19 Janice Pengelly - Michael Pengelly, Cambridge ON 51.19% 27/29 Annelies Scheland, Cheshire CW9 8 England; Heather Woolf, Paget Bermuda 51.19% 30 20 Tracy Nash, Smiths Fl 07 Bermuda; Desmond Nash, Smiths Parish Bermuda 51.14% 31 Thomas Gillett, Toronto ON; Gordon Bussell, Devonshire Bermuda 50.30% 32/33 21 Barbara Murray, Chatham NJ; Laurie Newhouse, Austin TX 50.00% 32/33 Lesley Ruggles, Antigonish NS; Sharon Cupples, Fredericton NB 50.00% 22 Elaine Wallace, Berlin CT; Donnadale Smith, Toronto ON 48.79% 23 Verne Chant - Linda Chant, Virgil ON 48.30% 24/25 Kathryn MacIsaac - Helen Prowse, Halifax NS 47.92% 24/25 Ernest Paynter, Hamilton Parish Bermuda; Malcolm Simmons, Warwick Bermuda 47.92%
First-timers from Nova Scotia, Joyce Pierce (L) and Kathryn Rose, won the Sunday afternoon Newcomer Pairs and we congratulate them on this fine result. Nice job, Newcomers and nice shoes, too! 8
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MON MORN SIDE GAME 3 OF 5 SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Piotr Olszewski, 1 Selena Swanson - John Hackettstown NJ; Foster Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 64.49% Osborne, Summit NJ 70.41% 2 1 Jane Grewcock, Summit 2 Eric Endicott - Linda NJ; Deborah Crisfield, Akazawa, Toronto ON 63.49% Philadelphia PA 63.08% 3 2 1 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury 3 John Grant, Willowdale NY; Thomas Koslovsky, ON; Gary Holmes, Toronto ON 60.08% Huntington NY 59.83% 4 Jean Donoho, Louisville 4 3 2 Carol Armstrong - Starr KY; Anne Sixsmith, Potter, Louisville KY 56.93% Washago ON 55.11% 5 4 3 Rosemary Smith, 5 Constance Galanti, Hamilton Bermuda; Crest Hill IL; Wynn Maryann Perry, Essex 56.21% Cook, Aurora IL 52.42% 6 5 4 Janet Trinder, Oakville 6 Joanne Matthews - ON; Mignon Williams, Barbara Steiner, New York NY 54.84% Purchase NY 51.20% 2 Donnadale Smith, Toronto ON; Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON 49.58% 3 1 Sharon Cotnam - Robert Cotnam, Pembroke ON 48.58% 2 Kathleen Kent - David Kent, Bracebridge ON 48.38% MON MORN NEWCOMER PAIRS
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Carol Litwak - Jim 1 1 1 Mary Roy, Glen Mills Litwak, Sunset SC 62.85% PA; Patti Kiely, Berwyn PA 61.71% 2 2 Mary O'Brien - Yvonne 2 2 2 Kay Slevin, Malvern PA; Dubois, Toronto ON 54.73% Jane Young, Wayne PA 60.89% 3 3 Deborah Glass, Bryn 3 Kathy Rose, Trenton NS; Mawr PA; Cynthia Joyce Pierce, Wolfville NS 59.42% Verges, Chesterbrook PA 54.58% 4 3 Jim Aston - Barbara 4 Elizabeth Baillie, Aston, North York ON 53.10% Warwick Bermuda; Lisa Ferrari, Smiths Bermuda 48.64% 2 William Kleinhofer - Susan Garthwaite, Stamford CT 47.85%
MON AFT SIDE GAME 4 OF 5 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS B C D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Kammermayer, 1 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Oakville ON; Wendy Hand, New York NY 67.75% Ripley Margraff, St 63.31% 2 Selena Swanson - John 2 1 Andrew Dykes - Helene Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 65.65% Dykes, Mission Viejo CA 59.20% 3 1 1 Roger Quillen - Joanna 3 Mary Eliza Jacob, Quillen, Decatur GA 64.02% Toronto ON; Shelagh 4 2 Jane Grewcock, Summit Paulsson, Ottawa ON 58.41% NJ; Deborah Crisfield, 4 