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Monday, August 6, 2018 Volume 90, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 90th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Spingold Knockout Teams District 7 Director Bob Heller presents the Spingold Trophy to captain Piotr Gawrys. (From left) coach Krzysztof Martens, Tor Helness, Gawrys, Heller, Michal Klukowski and Geir Helgemo. Not pictured: Pierre Zimmermann and Franck Multon. In the final, Gawrys beat the Rosenthal team 131–98. Second in the Spingold KO Teams: David Berkowitz, Eldad Ginossar, Migry Zur Campanile, Aaron Silverstein, captain Andrew Rosenthal and Chris Willenken. Roth Open Swiss Teams The team captained by John Onstott grabbed first place in the penultimate round to win the Roth Open Swiss Teams with 126.10 – 14 victory points ahead of the runner up squad. (From left) Magdalena Ticha, Jim Krekorian, Drew Caen, captain John Onstott, Bruce Ferguson, assistant Marie France Benoit and Richard Ritmeijer. Runners-up in the Roth Open Swiss Teams: Bobby Levin, Steve Weinstein, Jeff Meckstroth, coach Eric Kokish, Ralph Katz and captain Nick Nickell. Not pictured: Eric Rodwell. 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams The Epstein squad had a lock on the 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams from the beginning of the final day of play, and not even a 20-IMP loss in the last round could shake them from the top spot. They finished with 132 Victory Points, 7 VPs ahead of second. (from left) Sveinn Eiriksson, Gail Hanson, captain Linda Epstein, Jakob Kristinsson. Second in the 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams: Steve Chen, Sarah Chen, Yan Song and captain Hua Yang. Berkowitz Wins Fishbein Trophy Levin, Weinstein maintain David Berkowitz won the Fishbein Trophy in 7 250.00 Michal Klukowski, Poland lead in POY race Atlanta, given to the player who wins the most 8 250.00 Franck Multon, Monaco Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein earned points at the Summer NABC. Berkowitz, of Boca 9 250.00 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw the most platinum points at the Spring NABC in Raton FL, topped the list of masterpoint winners 10 246.00 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ Philadelphia this year – 380 points – and they added with a total of 300 points. He was a member of the 11 246.00 Robert Levin, Henderson NV another 246 in Atlanta at the Summer NABC to GNT Championship Flight-winning Florida squad 12 243.35 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA maintain the top spots in the Player of the Year race – the victory was worth 120 points. As part of the 13 240.00 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL (according to unofficial totals). Rosenthal team, he went on to finish second in the 14 232.27 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL Levin and Weinstein earned 120 platinum points Spingold and picked up 180 more points. 15 220.04 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY for second place in the Roth Open Swiss Teams, 16 219.54 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 76 for sixth place in the von Zedtwitz Life Master Masterpoint leaders 17 219.54 John Onstott, New Orleans LA Pairs, and 50 for making it to the round of 16 in the 1 300.00 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 18 218.69 Richard Ritmeijer, Netherlands Spingold KO Teams. 2 291.13 Geir Helgemo, Monaco 19 218.69 Magdalena Ticha, Netherlands 3 290.00 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 20 217.90 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 4 290.00 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 21 216.72 Drew Casen, Metarie LA FINAL ATTENDANCE 5 250.00 Pierre Zimmermann, Monoco 22 214.83 Jan Jansma, Netherlands 11,268.5 tables 6 250.00 Tor Helness, Monoco continued on page 3 Page 2 Monday, August 6, 2018 Daily Bulletin ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 0–10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 36 Tables / Based on 131 Tables 18 Tables / Based on 25 Tables 160.00 1 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer; James Krekorian, 60.00 1 Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Jakob Kristinsson - Gail Hanson, Pensacola FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA 126.10 Deerfield Beach FL; Sveinn Eiriksson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 132.00 120.00 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, 45.00 2 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 125.23 Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch 33.75 3 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Vasileios Vroustis - Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis, FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 111.75 Athens Greece; Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY 112.47 90.00 3 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Dennis 26.67 4 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Jo Anne Casen, Delray Beach FL; Molly O’Neill Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Giorgio - Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL 109.47 Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 110.35 24.00 5 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Juan Castillo, Fort 73.85 4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Lauderdale FL; Luisana Madueno, Aventura FL 98.40 Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, 21.82 6 Alan Tenenbaum - Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD; David Rodney - Avril Legionowo, Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 110.21 Rodney, Fairfax VA; Leah Shao, Harrisonburg VA; David Butler, Keswick VA 97.07 68.57 5 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; 20.00 7 Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC; Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Sylvia Bauke Muller, Hoorn ; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 104.10 Shi, Las Vegas NV; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Li Yiting, Herndon VA 97.05 64.00 6 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas 18.46 8 David Abelow, La Jolla CA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Jack Waller, Dana Bessis, Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Frederic Volcker, Point CA; Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA 96.79 Issy Les Moulin France; Jerome Rombaut, France 103.68 17.14 9 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Thomas 60.00 7 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket Andrews, Utica NY; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 92.70 NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 101.87 56.47 8 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad FRIDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 100.81 9.5 Tables 53.33 9 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen, Utr ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Bart A B C Nab, Tilburg ; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; 4.33 1 1 1 Patricia Thompson, Marietta GA; Claire Wainwright, Acworth GA 62.29% Danny Molenaar, Den Haag 100.07 3.25 2 Emily Harrell - Kevin Dybvig, Birmingham AL 62.25% 50.53 10 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Joaquin 2.44 3 John Gram - Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID 57.73% Pacareu, Santiago Chile; Antonio Palma - Sam Bahbout, 7000 Evora 2.76 4 2 Richard Gordon, Marietta GA; 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