Thursday, March 19, 2015 Volume 58, Number 7

Daily BulletinMarch 12-22 58th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley

Nickell on the sidelines, Texans solid in mixed pairs win other high seeds Susan Stubinski and Bruce Wick from Houston TX never faltered on their way to a victory in the fall in Vanderbilt Rockwell Mixed Pairs. The married partnership The team captained by Gaylor Kasle, trailing took their fifth-place qualifying standing into the the top-seeded Nick Nickell squad by 11 IMPs with final day and turned on the heat with two 58% a set to go, rallied in the fourth quarter for a 94-92 sessions on Wednesday. They finished almost a victory in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The board ahead of second. The win is the first NABC Nickell team won the event last year. title for both. Kasle is playing with Larry Kozlove, Dutch Stubinsky says the two started playing together players Berend Van Den Bos and Joris Lankveld, “a long time ago,” then took 20 years off before plus Polish players Piotr Tuczynski and Bartosz returning to the game in 2000. Chmurski. Sheila Gabay from Newton MA and Lloyd Other notables to fall included the team led by Arvedon MA finished second. Gabay won the Richard Schwartz, seeded No. 12. They fell to the Rockwell Mixed Pairs in 2012 playing with Pat Connie Goldberg team. The match was close at the McDevitt. halfway point, but Goldberg pulled ahead 92-60 in the third quarter to advance to the round of 16 today. Susan Stubinski and Bruce Wick won the Also on the sidelines is the No. 11 seed, led Rockwell Mixed Pairs. by Andrew Gromov. His team fell to Paul Street, Delray Beach FL. Two other high seeds had close calls as No.5 Carolyn Lynch came from 21 IMPs down with Chinese Ladies Red aims a quarter to play for a 112-107 win over the Jim Krekorian squad. No. 4 Martin Fleisher trailed John Onstott to be tested against the best 102-91 entering the fourth quarter but rallied to win You don’t find many 126.5-126 after an appeal. all-women squads in an open event like the Vanderbilt Knockout 10K Knockout in Teams, and in fact there were none as of last night. semifinal stage The 0-10,000 Knockout Teams enters the The event did, however, semifinal stage today. Here are the matchups by start with three all-female captain: teams, two from China. Russ Jones versus Sean Gannon and Donald The China Ladies Rumelhart versus Monica Angus. Blue team lost in the first Jones, of Jonesboro AR, is playing with Mick round, but China Ladies McGuire, Hernando MS, and Bill and Jane Eason, Red, originally seeded No. Nesbit MS. Gannon, of Decatur GA, is playing 48, took out the No. 17 with Blake Sanders, Jonesboro; William Higgins, Vinita Gupta squad that Cincinnati OH, and Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH. included two Vanderbilt Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI, is playing with winners from Denmark and Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Ned two Swedes with world Irving, Hot Springs Village AR; Morrie Kleinplatz, championships to their Windsor ON, Stephen Mackay, Markham ON, and credit. Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON. The Chinese Ladies Red team in the Vanderbilt: Gan Ling, Ran Angus, West Vancouver BC, is playing with Jingrong, coach Wang Xiaojing, Wang Wenfei and Shen Qi. Continued on page 5 Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Yan Wang, Scarborough, and Edward Xu, School reform NorthYork ON. “I want to put bridge into Danish schools,” many things that kids need to learn – skills such declares Morten Bilde. To that end, he up and quit as socializing and communicating. When I saw his job three weeks ago to focus on making the how much work would be required to get these Playing in an NABC+ pairs game part of the Danish educational system. programs in place, I just knew I had to quit my Bilde, who is passionate about Junior bridge, job.” He worked for a company that developed game? Please buy your has been frustrated in previous attempts to digital signage. persuade the school system to consider a bridge Chair of the Danish Youth Committee for eight entry early! NABC+ pairs events requires time to allow component. “There was just no time,” he says. The years, Bilde has developed effective education and for proper seeding. The ACBL asks participants to Danish school day ran from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and training programs for players selected to participate please buy entries at least 15 minutes before game only basic academic subjects were taught. in international competition. Now on his plate is time. This is especially true if you expect to be a Last September, however, the system creating the concept, materials and teacher-training seeded pair. underwent reform. The government came around curriculum that will entice the schools and the Avoid the lines by buying your entry online. to understanding how important it is to expose students to participate. Go to BridgeWinners.com – your initial transaction students to non-traditional creative and physical “We have 20 to 30 schools, but we’ve just extends as long as your pair or team remains in the subjects, so they added a couple of hours to the started,” he says. “It needs a lot of marketing. event and you pay only the cost of the entry – there school day. Students have three or four options for these extra is no service charge. More time means new subjects, and Bilde, hours, and we need them to choose bridge.” of course, is peddling bridge. “Bridge teaches so Continued on page 9 Greet your opponents with a smile and introduce yourselves. ATTENDANCE through Wednesday 7902.5 tables Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair Page 2 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

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subtract the number Getting the most from of losers in your hand. If the answer is one or your conventions, part 6 zero, pass. If it’s two By Brent Manley or higher, get in there. For this purpose, Bob a “loser” is a missing Johnstone of ace, king or queen in Portland OR a suit of three or more came up with cards. A doubleton a clever way cannot have more to maintain than two losers, a partnership singleton no more harmony at than one. No suit can the table. “It’s have more than three a system I losers. For example: played with my ♠A J 10 9 5 ♥K Q 7 3 partners called ♦8 6 ♣4 3 Retaliatory The spade suit has Jump Raises. The entire system consisted of two losers (missing one simple rule: Any unsolicited criticism of my the king and queen), bidding or play is forcing to the seven level of the heart suit one the next suit you name.” (missing the ace). There are four losers If you want to improve your scores in in the minors. Total duplicate, especially in pairs, it’s important losers: seven. Now to have a firm grasp on competitive bidding subtract seven from strategies. This means, of course, serious nine (the number of discussion with your partner about the tools you cards in the majors) will use in this ongoing battle. for two. Use whatever Most pairs have some method of competing bid you have to show when the opponents open 1NT, be it the 15-17 the majors. Change variety or a so-called “weak” 1NT. The latter one of the spades to a includes many ranges, from 10-12 to 13-15. club or a diamond and You and partner must decide which of the you should pass. ranges represent “weak” and which include Using two as the “strong.” It’s not essential, but many pairs play minimum benchmark different methods depending on whether the for competing, the 1NT opener is weak or strong. rule achieves the The latest edition of the Official status of eight with Encyclopedia of Bridge lists no fewer than two the stipulation that dozen schemes for competing against 1NT. No the hand must have at doubt there are many more in service around the least 6 HCP. world. Another point Two of the most popular conventions for for discussion with mixing it up with both strong and weak 1NT partner: Do you use openers will be covered on this page tomorrow. the same method for Before getting into the details, it’s important to direct action over answer this question: What kind of hand do I a 1NT and in the Whatever your method of showing a single need to get involved? passout seat? Some partnerships vary the systems, long suit, try to avoid doing so with only five. As a general guideline, I usually recommend but it’s probably best to keep it simple, at least Mike Lawrence, one of the all-time great the formula devised by Mel Colchamiro, who starting out. The less you have to remember the writers, recommends passing with any 5-3-3-2 wrote a column for the Bridge Bulletin for more effective you will be. hand no matter the point count. His theory is several years. Colchamiro calls his formula the Be careful about entering the auction at that if you can make something with that hand, Rule of Eight. unfavorable vulnerability (you are, they aren’t). you’re probably going to defeat 1NT. Don’t It works this way: If you are thinking about If you and partner can’t find a fit, the opponents risk losing your plus score. With 5-4-2-2 shape, entering the auction to show a two-suited hand probably won’t even have to double to get a good call it a two-suiter. Wait for the six-bagger, after a 1NT opener, use this formula: count result. especially vulnerable. As your hand gets more the number of cards in your two long suits and shapely, the danger in competing is reduced.

West North East South Play commentary: With West marked with Thinking bridge 1♣ at least 10 major-suit cards and the ♥K surely By Eddie Kantar 2♣ (1) Dbl 2♠ 3♣ offside, the entire hand depends upon locating the Using the bidding as a guide to play and Pass 3♠ Pass 4♥ ♦Q. No rush. After drawing trumps and taking a defense – part 7 Pass 6♣ All Pass losing heart finesse, you can discover that West Dlr: South ♠ A 10 5 did have five hearts and is almost certainly 5-5 in Vul: None ♥ Q J 9 (1) Majors the majors with a singleton club. Therefore, West ♦ A J 10 6 has two diamonds and East has four. That makes ♣ A J 9 Opening lead: ♠K. East is twice as likely to have the ♦Q as West, so ♠ K Q 9 8 7 ♠ J 6 4 3 cash the ♦A and run the ♦J through East. ♥ K 10 8 7 2 ♥ 6 5 Bidding commentary: West’s 2♣ overcall ♦ 7 3 ♦ Q 9 8 2 (Michaels) shows 5-5, 5-6 or 6-5 in the majors Defensive Commentary:As East, when ♣ 6 ♣ 8 7 4 with 7-10 high-card points or 15+ HCP. With 11-14 there are two or more equal honors in dummy ♠ 2 HCP hands – called “tweeners” – West would start (♦ J 10), cover the last equal. ♥ A 4 3 by overcalling the higher-ranking suit. ♦ K 5 4