2 Piotr Olszewski, Philadelphia PA 62.59% Hackettstown NJ; Foster 5 3 2 Maureen Sabo, Bedford Osborne, Summit NJ 57.54% Hills NY; Cyndi 5 3 1 Maria Wilson - Lynne Sauvage, Englewood CO 56.47% D'Arville, Nassau Bahamas 55.64% 6 4 3 Steven Trumper - Sandra 6 4 2 Sandy Walker - Ginettee Curtis, Toronto ON 55.96% Brown, Nassau Bahamas 55.46% 7 5 4 Lorraine Novinski, 7 5 3 Barbara Simpson - Grace Morristown NJ; Elinor Johnson, Chatham NJ 54.76% Danon, Montville NJ 53.51% 8 6 Anne Sixsmith, Washago 8 6 5 E Lynn Cripe, Southbury ON; Bea Williams, CT; Marsha Scherr, Barmuda Burundi 54.46% Danbury CT 52.49% 9 Susan Tane, Westport 9 7 6 Gail Holzer - Gil CT; Marilyn Leiter, Holzer, Atlanta GA 52.04% Floral Park NY 54.01% 10 8 7 Mary Murphy - Nancy 10 7 4 Moaiz Daya - Nurjehan Redding, Waterford CT 51.92% Daya, Westport CT 53.92% 11 9 8 Susie ONeil, Wyndmoor 11 8 5 Ellen Davidson, PA; Anna Tyson, Glenside PA 51.70% Hamilton Bermuda; Jeanette Shaw, Somerset 53.91% 9 6 Brenda Moffatt, Coldwater ON; Jill Bell, Orillia ON 52.63% 9
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MON AFT NEWCOMER PAIRS
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Jim Aston - Barbara 1 1 1 Shirley Powers - Aston, North York ON 59.59% Barbara Eastwood, New 2 2 Sarah Lorimer Turner, Albany OH 62.24% St Georges Bermuda; 2 Veronica Boyce - Diana Downs, Warwick 56.75% Shirley Higgins, 3 3 Anthony Walker - Fiona Hamilton Bermuda 58.27% Aberle, Nassau Bahamas 53.97% 3 2 2 Marie Bitetti, New York 4 4 Gina Graham - Felicity City NY; Carolyn Lunn, Smiths Parish Bermuda 50.99% Bitetti, Belmont MA 55.95% 4 3 Rosemary Dangler, Summit NJ; Mary Ann Kinum, Harwich MA 54.56%
MON-TUE CHAMPIONSHIP PRS FIRST SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton 1 1 1 Miodrag Novakovic, FL; Oren Kriegel, Niagara On Lake ON; Chicago IL 62.40% Edward Betteto, Paget 61.39% 2 1 1 Rachael Gosling, Paget 2 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Bermuda; Elizabeth Hand, New York NY 60.00% McKee, Devonshire Bermuda 59.44% 3 J Mark Siegrist, 3 2 Alan Douglas, Smiths Gloucester ON; Dave Parish Bermuda; Kevin Willis, Orleans ON 58.58% Comeau, Oakville ON 58.09% 4 Brenda Fortunate - 4 3 Gertrude Barker, Edward White, Grand Warwick Bermuda; Jane Blanc MI 56.87% Smith, Flatts Bermuda 55.67% 5 Yasuko Shrenzel, 5 Rena Lieberman, North Honolulu HI; Kyoko Easton MA; Margie Shimamura, Tokyo 136 56.49% Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 55.39% 6 2 Judith Bussell, 6 Philip Sharpsteen, Devonshire Bermuda; Jericho VT; Ingi Stephanie Kyme, 54.64% Agnarsson, S Burlington VT 55.35% 7 Katherine Love - Donald 7 Phyllis Harlan, Smith, Plymouth MA 54.58% Oklahoma City OK; 8 3 David Sykes, Flatts Sharon Fairchild, Rocky 54.90% Bermuda; Bill Souster, 8 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Newport Gwent 54.55% Point SD; Donna 9 4 Marg Willis - Glenn Lombardini, Alcester SD 52.61% Barkey, Nepean ON 53.12% 9 4 Christina Parker, 5 2 Alan Godes, Needham MA; Newton Center MA; Graham Fenton, Sarajevo 53.08% Stewart Rubenstein, 52.36% 6 3 Peter Laubenstein, West 5 2 Russell Craft, St Chatham MA; Greg Petersburg FL; Michael Winkler, Centerville MA 51.56% Viotti, Devonshire Bermuda 51.25% 4 Ellen Milano - 6 Charles Hall, Smiths Catherine Lowell, Parish Bermuda; Tony Charlotte NC 51.39% Saunders, Paget Bermuda 49.44% 3 Lilian Grant - John Grant, Willowdale ON 46.15%