♣ K Q 10 5 3 2 Page 4 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS Razor thin 104.0 Tables / Based on 209 Tables By Barry Rigal 100.00 1 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 3343.24 Dlr: South ♠ A 75.00 2 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 3269.10 Vul: E-W ♥ Q 8 56.25 3 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 3267.79 ♦ K J 10 7 5 44.44 4 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 3249.65 ♣ A 10 7 5 2 40.00 5 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 3234.05 36.36 6 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 3229.53 ♠ ­— 33.33 7 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 3222.73 ♥ A J 10 7 5 3 30.77 8 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands 3219.62 ♦ 9 8 6 4 28.57 9 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 3218.11 ♣ K Q 3 26.67 10 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 3171.46 West North East South 25.00 11 Judith Nab, Amersterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 3166.93 23.53 12 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 3156.63 1♥ 22.22 13 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco TX 3154.20 2♠ Dbl 4♠ 4NT 20.53 14/15 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 3122.67 Pass 5NT Pass 6♦ 20.53 14/15 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 3122.67 All Pass 19.05 16 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Michael Roche, Victoria BC 3112.97 When a Vanderbilt match is decided by 2 18.18 17 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 3094.00 IMPs, there are generally opportunities for both 17.39 18 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Steve Cohen, Reno NV 3093.93 sides to win. This deal was one of the cardinal 18.37 19 Andrew De Leon, Phoenix AZ; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 3087.96 examples. 16.00 20 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Jori Grossack, Waban MA 3082.19 Both tables arrived in 6♦. The opening lead of 22.72 21 Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 3082.12 the ♠Q in both rooms saw South with an immediate 14.81 22 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 3072.01 15.44 23 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Vickie Sebastian, Beavercreek OH 3067.39 decision. In both rooms, South ruffed the opening 13.79 24 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 3062.21 lead to play trumps. How should he broach that 13.33 25 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL 3050.69 suit? 13.81 26 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 3049.29 In both rooms, the ♦9 was led and run, losing 12.50 27 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 3041.85 to the singleton ♦Q. Was that wrong? In practice, 12.12 28 Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 3036.32 yes – of course. In theory, one could argue that 15.45 29 Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy 3031.25 because South must play for the ♥K to be onside 11.43 30 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 3030.79 and the ♠K appears to be with East, West’s jump 11.11 31 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 3029.62 overcall at unfavorable vulneratility is somewhat 10.81 32 Sidney Brownstein - Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 3025.65 likely to be based on a trick somewhere. 10.53 33 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC 3019.32 17.64 34 Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA 3012.51 That rates to be the ♦A, though it could be the 10.00 35 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 3007.03 ♦A Q x. And yes, West might have seven spades, 12.38 36 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 3005.88 not six, I admit, but the 14 IMPs go to “third hand 9.52 37 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 3003.54 high.” The full deal: 9.30 38 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 2982.70 ♠ A 9.09 39 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 2973.31 ♥ Q 8 15.41 40 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 2971.41 ♦ K J 10 7 5 8.70 41 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 2965.93 ♣ A 10 7 5 2 8.51 42 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 2960.28 ♠ Q J 9 8 7 4 ♠ K 10 6 5 3 2 14.40 43 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 2956.38 ♥ 2 ♥ K 9 6 4 11.03 44 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 2956.29 12.14 45 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Sherman Gao, Pomona CA 2948.11 ♦ A 3 2 ♦ Q 7.84 46 Jack Forstadt, Evanston IL; Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL 2942.51 ♣ J 9 4 ♣ 8 6 7.69 47 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 2942.37 ♠ — 7.55 48 Christina Madsen, Hellerup 2900 Denmark; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 2939.15 ♥ A J 10 7 5 3 8.15 49 Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 2935.11 ♦ 9 8 6 4 7.52 50 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 2931.35 ♣ K Q 3 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 20.0 Tables Electronic Device Policy A B C The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 3.94 1 1 1 Frederick Bott - Mildred Bott, New Orleans LA 61.90% players to bring electronic devices such as cell 2.59 2/3 Amanda Davis - Caroline Vanlandeghem, Ridgeland MS 61.01% phones into the playing area 2.59 2/3 2 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT; Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH 61.01% provided that such devices are 1.74 4 3 Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ; Judy Lamers, Sun Lakes AZ 60.71% turned off. 1.54 5 4 2 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON 59.82% Further, any such equipment 1.31 6 5 Donna Evans, Jackson MS; Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 58.93% 0.92 6 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 58.63% must not be visible during the 1.01 3/4 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 52.38% session 1.01 3/4 Tommye Kimble - Janet Cieutat, Hammond LA 52.38% The policy applies to all pairs, team members, 0.57 5/6 Mary Galvin, Diamondhead MS; Robert Burnaman, Gulfport MS 50.00% captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, 0.57 5/6 Lou Taylor - Gail Nelson, Ruston LA 50.00% except those designated by the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual playing session or SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PAIRS segment of play. 45.0 Tables A violation of the policy will result in an A B C automatic disciplinary penalty of one full 8.72 1 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 67.36% board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for 6.54 2 Donald Faskow, Canonsburg PA; John Albright, Hollywood FL 66.03% 4.91 3 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hls MI; William Winokur, West Bloomfield MI 64.12% the first offense. A second offense will result in 3.68 4 John Arblaster - Mary-Ellen Barlow, Niagara-Lk ON 62.50% disqualification from the event for the pair/team. 2.76 5 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 61.22% Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from 2.07 6 James Gormong - Jane Ann Gormong, Terre Haute IN 60.10% the playing area for the remainder of the session. 7.20 7 1 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; C Buddy Carls, Huntington Bch CA 59.62% 1.88 8 Diane Graese - Barbara Dunkley, Las Vegas NV 58.97% Use of the Bidding 5.40 9 2 Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 58.51% 4.05 3 M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 57.93% Box — Alerts and 3.04 4 Karen Billett, Victoria BC; Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL 57.64% 2.28 5 Dennis Wammack - Dianne Wammack, Birmingham AL 57.37% Announcements 2.28 6 William Weiss, New Orleans LA; Sid LeBlanc, Kenner LA 56.73% When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 3.06 7 1 John Shelton, Wilmette IL; Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL 56.57% that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 2.30 2 Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA; Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA 55.29% same time. 1.72 3 Mary Fenton, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Silverman, San Diego CA 54.17% When making an Announcement, use the 1.29 4 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 53.84% Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap 1.29 5 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 53.71% the Alert strip at the same time. 1.29 6 Sherry Roberts, Naperville IL; Richard Howell, Aurora IL 53.47% A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. 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MAURICE ‘HIPPO’ KATZ A/B/C SWISS 57 Tables Chinese A B C continued from page 1 13.70 1 Isabella De Andrade - Maria Graca Garcia Poncioni, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de The third all-woman team, led by Phyllis Janeiro Brazil 65.00 Fireman, lost to the Bas Drijver team on 10.28 2 1 Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Gerry Wednesday. McKim, Garland TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 63.00 For their 98-85 win over Gupta, the Chinese 5.94 3/5 Stephen Peterkin - Samantha Punch, Stirling United Kingdom; women, playing four-handed, drew the powerful Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV 61.00 John Diamond squad and were a double game 5.94 3/5 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dennis swing away from sending them to the sidelines. Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 61.00 China Red has a powerful weapon – the veteran 5.94 3/5 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; C. Valerie Gamio, Wengfei Wang, world champion and owner of Palos Verdes Pn CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Jessica multiple medals in world championships, not to Piafsky, New York NY 61.00 3.25 6 Maria Capucho, Esboa Portugal; Manuel Capucho - Antonio Palma - mention two North American championships, both Nuno Paz, Leboa Portugal 58.00 earned last year: the Whitehead Women’s Pairs and 2.44 7 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Joseph Sauro, Oakville ON; Hans the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams. Her partner Jacobs - Debbie Bennett, Brighton ON 57.00 in both events was Ran Jingrong. 6.22 8 2 1 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX; Ran now is a teammate as Wang is getting used Nancy Colter, Dublin GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA 55.00 a new partner and a new team. The foursome – their 1.52 9 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Pawel third pair stayed home for this excursion – has been Niedzielski, Lodz Poland; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland 52.00 playing together for about three months. The other 1.37 10 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA; members of the team are Wang’s partner, Chen Qi, Hayk Bosnakyan - Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC 50.00 and Gan Ling. Their coach is Wang Xiaojing. 4.67 11 3 2 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, France; Erick Mauberquez, Paris France; Dutilloy, 49.00 Wang says the team was eager to play in the 1.06 12/14 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Palm City FL; Vanderbilt because of the quality of the opposition. Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; David Bakhshi, London England; “The bridge level is very high,” she says. “We have Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, a better chance against the high level.” Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 48.00 Wang won her first world championship – the 3.50 12/14 4 3 Paula Robinson - Albert Wieners, Savannah GA; Byron Southern - 2009 Venice Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil – a year Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR 48.00 after losing by 1 IMP to England in the final of the 1.06 12/14 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Richard Wieland, Reading CT; Women’s Teams in the World Mindsport Games in Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 48.00 Beijing. 2.26 5 Donald Sache - Sheila Sache, Delta BC; Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; The event in Beijing, she says, remains her Susan Peters, Vancouver BC 47.00 1.48 6/7 Mary Mosher, Tinton Falls NJ; Sonia Kaplan, Eatontown NJ; most memorable moment in bridge. Cleopatra Guastella, Red Bank NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ 45.00 Wang learned bridge as a teenager, turned 2.62 6/7 4 Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria; Andrea Muliar - Jovanka on to the game by her Go teacher. Bridge is now Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 45.00 her profession. She has owned the Shanghai 1.73 5/6 John Liukkonen - Doris Liukkonen, Metairie LA; David Bybee, New Automobile Bridge Club for seven years. Orleans LA; Daryl Fisher, Diamondhead MS 44.00 She says playing four-handed is difficult at 1.73 5/6 Nancy Garvey - Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY; Phil times, especially against a tough team like the Feldman, Los Angeles CA 44.00 Gupta squad. “Everyone was very strong,” she says. 1.11 7 James Stevens - Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; Robert Curl, Houston Wang says her team’s plans for the rest of the TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX 43.00 NABC include the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams on MAURICE ‘HIPPO’ KATZ D/E/F SWISS the weekend, with pairs games for practice in the 42 Tables interim. She says the squad has enjoyed the trip to D E F New Orleans. “It’s a very nice tournament,” she 4.49 1/2 Carmen Keys - Paul Cuneo, Houston TX; Carol Perrin - Mark Toney, says. Baton Rouge LA 60.00 4.49 1/2 Ann Romeo, Bellevue WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA; Tim Gaining experience is important to the team, White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 60.00 Wang says, and the best place to get it is in the open 2.89 3 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; Jean-Luc Dubois - Michele Gagne - events. Going against the best does not faze her J-Francois Guillemette, Montreal QC 59.00 or her teammates. “We are not nervous,” she says. 3.34 4 1 1 Donna Barrow, Littleton CO; Jennifer O’Neill, Cherry Hill Vlg “We play for fun.” CO; Philip Debus, Centennial CO; Dan Stern, Denver CO 57.00 1.42 5/6 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Marie Duval, Montreal QC; Sylvie Labelle, Brossard QC 55.00 2.51 5/6 2 Susan Taylor - Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA; Sharon Henry - Nelson Daigle, Metairie LA 55.00 1.88 3 Doris Moore - Janet Thompson, Pueblo CO; Larry Clark, Keene NH; Mike Robinson, Odessa TX 51.00 1.24 4/5 Janet Jordan, Aledo TX; Karen Collins - Carolyn Marks, Fort Worth TX; Laura Nash, Stephenville TX 50.00 1.31 4/5 2 Linda Scott, Plano TX; Shelley Early, Frisco TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA; Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX 50.00 0.69 6/7 William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA; Jean Marsh, Austin TX; Julie Connor, Houston TX 48.00 0.69 6/7 Melanie Watson - Sandy Kristoferson - Charles Brown, Denton TX; Dave Sauder, Lewisville TX 48.00 0.98 3 Larry Jackson - Sarkis Kish - Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA 47.00 0.73 4 Alexandra Peck - Brenda Baranga - Dale Smith, Toronto ON; Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA 41.00 0.60 5 Sandra McMinn - Suzanne Noerager, Houston TX; Laveta Christian, West Columbia TX; Marilyn Slaughter, Missouri City TX 40.00 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES FINAL 50.25 Tables / Based on 25 Tables 11.95 1/2 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 125.63% 11.95 1/2 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom 125.63% 6.81 3/4 Howard Sloan, New York NY 120.04% Carol Stonis and Marilyn Painters arrived 6.81 3/4 Doug Herron, New York NY 120.04% in New Orleans with more than bridge on 7.52 5/6 Michael Popkin, Hot Springs Vlg AR 116.83% their minds. The Pittsburgh PA women are 7.52 5/6 Louallen Thomassen, Hot Springs Vlg AR 116.83% experienced horseback riders. Tuesday 6.27 7/8 John Shelton, Wilmette IL 114.55% morning, they visited Audubon Park for a ride. 6.27 7/8 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL 114.55% It is Carol’s goal to ride in every state, and as 4.14 9 James Hailey Jr, New Orleans LA 113.14% long as they had come this far, Carol wasn’t 3.61 10 Marilyn Kelly, New Orleans LA 112.69% going to miss the opportunity to check off 2.31 11/12 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI 112.26% another milestone. So they drove three hours 2.31 11/12 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 112.26% to squeeze in Hattiesburg MS, too. 2.71 13 Anne Sixsmith, Washago ON 109.66% Page 6 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