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
MON-TUE GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Carolyn Laible, Short Hills 1 1 Kathleen Kent - David Kent, NJ; Ruth Macpherson, Chatham NJ 62.02% Bracebridge ON 63.35% 2 Susie ONeil, Wyndmoor PA; 2 2 Linda Russell - Roberta Anna Tyson, Glenside PA 55.60% Carter, Halifax NS 61.49% 3 Lisa Hadar, Woodbury NY; 3 3 Susan Lemkau, Summit NJ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 54.17% Cynthia Phelan, Short Hills NJ 58.39% 4 Michael Tait, Hamilton 4 Pat Robinson - Patti Bermuda; Jane Clipper, Bunston-Gunn, Toronto ON 58.10% Smiths Parish Bermuda 53.11% 4 James Leitch - Katrina Van 1 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Pelt, Smiths Parish Bermuda 51.19% Venice FL 52.17% 2 Beth Schweitzer - Lawrence Schweitzer, Newtown CT 52.02% 3 Barbara Simpson - Grace Johnson, Chatham NJ 51.25%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Elizabeth Donovan - Dawne 1 1 Sherry Kovacs - Michael Griffiths, Toronto ON 60.72% Kovacs, Livingston NJ 60.60% 2 2 Jan Savage, Bronxville NY; 2 2 Susan Bond, North York ON; Rita Lee, Chatham NJ 56.57% Joyce Cram, Toronto ON 56.83% 3 3 Maria Wilson - Lynne 3 3 Gwen McLaughlin - Suzanne D'Arville, Nassau Bahamas 54.38% Caty, Oakville ON 56.51% 4 Sylvia Winters, West Orange 4 Nancy Spencer, Halifax NS; NJ; Joan Vrba, Morristown NJ 49.88% Mary Goodman, Palmetto FL 51.22%
NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Eleanor Long, Colorado Spgs 1 Marilyn McGill, North CO; Mary Alice Vogt, Shelby MI 59.82% Falmouth MA; Steven Colman, 2 Verna Macleod - Margaret Falmouth MA 62.80% Oulton, Halifax NS 57.74% 2 1 Sharon Cotnam - Robert 3 1 Donna Leitch, Smiths Parish Cotnam, Pembroke ON 58.04% Bermuda; Kathleen Keane, 3 2 Shirley McInnes, Halifax NS; Warwick Bermuda 54.76% Deedee Dyer, Chester NS 57.14% 4 2 Caryl Marcellus - Heather 4 3 Lynne Dunsmuir - Nora Cassels, Toronto ON 52.68% Guinane, Toronto ON 53.57% 3 Janice Pengelly - Michael Pengelly, Cambridge ON 51.19%
MON EVE SIDE GAME 5 OF 5 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Constance Galanti, 1 Selena Swanson - John Crest Hill IL; Wynn Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 58.14% Cook, Aurora IL 70.27% 2 Eric Endicott - Linda 2 1 Deborah Crisfield, Akazawa, Toronto ON 55.68% Philadelphia PA; Jane 3 1 Maureen Donovan, Grewcock, Summit NJ 64.96% Halifax NS; Sheila 3 Kathy Centorino, Leard, Bedford NS 54.92% Chestnut Hill MA; 4 Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Janice Smola, Arlington MA 56.44% Creek VA; Peter 4 2 Bari Boyer - Carol Haglich, Virginia Beach VA 54.36% Seager, Worcester MA 53.60% 5 2 Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; 5 3 Roger Leemis - Terran Judy Hyde, Los Angeles CA 53.79% Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 52.27% 6 3 1 Richard Hall, 6 Terri Asiel - Erez Southampton Bermuda; Hendelman, New York NY 49.24% James Fraser, Hamilton 52.08% 1 Carolyn Overland - 4 2 Anne Powell - Tony Martha Stigler, Toronto ON 49.05% Murfin, Nokomis FL 51.89%