1965 John Biddle, James Wisemiller Knockout knonsense 1966 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay By Barry Rigal 1967 Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud Dlr: North ♠ K Q 5 2 1968 Ronald Balu, Richard Spero Vul: None ♥ K 8 4 1969 Robert Freedman, James Mathis ♦ A K 5 2 1970 Barry Crane, John Fisher ♣ Q 3 1971 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher ♠ J 9 8 7 3 ♠ A 6 1-2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey ♥ 9 ♥ J 7 3 1972 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher ♦ Q J 10 8 ♦ 3 1-2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom ♣ 10 9 2 ♣ A K 8 7 6 5 4 1973 Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan ♠ 10 4 1974 Barry Crane, John Fisher ♥ A Q 10 6 5 2 1975 Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland ♦ 9 7 6 4 The 2014 Silodor Open Pairs winners were 1976 Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey ♣ J John Diamond and Geoff Hampson. 1977 Barry Crane, Peter Rank West North East South 1978 Robert Levin, Mike Passell Rigal Milgrim Competitors vie for 1979 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 1NT 3♣ 3♥ 1980 Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber 4♣ Pass Pass 4♥ Silodor Open Pairs Trophy The Silodor Open Pairs is a four-session event 1981 Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan All Pass consisting of two qualifying and two final sessions. 1982 Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke I led a club to the king for a diamond shift to The winners’ names are engraved on the Silodor 1983 Barry Crane, Mike Passell the king. Declarer drew trumps (I pitched a club Trophy, presented in memory of Sidney Silodor, 1984 Lou Bluhm, Bart Bramley then a spade) and led a spade to the king, which winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney 1985 Jim Robison, Joey Silver my partner, Glenn Milgrim, ducked. Declarer then Trophy and more than 30 North American 1986 Lew Stansby, Ralph Katz ruffed a club to hand to lead a second spade: 10, championships. 1987 Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey jack, queen, ace). Declarer’s last chance to make Silodor, a member of the team that won the first 1988 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker his contract came when Milgrim, perforce, returned Bermuda Bowl World Championship in 1950, won 1989 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield a club. It was necessary for declarer to discard on the Vanderbilt eight times, the Reisinger six times, 1990 Don Campbell, Barry Harper this trick. Doing so would have subjected me to a the Spingold, the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed 1991 Larry Mori, Henry Bethe spade-diamond squeeze in this ending: Teams three times each and the Mixed Pairs five (became Open Pairs) ♠ 5 2 times. 1992 Bernie Miller, Mike Lucas ♥ — Silodor was an original member of the Bridge 1993 Russ Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel ♦ K 5 2 Hall of Fame, elected in the Sixties when the 1994 Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk ♣ — institution was the province of its creator, The 1995 John Strauch, Evan Bailey ♠ 9 8 ♠ — Bridge World magazine. 1996 Ralph Katz, Howard Weinstein ♥ — ♥ — Known simply as the Open Pairs until 1992, 1997 Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson ♦ Q J 9 ♦ — this event was renamed the Open Pairs I and was 1998 Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester ♣ — ♣ 8 7 6 5 4 referred to as such until 2003. The trophy was 1999 Mike Passell, Michael Seamon ♠ — presented in 1963 in memory of Silodor and made 2000 Mike Cappelletti, Larry Hicks ♥ 10 6 retroactive to include winners of the event, which 2001 Jim Tritt, Richard Meffley ♦ 10 7 6 began in 1958. 2002 Joergen Molberg, Boerre Lund ♣ — Barry Crane holds the record in the event with 2003 Ralph Katz, Michael Rosenberg It seems as though declarer can always make seven victories. 2004 Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz the game even if he misguesses spades. That is not 2005 Bob Morris, Eddie Wold quite so. Imagine that West discards spades on the Previous winners: 2006 David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen second and third trumps. As before, declarer leads 1958 Leonard Harmon, Ivar Stakgold 2007 Giorgio Duboin, Roy Welland a spade to the king, ducked, ruffs a club to hand 1959 Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor 2008 Robert Lebi, Dan Jacob and leads a spade to the jack, queen and ace. 1960 Robert Jordan, Alvin Roth 2009 David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen Now when East leads the third club, South 1961 Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume 2010 Nicholas L’Ecuyer, Stephen Landen discards again, but West wins the third club to 1962 Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson 2011 Joel Wooldridge, Gavin Wolpert lead a second top diamond and the entries for the 1963 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor 2012 Hans Christian Graverson, Dennis Bilde squeeze are finally disrupted. 1964 Barry Crane, Oswald Jacoby 2013 David Bakhshi, Billy Cohen 2014 John Diamond, Geoff Hampson

JACK LANOUE KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 SUNDAY-MONDAY SIDE GAME SERIES FINAL RESULTS 7 Tables 80.25 Tables / Based on 31 Tables 15.56 1 Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria; Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria; Renate Siegmund - Michael Knoll, Graz Austria 12.56 1/2 Rebecca Lee, Peachtree City GA 124.68% 10.89 2 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Neeta Mone, 12.56 1/2 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 124.68% Livingston NJ; Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA 8.07 3 Debbie Stavro, Toronto ON 121.78% 6.83 4/5 Sylvia Riewerts, Milwaukee OR 118.97% JACK LANOUE KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 6.83 4/5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR 118.97% 7 Tables 5.11 6/7 Robert Porter, Henderson NV 117.41% 7.32 1 Joseph Ashcroft - Mollie Whalen, Vineyard Haven MA; Eric Stricoff - Rhonda Cohen, Deerfield Beach FL 5.11 6/7 Jan Zadroga, Todz 117.41% 5.12 2 Ginger Hebert - Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; 4.29 8/9 Russell Johnson, Olympia WA 115.87% William Freeman, Raymore MO; Lola Crochet, Broussard LA 4.29 8/9 Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 115.87% 2.60 3/4 Barbara Zelenka - Louise Brandon, Mandeville 3.58 10/11 Philip Smith, Fenton MI 114.23% LA; Morris Place Jr, Orange Beach AL; Elaine Wilczynski, 3.58 10/11 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI 114.23% Covington LA 2.90 12/13 Barbara Bacon, Rocky River OH 114.13% 2.90 12/13 Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 114.13% 2.05 14/15 Janet Weins, Plantation FL 112.60% 2.05 14/15 Joan Braender, Newnan GA 112.60% 5.19 16 Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC 111.33% Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 7

2. Bernadine Jenkins, Joan Remey TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 10 Tables 1978 1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden 9.07 1 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Truscott; 2. Ann Economidy, Anne Cincinnati OH; Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Leverone Columbus OH 6.35 2 Carolyn Wolf, Pensacola FL; Brenda Starnes, 1979 1. Nancy Gruver, Edith Kemp; Navarre FL; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Judy McNeilly, 2. June Deutsch, Sandi Leavitt Burlington ON 1980 1. Kathie Cappelletti, Claire Tornay; 4.08 3 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Peter Kyper, West 2. Nancy Gruver, Edith Kemp Chester PA 1981 1. Nancy Gruver, Edith Kemp; 3.17 4 Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL; Robert Kruger, 2. Betty Ann Kennedy, Carol Sanders Elgin IL; Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Margaret Hansell, 1982 1. Dorothy Buchanan, Barbara Morris; Champaign IL 2. Mary Albert, Rhoda Walsh TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 1983 1. Beth Palmer, Lynn Deas; 14 Tables 2. Sandra Low, Joan Stein 7.38 1 Frances Barry - Bonnie Kress, Raleigh NC; They won the 2014 Smith Life Master Women’s Maryann Hopkins, Cary NC; Lib Sheppard, Greenville NC Pairs in Providence: Bronia Jenkins and 1984 1. Karen Singer, Sharon Soules; 5.17 2 Drucilla Field - Cathy Staver, Encinitas CA; Bernace De Young. 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Radin Linda Atkinson, Carlsbad CA; Linda Monroe, Rancho Santa Fe 1985 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer; CA Play begins today in 2. Rama Linz, Kerri Shuman 3.32 3 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN Smith LM Women’s Pairs 1986 1. Mickie Kivel, Judi Cody; 2.58 4 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Play gets underway today in the four-session 2. Rama Linz, Kerri Shuman Lu, Strongsville OH; Naresh Kapila, Rochester Hills MI; Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI Life Master Women’s Pairs with the Helen Sobel 1987 1. Jill Meyers, Gaye Herrington; Smith Trophy going to 2. Mary Ann Coyle, Jackie Hess TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING COMPACT 3 the winners. The event, 1988 1. Nancy Passell, Nell Cahn; 12 Tables which used to be part of 2. Brenda Keller, Renee Mancuso 4.84 1 Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA; Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Searcy AR the fall NABC line-up, 1989 1. Rhoda Walsh, Sabine Zenkel; 3.39 2 Fred Lay - Claudette Lay, Kenner LA; Cathy has been flipflopped 2. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer Alford - Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA with the Whitehead 1990 1. Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy; 2.18 3 Karen Proetz - Patricia Phillips - Connie True - 2. Barbara Sartorius, Marla Chaikin Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR Women’s Pairs, and is 1.69 4 Cherri Ross - Marie-France Ghent, Reno NV; being contested for the 1991 1. Sue Weinstein, Tobi Deutsch; Judy Bappe, Bella Vista AR; Kevin Glasgow, Rogers AR first time at the 2015 2. Janice Seamon, Cheri Bjerkan Spring championships 1992 1. Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen; in New Orleans. 2. Sabine Zenkel, Joan Jackson Support the ACBL The Smith Trophy 1993 1. Janice Seamon, Sabine Zenkel; Educational Foundation recognizes Helen Sobel 2. Sharon David, Trudi Nugit The ACBL Educational Foundation supports Smith, the first woman elected to the Bridge Hall 1994 1. Lynn Deas, Rhoda Kratenstein; activities that instruct bridge and that ncrease the of Fame. Smith was an outstanding player and is 2. Cynthia Balderson, Peg Waller enjoyment of playing and the number of players. universally considered the best woman player of 1995 1. Flo Rotman, Susan Miller; The Foundation has nine members: three from the all time. She won 35 North American titles -- the 2. Lila Perlstein, Juanita Chambers Board of Directors and six from the general bridge Vanderbilt twice, the Spingold five times and the 1996 1. Suzy Burger, Barbara Sion; membership. Members are elected for three-year Reisinger four times -- and the McKenney Trophy 2. Judy Randel, Linda Lewis terms, with a two-term limit. The Foundation (now the Barry Crane Top 500) three times: in 1997 1. Janice Seamon, Sylvia Moss; meets three times a year – once at each NABC – to 1941, 1942 and 1944. 2. Linda Perlman, Hjordis Eythorsdottir consider grant applications. Past winners and runners-up: 1998 1. Sharon Hait, Barbara Sartorius; The Educational Foundation is funded by 1961 1. Dorothy Hayden, Helen Portugal; 2. Shannon Lipscomb, Rhoda Walsh voluntary contributions made when members join 2. Gratian Goldstein, Jane Mueller 1999 1. Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn; 2. Nell or renew their ACBL membership, through special 1962 1. Barbara Kachmar, Margaret Wagar; Cahn, Ellen Siebert games and events and through individual donations. 2. Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp 2000 1. Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn; Donations are tax deductible. 1963 1. Anne Burnstein, Hermine Baron; 2. Joan Jackson, Robin Klar During the past few years, the Educational 2. Carrie Arnold, Neva L. Gray 2001 1. Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn; Foundation has approved applications for a variety 1964 1. Margaret Alcorn, Betty Kaplan; 2. Jayne Thomas, Barbara Nudelman of bridge programs across the U.S. and Canada, 2. Agnes Gordon, Sylvia Stein 2002 1. Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn; including: 1965 1. Ann Sheaber, Jan Stone; 2. Jan George, Roni Gitchel • After-school bridge clubs 2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon 2003 1. Lynn Baker, Kerri Sanborn; • In-school bridge programs 1966 1. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden; 2. Joan Jackson, Robin Klar • Summer Youth bridge camps 2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon 2004 1. Cynthia Hinckley, Diana Schuld; • American Bridge Teacher Association 1967 1. Nancy Gruver, Edith Sachs; 2. Pam Granovetter, Migry Zur-Campanile conference 2. Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon 2005 1. Jill Levin, Malle Andrade; • Online course module for teaching bridge to 1968 1. Dorothy Talmage, Rhoda Walsh; 2. Mildred Breed, Claudette Hartman school teachers 2. Katherine Blanchard, Mary Jane Farell 2006 1. Sara Sivelind, Cecilia Rimstedt; • Bridge lesson programs to develop new 1969 1. Gratian Goldstein, Sylvia Stein; 2. Janice Seamon-Molson, Gigi Simpson players 2. Karen Allison, Gladys W. Collier 2007 1. Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum; • North American Collegiate Bridge Team 1970 1. Bette L. Cohn, Marietta Passell; 2. YouMei Zhou; Jian Wang Championships 2. Louise Krauss, Betty Mangan 2008 1. Betty Ann Kennedy, Lynn Deas; The Educational Foundation encourages ACBL 1971 1. Ruth Bloomfield, Delle Levinson; 2. Janice Seamon-Molson, Gigi Simpson members who want to start a bridge program to 2. Betty Ann Kennedy, Carol Sanders 2009 1. Sue Picus, Shawn Quinn; consider applying for a grant for financial support. 1972 1. Amalya Kearse, Rhoda Walsh; 2. Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva The application form is on the ACBL web site 2. Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden 2010 1. Disa Eythorsdottir, Valerie Westheimer; at www.acbl.org (select the “Foundations and Truscott 2. Lynn Deas, Judith Shulman Commissions” link under the “Administration” 1973 1. Frieda Arst, June Deutsch; 2011 1. Cheri Bjerkan, Rozanne Pollack; heading). 2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport 2. Nancy Passell, Peggy Sutherlin For more information, contact Foundation 1974 1. Bernice Larson, Joan Stein; 2012 1. Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva; President Barbara Heller at [email protected]. 2. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport 2. Migry Zur Campanile, Miriam Varenne 1975 1. Dorothy Moore, Marion Weed; 2013 1. Patti Hartley, Barbara Nist; 2. Nancy Gruver, Helen Utegaard 2. Cheri Bjerkan, Rozanne Pollack Masterpoint disclaimer Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are 1976 1. Barbara Furbeck, Barbara Herr; 2014 1. Bronia Jenkins, Bernace De Young; subject to change because of score changes or 2. Carol Crawford, Joan Remey 2. Victoria Gromova, Tatiana Ponomareva corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, 1977 1. Edith Kemp, Barbara Rappaport; therefore, also subject to change.