MON EVE NEWCOMER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mary O'Brien - Yvonne 1 1 1 Juliane Wilbee, Toronto Dubois, Toronto ON 63.84% ON; Adeline Young, 2 Claude Guay - Sharon Pembroke Bermuda 60.06% Shanahan, Hamilton Bermuda 54.58% 2 2 Felicity Ashby, Toronto 3 2 Gina Graham - Felicity ON; Christina Lunn, Smiths Parish Bermuda 54.11% Bienkowski, North York ON 59.70% 4 3 Terry Lawrence, Halifax 3 3 2 Carol Litwak - Jim NS; Alan Leard, Bedford NS 53.01% Litwak, Sunset SC 56.78% 1 William Kleinhofer - 4 Micheal Dawson - Jo-Ann Susan Garthwaite, Dawson, Paget Bermuda 55.02% Stamford CT 52.54 11
WHOSE TIES ARE THESE?
These three splendid (!) ties were worn on Saturday night by some of our more – er - sartorial players. Can you identify the wearer of each?
Answers on the back of one of these ties and submitted to the Bulletin Ed. 1st prize – a night on the town with the tie of your choice! Answers in a later bulletin.
MORE SUNDAY NIGHT SUCCESS
Overdrive in Bracket 5 secured success in the Round Robin for (from L) Craig Ellis, David Ellis, Caryl Marcellus and Heather Cassels,
all from the Granite Club in Toronto. Rock12 on, Canada. Give yourself another winning hand, Team!
PROFIT FROM THE PROPHET
And there was in those days rumbling from the mountaintop as the Prophet delivered this hand for the edification of the faithful. Those who have ears to hear let them hear.
Dealer South E/W Vulnerable 872 K72 QJ10832 .8 The Bidding, with East West silent throughout:
South North 109 J65 11NT J9843 105 3. 4 K95 A764 6 . Q64 .A1095 AKQ73 AQ6 None .KJ732
So, quite a few South players played in the spade slam which succeeded at every table – except one!
The lead was quite often the 10 of spades which is a good start for the defence. Declarer won this, crossed to a heart to play a club and East won the Ace to play a second trump. This left declarer no choice but to ruff a club and hope for good things to come, and good things did, indeed come. With the queen of clubs coming down, eventually declarer made the slam.
SO HOW DID ONE DECLARER GO DOWN? Well, it needed an East player who had listened to the bidding and had been here before. At that table, West also led a trump, but when declarer crossed to dummy to play a club, East played smoothly low! Declarer, quite naturally, now played the jack of clubs which lost to the queen, and a second trump play actually had the contract defeated by two tricks!!
East had made a great play…… knowing that declarer probably had 5 clubs, perhaps 4, East knew that, with just two trumps left in dummy, he was always going to get his club Ace, so ducking the first club was never going to cost, and gave declarer a chance to go wrong- which he did. Notice that even if Declarer had make the inspired play of the Club king when East ducked, East would still get his Ace.
Nice play – take a good look at the hand and try to see how East came to his conclusion, as this is a situation that occurs time and time again at the table. The duck of an Ace when declarer plays a singleton often pays dividends, especially if there is known to be length in that suit in the hand behind the Ace. Quite often the hand behind the Ace can have a holding such as KQxx or KQxxx and the play of the Ace gives declarer a few tricks in return.