Notice to players Each player must have an ACBL convention card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Page 8 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

NABC 10K KNOCKOUT WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 24 Tables 24.0 Tables Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Bill A B C Eason - Jane Eason, Nesbit MS vs 6.45 1 1 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Britain 59.56% William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 4.84 2 Louallen Thomassen - Michael Popkin, Hot Springs Vlg AR 58.31% 4.27 3 2 Doug Herron - Howard Sloan, New York NY 57.42% Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, 2.72 4 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 57.27% Bloomfield MI; Ned Irving, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Morrie 3.20 5 3 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 57.20% Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON 2.40 6 4 Laura Bro, Blythewood SC; Barbara Robinson, Denver CO 56.44% vs 1.80 7 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 55.65% Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond 1.80 5 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 55.25% BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; 1.43 6 James Reese, Metairie LA; James Hailey Jr, New Orleans LA 54.81% Edward Xu, North York ON 2.60 7 1 Alvin Hamilton, Newtown CT; Edgar Taylor, New Orleans LA 54.56% 22.50 5/8 Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Alex 1.95 2 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS; Dixie Miller, Bogue Chitto MS 54.06% Fowlie, San Marcos CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry 1.46 3 Donald Garner - Margie Lee, South Pasadena CA 53.27% Purrington, Eagan MN 1.29 4 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL; John Shelton, Wilmette IL 52.81% 22.50 5/8 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, 1.00 5 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 51.87% Sunnyvale CA; Steve Smolen - Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA 22.50 5/8 Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Cenk Tuncok, WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Amesbury MA; Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 25.5 Tables 22.50 5/8 Larry Levin - George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San A B C Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Helotes TX 4.73 1 Caroline Vanlandeghem - Amanda Davis, Ridgeland MS 69.06% 3.29 2/3 1/2 Curtis Wehling - Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 64.29% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 1 9 Tables 3.29 2/3 1/2 M Young, Stevensville MI; Jerry Machtinger, Toronto ON 64.29% 42.82 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; 2.00 4 Melda Richardson, Orange CA; Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA 63.77% Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey; Valerio Giubilo, Italy; 2.12 5 3 Betty Morgan - Marie Picou, Diamondhead MS 61.31% Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy 1.59 6 4 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 60.97% 29.97 2 David Gold, Reading Great Britain; Richard 1.19 5 Marda Johnson, Metairie LA; Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA 58.33% Probst - Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Kevin Castner, 1.25 6 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 55.87% Kentfield CA 17.13 3/4 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, 1.97 1 Mary Galvin, Diamondhead MS; Robert Burnaman, Gulfport MS 54.76% Joplin MO; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Richard Meffley, 1.48 2 Judy Pyeatte, New Orleans LA; Maureen Simpson, Ocala FL 52.08% Fresno CA 1.11 3 Jeanie Kwong, Foster City CA; Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 51.49% 17.13 3/4 Richard Kuti, Poinciana FL; Stephen 1.03 4 Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 50.14% Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN; Zane 0.62 5 William Sewell - Elizabeth Sewell, New Orleans LA 49.70% Gary Brown, San Francisco CA

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 2 WEDNESDAY MORNING NEWCOMER PAIRS 12 Tables 5.0 Tables 28.30 1 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Fred Woodruff - Idell D E F Adams, Baton Rouge LA; Larry Federico, Metairie LA 1.34 1/2 1/2 1/2 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 56.88% 19.81 2 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX; Gary 1.34 1/2 1/2 1/2 Sue Pond - Paulette Clark, Mobile AL 56.88% Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Carol Keller, Arlington TX; Becky Koenigseder, Alvarado TX 0.76 3/4 3/4 Julie Vreeland - Sharon Stone, Lakewood Ranch FL 56.25% 11.32 3/4 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; Terry Shaw - 0.76 3/4 3/4 Joanne Eakin, The Villages FL; Cathy McIntyre, Silver Spring MD 56.25% Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Anu Goodman, Toronto ON 11.32 3/4 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, TUESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS (REVISED) York PA; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose 58.0 Tables Valley PA 7 3 1 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 3 15.62 1 1 Susan Glasspiegel - Robert Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 63.54% 10 Tables 11.72 2 2 Marilyn Stewart - Nancy Hill, Mobile AL 60.71% 19.48 1 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Vijay 8.79 3 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 60.57% Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH; Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane 6.59 4 3 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA; Donna Carr, Leucadia CA 59.67% Gladfelter, Columbus OH 5.21 5 Donald Garner - Margie Lee, South Pasadena CA 59.38% 13.64 2 Larry Adler - Ann Adler, Memphis TN; Janice 4.46 6 4 Jane Shurden, Hattiesburg MS; Bill McLemore, Columbia MS 59.23% Van Dyke - Terry Van Dyke, Brentwood TN 7.79 3/4 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller, Spring TX; 3.91 7 Mark Sorenson - D Sorenson, San Bruno CA 59.08% Hugh Humphries - Kay Humphries, Bellaire TX 3.47 8 Helaine Hausman - Janice Diamond, Palm Beach FL 58.78% 7.79 3/4 Paul Lindauer, Varna IL; George Parkins, 3.12 9 5 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 58.33% Vienna VA; Patricia Miller - Roger Miller, Highlands Ranch CO 2.84 10 Norma Rollins - Michael Miller, New York NY 57.89% 2.60 11 Barbara Webber - Betty Davis, Houston TX 57.29% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 4 10 Tables 2.68 12 6 Sandra Weber - Amy Nolan, Slidell LA 56.99% 17.99 1 Brian Breckenridge - Irva Neyhart, Corvallis 2.10 13/15 7/9 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 56.25% OR; Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 2.43 13/15 7/9 Jane Walker - Bruce Walker, Lakeland FL 56.25% 12.59 2 William Voedisch, Marine MN; Jim Stepnes, 2.10 13/15 7/9 Caroline Vanlandeghem - Amanda Davis, Ridgeland MS 56.25% Richfield MN; Paul Nesvig, Inver Grove MN; Dennis Cerkvenik, 1.84 16 10 Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Halifax NS 56.10% Minnetonka MN 1.85 17/18 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 55.95% 7.20 3/4 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Joan Soifert - John Marskell, Grimsby ON; Patricia Estes, Maitland FL 1.69 17/18 11 John Licharson - Elna Licharson, Kingston ON 55.95% 7.20 3/4 Alan Daniels - David Pelka, Los Angeles CA; 1.68 19 Marian Petry, Harahan LA; Jean Faia, Metairie LA 55.80% Mary Seggerman, Houston TX; Alain Fleurot, Puerto Vallarta 1.46 20/21 Anne Cline, Ventura CA; Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA 55.65% Mexico 1.46 20/21 12 Sherree Maddox - Bobby Maddox, Meridian MS 55.65% 1.68 22/23 13 Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN 55.51% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 5 2.02 22/23 Jane Crawford - Jane Grieser, Springfield IL 55.51% 16 Tables 17.13 1 Robert Schmidt, Murphy TX; Ari Sippola, 1.68 24 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 54.91% Irving TX; Connie Martin - Barry Martin, Dallas TX 1.61 25/26 14 Carolyn Singletary - Joe Singletary, Hattiesburg MS 54.61% 11.99 2 Christopher Wang - Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh 1.74 25/26 Claire Young - Wallace McOuat, San Anselmo CA 54.61% PA; James Gray, Murrysville PA; James Fox, Canonsburg PA 1.08 27/29 William Edwards Jr - Patricia Edwards, Dalton GA 54.32% 6.85 3/4 Barbara Newman - Betsi Tunnell, Nashville 1.78 27/29 Peter Clark - Dale Phillips, San Diego CA 54.32% TN; Sara Stobbe, Fort Oglethorpe GA; Dloye Swift, Slidell LA 6.85 3/4 Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Shahid 1.13 27/29 Stephen Kishner, Metairie LA; David Woods, New Orleans LA 54.32% Naqvi, Le Mars IA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 2.80 15 1 Michael Jordan - Marlene Jordan, Apollo Beach FL 53.87% 1.68 16 Paul Rosenblum, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 53.57% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 6 1.61 17 Rosalyn Millar - Malcom Millar, Summerside PE 53.27% 16 Tables 2.10 2 Leila Gilbert - Diane O Neill, Houston TX 49.55% 16.31 1 George Mansour - Stephen Mansour, Scranton 1.58 3 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 47.77% PA; Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA 11.42 2 Becky McKenzie - Karen Nelson - Eileen 1.40 4 Jean Murphy - Michael Murphy, Charlottesville VA 47.02% Milligan - Mary Alice Seville, Corvallis OR 6.52 3/4 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL; Kaye participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source Hoffmaster, Somers MT Monitoring of information that may be useful in determining 6.52 3/4 Ann Romeo, Bellevue WA; Bonnie Broders, At this and future North American Bridge Port Townsend WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer facts and settling issues arising from some types of Island WA Championships, ACBL will monitor NABC+ ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please events with visible, real-time cameras. The images summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. will be recorded and be available for later official This procedure is intended to assure everyone inspection and review. that the playing field is level and that misbehavior By general monitoring of the session and will not be tolerated. Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 9

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 61.0 Tables Bilde A B C continued from page 1 31.06 1 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 61.85% 23.30 2 1 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 61.32% Bilde lives in Aarhus, Denmark with his 17.47 3 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 60.69% wife, Dorte, and their three kids: Dennis, Mica 13.10 4 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 60.45% and Soren. Bilde started learning bridge when he 12.55 5 2 1 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; Gregory Burrell, Barefoot Bay FL 60.15% was around 13. Dorte was on the Danish national 8.87 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 58.96% team that finished third in the Venice Cup a few 9.41 7 3 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 58.63% years back. All three kids play, too, and participate 6.90 8 Zhenzhong Guo - Wenjie Lian, Beijing People’s Republic of China 58.48% in the Danish Junior program. Dennis, who also 6.21 9 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort started learning the game at 13, frequently attends Lauderdale FL 57.80% NABCs. He is working at carving out a living as a 7.06 10 4 2 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 57.38% 5.58 11 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 57.11% bridge pro. Bilde says he’s having fun playing with 4.78 12 Carol Hamilton - Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 56.97% his son as the 25-year-old cultivates professional 4.59 13 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 56.92% partnerships. 5.58 14 5 3 Susan Glasspiegel - Robert Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 56.30% Bilde is also informally advising The Bridge 4.78 15 6 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA; Paul Freese, Metairie LA 55.71% Company, a Danish firm founded in 2009 with 6.56 16 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 55.60% the purpose of developing and selling innovative 3.45 17 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 55.51% bridge products and services. While Bilde has no 3.27 18 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 55.45% official affiliation with the company, he is interested 3.11 19 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 55.42% in the educational potential of the firm’s signature 2.96 20 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA 55.27% product. 4.65 21/22 7/8 Sandy Linn - Ray Lytle, Savannah GA 55.21% 3.95 21/22 7/8 Mary Schulz, Oro Valley AZ; Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 55.21% Bridge+More (formerly called the Bridge 2.59 23 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 54.85% Spinner), which was introduced at the Copenhagen 2.48 24 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 54.73% Invitational in January, is a bridge dealing machine. 3.65 25 9 4 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 54.32% The dealer accepts two decks of cards. One is dealt 3.46 26 10 Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 54.29% out into pockets for the four players while the 3.28 27 Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR; Bill Bradshaw, Billings MT 54.26% other deck is shuffled for the next deal, so there is 2.79 28 11 Janice Smola - Paul Simon, Arlington MA 54.12% never any waiting. The units can be programmed, 2.57 29 12 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 54.05% allowing players to “participate” in great deals of 2.89 30/31 13 5 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 54.03% the past, or focus on specific hand types or play 1.97 30/31 Nancy Stanton, Lewisville TX; Beth Coker, Bryan TX 54.03% randomly generated deals. 3.47 14 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 53.85% 2.97 15 Maureen Loeb - David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 53.76% Bilde is using the machines in his work with 2.48 16 6 Millicent Wear - Barbara Webber, Houston TX 53.35% schools. He calls the image the technology brings 1.86 17 Diane Gunther - John Gunther, Newbury Park CA 53.21% to the tables of younger players “sexy,” and he finds 2.17 18 7 George Mitchell - Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB 52.85% the units easier to transport than boards. 3.28 19 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Dave Adelman, Calgary AB 52.59% “If the cards are not shuffled after the play, the 1.93 20 8 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 52.53% software can detect the order in which they were 2.21 21 9 Ellen Li - Oi Yao, Mountain View CA 51.96% played,” a valuable aid in working with young 1.57 10 Luraette Tucker - Jim Tucker, Little Rock AR 50.89% people on declarer play and defense, he points out. 1.44 11 Melody Henderson - Mark Henderson, Wilmington DE 50.86% “I think these advances can help make bridge 1.35 12 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 50.74% popular with young people.” WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH The developers are interested in feedback from 58.0 Tables bridge players. Bilde says the company is eager to 7 3 1 learn what players think, how club managers and 15.62 1 1 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 62.80% teachers envision the use of the equipment and even 11.72 2 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 62.05% what home-game hosts might want to see added or 8.79 3 D Sorenson - Mark Sorenson, San Bruno CA 59.23% changed. 6.59 4 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 59.04% “The really interesting thing to me is listening 6.94 5 2 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 58.93% to what people have to say.” 5.20 6 3 Donna Carr, Leucadia CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 58.63% Bilde is arranging for a demonstration of 3.91 7 4 1 Linda Conner - Molly Silvia, New Orleans LA 58.13% the Bridge+More dealers on Friday morning. An 3.47 8 5 Joy O Dell, Nashville TN; Colleen Kelley, Highland Park IL 57.29% 3.12 9 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 57.27% entertaining high-level foursome is being invited to 2.72 10/11 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 56.99% play, using the technology. Keep an eye on page 2 2.72 10/11 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA 56.99% of the Daily Bulletin for time and location details. 2.40 12 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 56.43% Bilde says that the bridge dealers will be 2.64 13 6 2 Mark Barnes - Shirley Lane, Mobile AL 56.40% available to see and sample Saturday and Sunday, 2.02 14/15 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Carolyn Vick, Nashville TN 56.25% too. 2.31 14/15 7 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 56.25% 2.06 16 8 Ann Wales - Louise Howell, Houston TX 56.04% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 7 1.74 17 Marshall Daniel - Gretchen Easton, Charlotte NC 55.70% 16 Tables 1.64 18 Karen Hershberg, Highland Beach FL; Helaine Hausman, Palm Beach FL 55.55% 14.92 1 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL; Cynthia Keaton, Dallas 1.56 19 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 55.40% TX 1.49 20 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 55.21% 10.44 2 Gladys Freeman - Sue Kay Reeder - Judy 1.53 21 Evelyn Caroline-Elsey, Midhurst ON; Betty Marshall, Orillia ON 55.06% Floyd, Arlington TX; Ginger Kennedy, Fort Worth TX 2.31 22 9 Michael Curry, Catoosa OK; Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.85% 5.97 3/4 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland - Karen Rice, 1.89 23/24 10/11 Karen Jennings, Lufkin TX; Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA 54.76% San Jose CA; Margaret Becker, Saratoga CA 1.80 23/24 10/11 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 54.76% 5.97 3/4 Dominique Guay, Orleans ON; Peter Jacquest, Souris MB; Mac Ryland - Judy Ryland, Atlanta GA 1.20 25 Debbie Robertson - Diane Betts, Willowdale ON 54.49% 1.72 26 12 3 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 54.46% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 8 1.32 27/28 13 Anne Julian, Highlands NC; Lana Jordan, Atlanta GA 54.32% 16 Tables 1.53 27/28 Anne Cline, Ventura CA; Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA 54.32% 12.02 1 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston 1.53 29 Peter Donnellan - Paul Thompson, Warwick Bermuda 54.02% MI; Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA; Andrew Rottenbacher, South 1.75 14 4 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 53.87% Pasadena CA 8.41 2 Linda Gallagher - Pris Daly - Janet Patterson, 2.17 15 Richard Heideman - Robert Allen, San Jose CA 53.42% Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 1.47 16 Ellen Eyman - Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON 53.36% 4.81 3/4 Gail Gabiati - Hinda Gilbert - Edwin Mah - 1.84 17 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 53.36% Dolores Mackinnon, San Francisco CA 4.81 3/4 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp - Darrel WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS Mooney, Boise ID; Robert Hartley, Meridian ID 5.0 Tables A B C 1.53 1 1 1 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 72.22% 1.15 2 2 2 Sue Pond - Paulette Clark, Mobile AL 59.23% 0.86 3 3 Joanne Eakin, The Villages FL; Cathy McIntyre, Silver Spring MD 57.83% 0.77 4 4 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 55.95% Page 10 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

See who’s hanging r r r r r r r r r r r There once was a player named Frick out at the new That’s all, folks Whose bridge style was overly slick Here are the last of the limericks that weren’t Fricasseed was the chump chosen for prizes in the Daily Bulletin Limerick When he bid 3NT Partnership Contest but were too good not to share. And got in at the penultimate trick Carlos Colon, Shreveport LA Desk. In NOLA you can’t be unhappy You’ve gumbo and beignets, lagniappe There once was a lass from Kilkenny But drink Vieux Carre The sins of her bridge game were many At the close of the day Though she misplayed the hand Next morning your head sure feels crappy! Her smile was so grand Barry Rigal, New York City That they called 1100 a “Jenny” He came on the scene like a rocket I’m playing bridge with my wife With talent and skill in his pocket This contract cuts like a knife (His) opponents were thwarted So here comes a double As Dame Fortune he courted And, boy, I’m in trouble Superstition – he chose not to knock it I’m going down for my life Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX Unassuming, he was timid and shy His demeanor and humor were wry There was an old many named O’Grade His boldness he hid Who played bridge and was not afraid Until seven he bid He bid a grand slam Then a grin appeared ever so sly Went down with a bam Stephanie Alexander, Mentor OH That was the last time he played Barbara Jur, Warren MI My opening bidding decision: Twenty-six high, in first position There was a young man named Paddy PARTNERSHIP Two clubs! With a shout Who followed his bridge-playing daddy Pard passes it out They took a long journey DESK “I thought we were playing Precision” To get to the tourney Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS Log into MyACBL. Update your profi le, Where daddy said, “Paddy, go caddy!” Lowell Andrews, Huntington Beach CA browse for partners and play. N’awlins is where you are at Visit for Playin’ bridge on da feast of St. Pat acbl.org/partnershipdesk There once was a player from Dover more information. Gettin’ all coupy and squeezey Who came to New Orleans in clover Here in da Big Easy St. Patrick was near Y’all having a good time? Tru dat! Get your results And tanked him with beer Scored 30% - It was over by text message! This lucky necklace of beads Carole Silverstein, Lancaster PA Might get me the gold points I need It wouldn’t be hard Tired of taking your tricks? If only my pard Try your hand at writing limericks! Could find the right opening lead! But you’ll fail at the sport Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH ACBL Live allows members to receive their If you write them to short . . . results by text. Simply text your name and ACBL player number to 901-289-2094 or to text@acbl. Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC org. As soon as results are available, you’ll receive your personal results by a reply text. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣

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©Patrick Pyszka/City of Chicago Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 11 Seniors United States Bridge The definition of a Senior (for the purpose of Federation Senior events, tournaments, special games, etc.) The USBF is selecting teams to compete for has matured — from 55 to 60 years old. Those the Bermuda Bowl, the Venice Cup and the Senior ‘tweeners who previously qualified as a Senior Bowl in Chennai, India Sept. 26 – Oct. 10, 2015. and who have been magically rejuvenated are still The U.S. Women’s Bridge Championships eligible. If you were born before Jan. 1, 1959, will be held April 12–18 in Fort Lauderdale FL. you’re still a Senior for the purposes of playing in The United States Bridge Championships will be any ACBL Senior event. held May 8–17 in Chicago. The U.S. Senior Bridge Championships will be held June 5–13 in Chicago. For information, visit usbf.org.