It’s not that easy to judge when to make this play, which is why the more experienced defender will get it right more often than not. In trying it out, you’ll probably go wrong a few times, but, as in everything to do with bridge, you’re not looking to be right ALL THE TIME – you’re just looking for the bid or play that will tilt the odds in your favour MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
And all who heard such Wisdom of the Prophet trembled and were sore afraid – well, sore, anyway! 13
REMEMBERING HENRY By JACK RHIND
Henry Francis was a very good friend and a mentor to me for a number of years. I first had the pleasure of meeting and working with Henry at the old Castle Harbour hotel here in Bermuda in 1988 when we held the Bermuda Regional there. I was co-opted onto the tournament committee to bring technology to the tournament. Henry was the daily bulletin editor and therefore wrote all of the articles and hands of the tournament while I did the layout of the bulletins in Aldus Pagemaker. It was indeed a great pleasure to work with him and there was never a dull moment. Getting the bulletin ready for printing by 3:00am was always the goal!
Henry Francis 1926-2017
When it came to interviewing players and getting hands, Henry was a master. I would watch him chat with a young novice pair who had won their first section awards. He would make them feel totally at ease and go through their scorecard with them until he found a hand that they could be proud of. He would then review the play with them and create an article that gave the novice pair their moment in the sun.
Henry was a newspaper man at heart. He worked for the Boston Globe for many years, while doing tournament directing on the side. Yes, Henry was an Associate National Director for a number of years before he gave all that up to move to Memphis and take on the job of ACBL Bulletin Editor. Henry held this position for 25 years and during that time made the bulletin into what we all enjoy today. During those years, he also edited the daily bulletins for both the ACBL Nationals and the WBF World Championships as well as taking on the project of completely revising and republishing the Encyclopedia of Bridge in 1990.
Henry received a number of honours and awards during his career, including being inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame. He was also honoured by the International Bridge Press Association.
Henry and his wife Dorthy retired in Memphis where Henry continued to be active in the local bridge community up to the time of his death. I last saw Henry 2 years ago when we enjoyed a fantastic dinner of ribs with him and Charlie MacCracken in Memphis. Though he hobbled along with a walker, he was still as sharp as a tack. I miss his warm and friendly style of writing as well as his kindness and friendship. He is greatly missed by many of us.
14 were sore afraid –15 well, sore, definitely
LOOKING SHARPE AT THE REAR END
TODAY’S PROGRAMME - TOMORROW’S PROGRAMME- TUESDAY, January 30th 9:00 a.m. PLAN AHEAD FOR Compact Knockout Teams – Cedar Series WEDNESDAY, January 31st (Completion) 9:00 a.m. Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 1 Swiss Teams - Session 1 of 2 (Total of 6 single session side games) (Finishes on Thursday morning.) Newcomer Stratified Pairs Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 4 Newcomer Stratified Pairs 12 Noon The Prophet's Panel Show - Revelations - 12 Noon Gardenia Room Expert Lecture by Robert Todd - Gardenia Room with Gail Greenberg and Jeff Hand 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Bracketed Championship KO Teams Bracketed Championship KO Teams (2nd Round) (Semi-Finals) Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 2 Swiss Teams - Session 1 of 2 Single Session Swiss Teams (Two 12 board matches. Finishes on Thursday Newcomer Stratified Pairs afternoon) Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 5 8:00 p.m. Newcomer Stratified Pairs Stratified Championship Pairs - Session 2 of 2 BERMUDA GOLD PAIRS 8:00 p.m. (0-750 points) - Session 2 of 2 Stratified Championship II Pairs - Session 1 of 2 Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 3 BERMUDA GOLD II PAIRS Newcomer Stratified Pairs (0-750 points) - Session 1 of 2 Stratified Side Game* – Warwick Series, Session 6 Senior Trophy events in bold Newcomer Stratified Pairs
Senior Trophy events in bold
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PLEASE REMEMBER TO ORDER BY 9 A.M. You MUST sign up for this event at the Hospitality Desk TODAY. Organize a table of 8 - 10 yourselves or take your chances with the Keane Keenies and a spread sheet. The event is an opportunity to dress up, CALLING ALL WANNABENewcomer Str GROUPatified Pairs so, make a splash and come looking glamorous! LEADERS If you’re not on the bridge rate, Championship Events in tickets cost $100 BoldIf you’re interested in bringing a group to our and may be purchased from the Hospitality Desk. Regional, we have plenty of help and advice for you, not to mention a VERY a ttractive package of "I’m late, I’m late! incentives. I’ll miss that banquet date!” See any Committee Member Don’t get yourself into this hole! for further details Sign up now!
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