Sheila Gabay and Lloyd Arvedon are the runners up in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs. TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made.

request. While it is true that the 3♥ bid is not listed in their system notes. When asked if he could hold APPEAL CASE 1 as a possible rebid, the notes did not say that 3♥ 3=3=5=2, North said, “You know me. I can have Event: Lebhar IMP Pairs could not be bid. North asserted that with a good anything. He just assumes I have three clubs.” Session: 2nd final unbalanced hand, South would rebid 2♠, which is North stated that he bid 4♠ because he thought Subject: Unauthorized information (UI) a relay. The auction exposed the problem so there 4NT would be Blackwood, and that if he bid 4♠, Nicolas L’Ecuyer was no basis for an adjustment as per Law 16. South would bid Blackwood, which he could then Board 11 ♠ K 6 Accordingly, the table result stands, 4NT by North, pass. Vul: None ♥ K 5 2 making five, North–South plus 460. The Decision: Dlr: South ♦ K 10 6 4 2 The Appeal: Even if South’s 3♥ duplicated some of the UI ♣ K 9 6 East–West appealed. All four players attended. from the failure to Alert, it did not duplicate all of Fred Gitelman Sheri Winestock Statements by the appealing side: East- it. Perhaps North knew from authorized information ♠ A Q J 3 ♠ 9 8 7 4 West claimed that most other auctions would be (AI) that the auction was off the rails, but he did ♥ J 10 9 7 6 ♥ 4 revealing enough that East would not lead a club, not know from AI that his partner thought he had ♦ J 8 ♦ 7 5 3 and that North’s 4♠ deterred East from leading a hearts and substantially more strength than he ♣ 7 5 ♣ A J 10 4 3 spade. They stated that in their opinion, North had actually held. North knew partner was likely to Paul Street taken flagrant advantage of the failure to Alert. bid too much, so finding a way to stop in 4NT was ♠ 10 5 2 Statements by the non-appealing side: clearly suggested over other logical alternatives by ♥ A Q 8 3 North claimed that 3♥ was asystemic, and that the UI, and is therefore not allowed. The Appeals ♦ A Q 9 information alone told him that the auction was off Committee thought that bidding 5NT was a logical ♣ Q 8 2 the rails. He claimed that South never did anything alternative to 4♠. That would get 6♥, and North West North East South unusual in the auction, so he had no need of UI to would convert to 6NT. East has an obvious spade 1♣ tell him what was going on. He stated, though the lead against 6NT, which goes down three. Pass 2♥ (1) Pass 3♥ pair’s system notes do not fully confirm, that after North has several logical alternatives, and Pass 3NT Pass 4♦ 1m-2♥, their methods are: because most will lead to a contract going down Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT 2♠ Relays to 2NT. Most unbalanced hands three, the Appeals Committee judged that plus/ All Pass start with 2♠. New suits after the 2NT relay are minus 150 was both the best result likely for the (1) Shows an artificial balanced invite, not shortness. non-offending side and the worst probable result for Alerted. 2NT Natural, non-forcing the offending side. Not knowing there had been a Contract: 4NT by North 3♣, 3♦ Natural, non-forcing misunderstanding, East–West would not double. Opening lead: ♣10 3♥, 3♠ Undefined Even though the actual opening lead was poor Table result: Making five, North–South plus 3NT To play (North was likely to have three or more clubs, and 460 4♥, 4♠ Good 6–5, non-forcing South opened 1♣), East–West never had a chance to Director’s ruling: 4NT by North making five, With minimum 6-5 hands, they open the major. achieve the score they would have achieved absent North–South plus 460 They were not asked if that was true with spades the infraction. Committee ruling: 6NT by North, down three, and clubs precisely. With very good 6–5 hands – The Appeals Committee disagreed on whether North–South minus 150, East-West plus 150 too strong to bid 4M – he thought they’d bid 4m. to award a procedural penalty for flagrant misuse The Facts: The system notes did not mention bidding a major of UI. Given the duplication of most of the UI by The director was summoned at the end of or bidding past 3NT. the apparent AI, the committee concluded that a the auction. West stated that North had taken When asked if 2♥ could contain a four-card player of North’s caliber was not expected to figure advantage of his partner’s failure to Alert. North major, North–South answered, “Very rarely, but it out that he had unduplicated UI, so no procedural maintained that his partner’s 3♥ call exposed the is possible.” This was mentioned at the table. penalty was awarded. problem since it was contrary to their partnership North claimed that 2♥ promised 3–3 or DIC: Nancy Boyd agreement. better in the minors, so at IMPs, they never will Chairperson: Jeff Goldsmith The Ruling: play a major. This was not revealed during the Committee members: Mitch Dunitz, Fred North–South provided their system notes upon explanation of 2♥ at the table, nor is it mentioned King, Ray Miller, Josh Parker Page 12 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 76 Tables James Cayne, New York NY; Thomas Bessis, Paris Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Fantoni - France; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Michael Seamon, Boca vs Raton FL Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, vs New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden QC; Ishmael DelMonte - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New York France NY; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice vs FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB; Jonathan Boca Raton FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Don Kwiecien, Lublin Poland Domansky - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON vs Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Chris Willenken, Parma PR Italy; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Auken, Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany Charlottenlund Denmark; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Kevin vs Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan - Ron Smith, Netherlands; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL Las Vegas NV; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve vs Robinson, Arlington VA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL Joe Grue, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Tom Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston Katowice Poland IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson - Marc vs Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Neil Chambers, vs Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Bill Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Berend Eisenberg, Perris CA; Massimiliano Di Franco - Andrea Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris Lankveld, Manno, Palermo Italy Amsterdam Netherlands; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland

1. Nickell 111 64. Gartaganis wd 1. Nickell 92 32. Kasle (33) 94 32. Sprung 103 33. Kasle 141 1. Kasle (33)

16. Diamond 155 16. Diamond 49. Lo 92 16. Diamond 116 17. Chinese Ladies Red (48) 102 17. Gupta 85 48. Chinese Ladies Red 98

9. Grue 121 56. Ash wd 9. Grue 143 24. Rogoff (44) 58 24. Mahaffey 79 41. Rogoff 101 8. Drijver

25. Tulin 97 9. Grue 40. P. Fireman 99 8. Drijver 136 25. Phyllis Fireman (40) 63 8. Drijver 156 57. Team No Name 99

5. Lynch 117 60. Sealy wd 5. Lynch 112 28. Krekorian (37) 28. McAllister 95 107 37. Krekorian 134 5. Lynch

21. Goldberg 158 12. Goldberg (21) 44. China Ladies Blue 76 12. Schwartz 86 21. Goldberg 112 12. Schwartz 194 53. Muliar 92

13. Hamman 121 52. Bjarnarson 135 13. Bjarnarson (52) 81 20. Meltzer 20. Meltzer 159 130 45. Ornstein 129 4. Fleisher

29. Ekeblad 98 13. Meltzer (13) 36. Onstott 190 4. Fleisher 126.5 29. Onstott (36) 126 4. Fleisher 163 61. Team BUMU wd Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 13 PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 25.00 17/32 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph 25.00 17/32 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack - Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY Weinstein, Andes NY; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff 25.00 17/32 Vainikonis Vytautas, Vilnius Lithuania; Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL Olanski Wojtek, Zielona Gora Poland; Bar Tarnovski, 25.00 17/32 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Rishon Lezion Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo, Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC Elblag Poland 25.00 17/32 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan 25.00 17/32 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz,. Ramat-Gan Israel Sweden; Benedicte Cronier – Sylvie Willard, Paris France 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael 25.00 17/32 Roberto Barbosa, Ap Brazil; Adriano Becker, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach Rodrigues - Paulo Brum, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Jeovani FL; Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Walid Elahmady - Salomao, Lago Norte Brazil Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 25.00 17/32 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Joshua 25.00 17/32 Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Parker, Briarcliff NY; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Dallas TX; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Toronto ON Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 25.00 17/32 Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; 25.00 17/32 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; G S Jade Barrett - Karen Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Glenn Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Sanford FL Falk, Okemos MI 25.00 17/32 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi - Ran Jingrong, 25.00 17/32 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Gan Ling, Chengdu Casen, Las Vegas NV; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; China People’s Republic of China Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Gregers Bjarnarson, New York NY; Anders Netherlands Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx 25.00 17/32 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Judith NY; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; Kasper Konow, Bianco, New York NY; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Frederiksberg Denmark Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL

2. Monaco 143 63. Kokten 90 2. Monaco 136 31. Morse 48 31. Morse 113 2. Monaco 34. Soulet 110

15. Rosenthal 15. Rosenthal 196 50. Collins 39 15. Rosenthal 168 18. Team Heifer (47) 140 18. PD Times 145 47. Team Heifer 147

10. Team Assael 155 55. Lu 84 10. Team Assael 164 23. Barbosa (42) 50 23. H. Lall 104 7. Gordon 42. Barbosa 154

10. Team Assael 26. P. Fireman 89 39. Vytautas 136 7. Gordon 151 26. Vytautas (39) 101 7. Gordon 178 58. Litvack 79

6. Cayne 123 59. Kent wd 6. Cayne 125 27. Pollack (38) 98 27. Berg 105 6. Cayne 38. Pollack 145

11. Street (22) 22. Street 165 43. Team Jinghua 83 11. Gromov 22. Street 90 106 11. Gromov 146 54. Lara wd

14. Levine 73 51. Todd 177 14. Todd (56) 125 19. Spector 78 19. Spector 142 3. Lavazza 46. Camberos 122

14. Todd (56) 30. Doub 103 35. Rigal 105 3. Lavazza 189 30. Rigal (35) 102 3. Lavazza 156 62. Narasimhan 100 Page 14 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS 16 Tables 4 Tables 26.82 1 Hans Graverson, Aalborg Denmark; Henrik A B Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark; Emil Jepsen, Aarhus Croatia; Lars Tofte, Aarhus Costa Rica 1.47 1 Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN; Ede Donovan - Helen Vagle, Edina MN; 18.77 2 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Jo Ellen Drisko, Lexington KY 48.00 Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 1.29 1 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON; Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Darylan 12.07 3 RuoYang Lian, People’s Republic of China; Stratten, Sebastopol CA 35.00 Zijian Shao - Fei Gao - Li Guanghua, Shanghai People’s Republic of China SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELES WEDNESDAY SIDE PAIRS 9.39 4 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Jeff Roman, Sun City West AZ 30.0 Tables A B C WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 7.58 1 1 1 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 68.13% 16 Tables 5.69 2 Helen Johnston, Ajax ON; David Birnbaum, Pegram TN 67.23% 25.15 1 Bulent Kaytaz - Tezcan Sen - Hakan Peyret, 4.26 3 Natan Erdberg, Fishers IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 62.93% Istanbul Turkey; Yusuf Sohtorik, Instanbul Turkey 17.61 2 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Mikael 4.67 4 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Richard Carle, Longview WA 60.26% Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Vesa Lauri Fagerlund, Tampere 4.41 5 2 Shirley Llacera - Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 59.65% Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 3.27 6 Michael Varhalamas, St Petersburg FL; Nicholas France, Spring 11.32 3 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Valley NY 58.65% Exeter NH; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Yiji Starr, 3.31 7 3 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA 58.51% Wayland MA 1.63 8 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 58.48% 8.80 4 Philippe Soulet, France; Christophe Oursel, Clichy France; Bernard Payen, France France; Thierry De Sainte- 2.48 4 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 57.17% Marie, Paris France 1.95 5 2 Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS; Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC 56.87% 1.58 6 Inger Hultstrand - Bertil Blomquist, Sweden 54.74% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 1.11 7 Sharon Wallace - Irwin Wallace, Tampa FL 54.66% 16 Tables 1.46 3 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Gloria Pilot, New York NY 53.85% 20.88 1 Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton 1.10 4 Penny Saunders, Atlanta GA; Julie McLaughlin, Birmingham AL 51.60% FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 14.62 2 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Renay 0.86 5 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 51.17% Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Julie Kraus, Southfield MI WEDNESDAY A/B PAIRS 9.40 3 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Robert Hartman, 48.0 Tables / Based on 100 Tables Memphis TN; Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD; Margot A B Hennings, Annandale VA 7.31 4 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Linda 36.70 1 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Bob Feller, Bloomington IN 64.57% Bandler - Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 27.53 2 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Suzanne Stevenson, Naples FL 63.66% 20.64 3 1 Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC 61.06% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 15.48 4 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 60.53% 16 Tables 12.23 5 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 59.58% 15.29 1 Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Marc-Andre 14.03 6 2 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA 58.26% Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Ian Findlay - Ranald Davidson, North York ON 10.52 7 3 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 57.54% 10.70 2 Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL; Michael 8.16 8 4 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 57.21% Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Lee 7.34 9 5 Susan Bullard - H Gordon, Lexington KY 57.17% Bukstel, Boca Raton FL 6.67 10 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 56.82% 6.88 3 Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Randy 6.12 11 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 55.53% Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John 5.65 12 J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 54.99% Lewis, Wilton Manors FL 5.35 4 Janice Henderson, Gonzales LA; Fred Blosser - 5.35 13 6 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 54.62% Carol Hawley - Frances Schenk, Baton Rouge LA 4.89 14 7 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 54.49% 4.59 15 8 Bob Lyon - Robert Cummins, Indianapolis IN 54.01% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 5 4.32 16 9 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 53.99% 16 Tables 4.33 17 10 Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL; Tina Tessaro, Miami FL 53.95% 12.65 1 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester 3.86 18 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 53.90% Hills MI; Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI 3.67 19 11 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 53.75% 8.86 2 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Theri 8.50 20 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 53.72% Andino, Niceville FL; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; N (Kaya) 3.34 21 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 53.69% Chua, Chula Vista CA 3.19 22 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 53.59% 5.69 3 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Steve Hubbell, 3.06 23 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 53.42% Mountain View CA; Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 3.47 24 12 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX 53.39% 4.43 4 Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA; Sue Becker, 2.82 25 13 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 53.28% Canton OH; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Robert Walters, New 2.49 14 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 53.27% Westminster BC 6.06 15 Mike Giacaman - Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 52.95%

WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 WEDNESDAY C/D PAIRS 16 Tables 10.71 1 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Arti 23.0 Tables Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Margaret Peterson - Mark Peterson, C D Larkspur CA 23.57 1 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 60.66% 7.50 2 William Drake, Minnetonka MN; Joseph 17.68 2 Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 57.80% Koester, Brooklyn Park MN; John Crouch, Edina MN; Loring 13.26 3 Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC; Insa Fricker, White Rock BC 56.59% Knoblauch, Chicago IL 4.82 3 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsds 10.66 4 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; David Colligan, Buffalo NY 56.46% CA; Garold Adamson - Susan Adamson, Houston TX 7.86 5 Christina van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 55.95% 3.75 4 Rodney Bias - Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Clair 8.00 6 2 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 55.86% Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; David Goodman, Anthem AZ 6.00 7 3 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 55.14% 5.24 8 4 Michael Gritz - Etty Yenni, Santa Barbara CA 54.54% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 7 4.71 9 5 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 53.82% 12 Tables 8.14 1 Francesca Stedman - Joan Vernick - Richard 4.29 10 Helen Kobernusz - Marjorie Ehrenfreund, Madison CT 53.38% Leonardon - Donna Sirubi, Santa Fe NM 3.93 11 6 Steve Ramos, Jr - Sharon Biederman, Seal Beach CA 53.31% 5.70 2 Kyle Lueders - Muriel Gilmour - Mary Jane 3.63 12 Anne Plauche - Ronald Berenger, Metairie LA 52.81% Kinnebrew, Houston TX; Kitty Wong, Pearland TX 2.67 7 Linda Hagood, Marietta GA; Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 52.69% 3.66 3 Natalie Silverstein - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON; Louise Morel, Chapala Mexico; Jack Wilson, Sebastian FL WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2.85 4 Bobbi Le Feuvre - Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Jack Lewis Jr - Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 16.0 Tables 7 3 WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 8 5.97 1 James Barnes, Towson MD; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 59.74% 16 Tables 4.48 2 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 57.24% 7.75 1 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; 3.36 3 Melissa Heston, Cedar Falls IA; Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA 56.50% James Augustine, Alexandria VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA 5.43 2 Kiendl Gordon, New York NY; Candace 3.15 4 1 James Jeffers - Shirley Jeffers, China Grove NC 55.65% Dauphinot - Susan Panter - Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara CA 1.99 5 Darlene Scott - Anne Pettigrew, Oakville ON 55.57% 3.49 3 Frank Durante, Addison TX; Nancy Latner - 2.36 6 2 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 55.00% Jean Higgins - William Higgins, Dallas TX 1.49 7 Sylvia Brill, Norcross GA; Donald Hill, Smyrna GA 53.30% 2.71 4 Deborah Crisfield - Peggy Hall - Karen Haines, 1.38 8 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 52.98% Summit NJ; Peter Jones, N Plainfield NJ 1.77 3 Phyllis Levy - Donna Penny, Miami FL 51.93% 1.58 4 Muffin Balart, Metairie LA; Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA 49.93% Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 15

WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 9 9.0 Tables 15 Tables A B C 6.83 1 James Ochsner - Allison Ochsner - Donald Boyd - Bonnie Boyd, Houston TX 2.49 1 1 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 64.58% 4.78 2 Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers, San 1.87 2 Gerry Gastelum - Nancy Raiche, Manhattan Beach CA 63.39% Francisco CA; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Waclaw Trebacz, 1.58 3 2 Lisa Gray, Cary NC; Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC 54.76% Winnipeg MB 1.63 4/5 3/4 1 Joan Warren - Linda Newton, Ruston LA 53.57% 3.07 3 Joan Swann, Normandy TN; Patricia Castle, 1.04 4/5 3/4 Vicki Schell - Shirley Reischman, Pensacola FL 53.57% Winchester TN; Janice Felice, Estil Springs TN; Irma Welch, 1.22 5 2 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 52.08% Cowan TN 2.39 4 Alma Farley - Robert Clarke, Richardson TX; 0.92 3 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 51.79% Egda Delaney - Michael Delaney, Placitas NM

per player per session. Note: $1.50 per person per WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 10 16 Tables Entry Fees session benefits the International Fund. 5.84 1 Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Halifax NS; Players must be ACBL members whose service Players must also be current ACBL members to Judith Arbus - Debbie Stavro, Toronto ON fees or dues are current in order to compete in play in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams and the 0-10,000 4.09 2 Bonnie Palon, Midwest City OK; Peter Huggler any of the following national-ranked events: Kay III, Seminole OK; Arlene Tauber - Kem Morgan, Atlanta GA Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 per player 2.63 3 Mike Lappa - Sheryl Thompson - Judy Serou, Platinum Pairs, Silodor Open Pairs, Vanderbilt per session. Metairie LA; James Kessler, New Orleans LA Knockout Teams, Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Regional championships are $16 per player per 2.04 4 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA; Laura Rockwell Mixed Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Smith session for ACBL members, $20 for non-members. Colihan - Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON Life Master Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs, All other events are $15 per player per session Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, and the Machlin for ACBL members, $19 for non-members. (Note: Women’s Swiss Teams. There is no entry fee for any flight of the North The entry fees for these NABC+ contests are American Pairs, but participants who have qualified $20 per player per session. For NABC+ events to play in these events are still required to be paid when screens are in use, the entry fee will be $30 members.)

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WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 64.58% 1 Gerry Gastelum - Nancy Raiche, Manhattan Beach CA 63.39% 2 2 1 Joan Warren - Linda Newton, Ruston LA 53.57% 2 1 Lisa Gray, Cary NC; Wendy Joyner, Raleigh NC 54.76% 3/4 3 2 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 51.79% 3 2 Vicki Schell - Shirley Reischman, Pensacola FL 53.57% 3/4 Sally Alex - Dottie Larson, Spokane WA 51.79% 4 3 1 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 52.08% 2 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 50.30%

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELESSS WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ RRR SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Richard Carle, Longview WA 60.26% 1 1 1 Ethan Macaulay, Bedford NS; Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 68.13% 2 Michael Varhalamas, St Petersburg FL; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 58.65% 2 Helen Johnston, Ajax ON; David Birnbaum, Pegram TN 67.23% 3 1 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA 58.51% 3 Natan Erdberg, Fishers IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 62.93% 4 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 58.48% 4 2 Shirley Llacera - Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 59.65% 5 Beryl Shapiro - Marvin Shapiro, Saint Louis MO 57.44% 5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Jeff Jacob, Vancouver WA 58.01% 6 2 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 57.17% 6 3 2 Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS; Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC 56.87% 7 3 Inger Hultstrand - Bertil Blomquist, Sweden 54.74% 7 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 56.80% 8 4 Sharon Wallace - Irwin Wallace, Tampa FL 54.66% 8 4 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 53.67% 9 5 Michael Zeller, York PA; Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL 54.38% 9 5 Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT; Virginia Bright, Nokomis FL 51.93% 10 6 Missy Coy, Marietta GA; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA 54.31% 10 6 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 51.82% 11 7 1 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Gloria Pilot, New York NY 53.85% 11 7 3 Penny Saunders, Atlanta GA; Julie McLaughlin, Birmingham AL 51.60% 12 8 Phillip Cummins - Karen Cummins, Coconut Creek FL 52.68% 12 8 Joseph Browan, Maplewood MN; Carrie Kaplan, Hudson WI 51.11% 2 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 51.17% WEDNESDAY A/B PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q R S EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 59.49% 1 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Suzanne Stevenson, Naples FL 66.98% 2 1 Joshua Whittaker, York PA; Russell Williams, Hanover PA 58.51% 2 1 Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC 62.72% 3 2 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Joe DeGaetano, Delray Beach FL 57.93% 3 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Bob Feller, Bloomington IN 62.37% 4 3 Armand Szulc - Glenna Szulc, Woodland Hills CA 57.62% 4 2 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX 59.57% 5 4 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 56.12% 5 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 59.40% 6 5 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC 55.98% 6 3 Bob Lyon - Robert Cummins, Indianapolis IN 58.82% 7 6 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 55.94% 7 4 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Kevin Dybvig, Birmingham AL 58.47% 8 7 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 55.90% 8 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 58.33% 9 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 54.57% 9 5 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 56.43% 10 8 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 54.21% 10 6 David Fleischer, Alexandria VA; Ronald Spieker, Arlington VA 55.54% 11 9 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ 54.12% 11 Tom Clarke - Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 55.27% 12 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 53.94% 12 7 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA 54.92% 13 Charmaine Powers, Naples FL; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 53.81% 13 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 54.83% 14 J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 53.77% 14 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 53.77% 15 10 Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL; Spencer Hurd, Meigs GA 52.79% 15 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 53.46% 16 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 52.26% 16 8 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 53.15% 17 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 51.99% 17 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 53.10% 18 11 Susan Bullard - H Gordon, Lexington KY 51.33% 18 9 Randolph Johnson - Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 51.24% 19 Joanne Minken-Levy, Los Angeles CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 51.24% 19 10 Carolyn Bryan - H Wendell Williams, Oklahoma City OK 51.11% 11 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 50.84% 12 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 50.44% Page 16 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY C/D PAIRS 2ND SESSION SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST C D C D 1 1 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Philip Smith, Fenton MI 65.14% 1 1 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 61.11% 2 Christina van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 59.59% 2 Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 57.41% 3/4 2/3 Daryl Drew, Orlando FL; Won Yang, Clermont FL 59.04% 3 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 56.43% 3/4 2/3 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 59.04% 4/5 William Aeschbacher - Ann Morin, Park City UT 55.01% 5 Gail Levy, Melville NY; Reisha Berkowsky, Dix Hills NY 56.21% 4/5 2 Michael Gritz - Etty Yenni, Santa Barbara CA 55.01% 6 4 F Corredine, Slidell LA; Bill Beaushaw, Pearl River LA 55.12% 6 3 Thomas Aldrich III, Palatine IL; Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 54.90% 7 5 Robert Krueger - Priscilla Krueger, Laurel MD 54.03% 7 4 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; David Colligan, Buffalo NY 53.05% 8 Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC; Insa Fricker, White Rock BC 53.81% 8 Dee Moses - Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA 52.61% 9 6 Harold Copeland - Raleigh Williamson, Houston TX 53.70% 9 Larry Sullivan - Margaret Brom, Vancouver WA 52.29% 5 Roxanne King, Houston TX; Lamya Agelidis, La Jolla CA 51.53%

WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 James Jeffers - Shirley Jeffers, China Grove NC 59.52% 1 James Barnes, Towson MD; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 55.18% 2 Darlene Scott - Anne Pettigrew, Oakville ON 59.35% 2 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 55.06% 3 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 56.42% 3 Michael Kudla, Lake Charles LA; Toni Latimer, Westlake LA 52.26% 1 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 50.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION N EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 62.50% 1/2 1 Phyllis Levy - Donna Penny, Miami FL 52.38% 2 Earlene Boddie - Sue Babineaux, Shreveport LA 62.20% 1/2 Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA 52.38% 3 Karen Proetz - Patricia Phillips, Little Rock AR 55.95% 3 Ted Greeniaus - Mary Greeniaus, Redmond WA 49.70% 1 Muffin Balart, Metairie LA; Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA 48.81% 2/3 Harmalene Mathias - KC Casey, Novato CA 49.11% 2/3 Rosalind Kokolis, Bellaire TX; Mary Perry, Houston TX 49.11%

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 64.90% 1 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 63.59% 2 Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 63.78% 2 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Sherman Gao, Pomona CA 61.78% 3 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Jori Grossack, Waban MA 60.42% 3 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco TX 60.59% 4 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 60.21% 4 Don Sulgrove - Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 59.97% 5 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 59.34% 5 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 59.75% 6 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC 58.76% 6 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 58.91% 7 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 58.42% 7 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 58.35% 8 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 58.40% 8 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 58.25% 9/10 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 57.65% 9 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands 58.18% 9/10 Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA 57.65% 10 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 58.12% 11 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 57.56% 11 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 57.52% 12 Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 56.61% 12 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 57.19% 13 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 56.35% 13 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 56.93% 14 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 56.29% 14 Barbara Sartorius - Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL 56.55% 15 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 56.27% 15/16 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 56.37% 16 Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA 56.03% 15/16 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Steve Cohen, Reno NV 56.37% 17 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 55.66% 17 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 56.14% 18 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 55.34% 18 Robert Munson - Nancy Munson, Danville CA 55.94% 19 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 55.21% 19 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 55.88% 20 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 55.08% 20 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 55.56% 21 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 55.06% 21 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 55.55% 22 Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 55.02% 22 Judi Radin - Scott Levine, New York NY 54.89% 23 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 54.74% 23 Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Gaithersburg MD 54.39% 24 Henri Farhi - Kit Humphrey, Berkeley CA 54.56% 24 Bryan Maksymetz - Frances Corney, Vancouver BC 54.22% 25 Judith Nab, Amersterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 53.96% 25 Jan Martel, Davis CA; Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 53.88% 26 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 53.88% 26 Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 53.72% 27 Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy 53.45% 27 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 53.66% 28 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 53.34% 28 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 53.60% 29 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 53.32% 29 Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 53.17% 30 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Vickie Sebastian, Beavercreek OH 53.27% 30 Carol Rynders - Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 53.12% 31 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 53.19% 31 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 53.06% 32 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 52.95% 32 Beverley Bessey - Glen Williamson, Sarnia ON 52.86% 33 Rebecca Lowen - Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 52.93% 33 David Abelow, La Jolla CA; Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA 52.84% 34 Barbara Shnier - Barry Senensky, Toronto ON 52.89% 34 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 52.80% 35 Sidney Brownstein - Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 52.76% 35 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 52.58% 36 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 52.39% 36 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 52.37% 37 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 52.30% 37 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 52.28% 38 Chantal Dube - Andre Houde, Montreal QC 52.26% 38 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 52.20% 39 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Gina Bresler, Lansdale PA 52.02% 39 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 52.11% 40 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 51.87% 40 Gabrielle Sherman, Delray Beach FL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 52.07% 41/42 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 51.61% 41 Mark Bennett - Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 52.02% 41/42 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 51.61% 42 Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 51.96% WEDNESDAY A/B PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P R T Q EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Bob Feller, Bloomington IN 66.78% 1 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 67.16% 2 1 Mike Giacaman - Carol Schaffer, Saint Louis MO 64.32% 2 1 Susan Bullard - H Gordon, Lexington KY 63.05% 3 2 Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL; Tina Tessaro, Miami FL 60.82% 3 2 Carson Arnett, Cloutierville LA; Guss Ginsburg, New Orleans LA 61.61% 4 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 60.82% 4 3 Charles Ladiha, Vermilion OH; Pat Chisholm, Gates Mills OH 61.27% 5 3 Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hector Camberos, Charlotte NC 59.39% 5 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Suzanne Stevenson, Naples FL 60.40% 6 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 58.77% 6 4 Judy Cardin - Bruce Greenspan, Bonita Springs FL 59.00% 7 4 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 58.64% 7 5 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 56.58% 8 5 Pat Galligan - Patty Michael, San Mateo CA 58.00% 8 6 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 56.34% 9 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 57.95% 9 7 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 56.28% 10 6 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 56.11% 10 J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 56.20% 11 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 54.92% 11 8 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 55.94% 12 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 53.38% 12 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 55.80% 13 Gale Senter - James Senter, San Clemente CA 52.97% 13 9 Cyrus Sabharwal - Kapil Sabharwal, Austin TX 54.98% 14 7 Catherine Bardsley, Mc Lean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 52.89% 14 10 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 54.85% 15 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 52.31% 15 Bonnie Smith, Littleton CO; Marilyn Eber, Denver CO 54.26% 16 8 Phyllis Harlan - Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 51.87% 16 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Ralda St Pierre, Houston TX 53.58% 17 Edward Nagy - Sheryl Nagy, Danville CA 51.79% 17 Brian Mason - Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 53.32% 18 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 51.72% 18 11 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 53.30% 19 9 Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL; Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX 51.68% 19 12 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 52.85% 20 10 Debbie Wastle, Victoria BC; Katie Christie, Vernon BC 51.33% 20 13 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 52.04% 11 Malou Flato - Alexander Labry, Austin TX 51.15%

WEDNESDAY C/D PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K M EAST-WEST C D C D 1 Trisha Malazdrewicz - Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Halifax NS 64.90% 1 1 Steve Ramos, Jr - Sharon Biederman, Seal Beach CA 59.66% 2 Helen Kobernusz - Marjorie Ehrenfreund, Madison CT 63.52% 2 Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC; Insa Fricker, White Rock BC 59.37% 3 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; David Colligan, Buffalo NY 59.86% 3 2 Linda Hagood, Marietta GA; Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 58.87% 4 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, Remsenburg NY 54.98% 4 Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 58.20% 5 2 Michael Gritz - Etty Yenni, Santa Barbara CA 54.07% 5 Anne Plauche - Ronald Berenger, Metairie LA 54.43% 6 3 Jason Holliday - Telly Wells, Baton Rouge LA 54.07% 6 3 Chris Kelly - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 53.40% 7 John Fraser, Mississauga ON; Elsie Johnson, Calgary AB 52.56% 7 4 Oleg Bekker - Viktor Berdnikov, Tucson AZ 52.69% 8 Gail Kahan, Santa Barbara CA; John Kahan, Century City CA 52.43% 8 Christina van Leeuwen - David MacRae, Horn Lake MS 52.31% 9 Larry Sullivan - Margaret Brom, Vancouver WA 51.78% 9 5 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 52.03% 4 James Richman - Kathleen Carr, Dallas TX 50.95% 5 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 49.16% 6 Lucy Tillman Jr - Elaine Lacroix, The Villages FL 48.65%

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WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION N EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 James Barnes, Towson MD; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 64.29% 1 Sylvia Brill, Norcross GA; Donald Hill, Smyrna GA 60.76% 2 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Sharon May, Waukesha WI 53.17% 2 Melissa Heston, Cedar Falls IA; Janee Oleson, Evansdale IA 59.72% 3 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 51.98% 3 1 Muffin Balart, Metairie LA; Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA 51.04% 1 Cherri Ross - Marie-France Ghent, Reno NV 50.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Sandra Musbach, Carlsbad CA; Mary Lou Kammerer, Del Mar CA 56.55% 1 Laura Novosad, Fort Denaud FL; Nancy Swanson, Portland OR 62.20% 2 Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Glen Scroggins, Olympia WA 52.38% 2/3 Rick Bovee, Nashville TN; Elaine Luartes, Brentwood TN 53.57% 3/4 1 James Jeffers - Shirley Jeffers, China Grove NC 51.79% 2/3 1 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 53.57% 3/4 Darlene Scott - Anne Pettigrew, Oakville ON 51.79% 2 Margaret Ellis - Barbara Wood, Rockwall TX 53.27%

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELESSS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 58.51% 1 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 58.19% 2 2 1 John Shelton, Wilmette IL; Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL 56.57% 2 1 M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA; Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 57.93% 3 3 Jeanne McLeod - Wilson McLeod, Cape Town South Africa 53.84% 3 Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 55.93% 4 4 Roy Richardson, Metairie LA; Patricia Kessler, New Orleans LA 50.18% 4 2 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; Jo Ann Rauch, Miami FL 54.92% 3 Billy Jean Reasor, Shreveport LA; Pat Berry, Bossier City LA 52.14%

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 61.35% 1 Andrew De Leon, Phoenix AZ; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 63.27% 2 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL 61.02% 2/3 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 59.69% 3 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 59.41% 2/3 Judith Nab, Amersterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilberg Netherlands 59.69% 4 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 59.28% 4 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 59.39% 5 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 58.74% 5 Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 59.28% 6 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 58.64% 6 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 59.00% 7 Ken Eisner - Betsy Eisner, Truro NS 58.40% 7 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 58.79% 8 David Rogers, Naples FL; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 57.56% 8 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 58.07% 9 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 57.45% 9 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 57.65% 10 Maritha Pottenger - William Grant, San Diego CA 57.34% 10 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Michael Roche, Victoria BC 57.51% 11 Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 57.11% 11 Sidney Brownstein - Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 57.43% 12 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL 56.68% 12 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 56.57% 13 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands 56.48% 13 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 56.07% 14 P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 56.35% 14 Christina Madsen, Hellerup 2900 Denmark; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 55.81% 15 Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China 56.24% 15 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; Brian Ransley, United Kingdom Great Britain 55.12% 16 Wendy Dewell - Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 55.96% 16 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hendersonville NC 54.46% 17 Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 55.56% 17 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Sigrid Price, Napa CA 54.44% 18 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 55.47% 18 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 54.42% 19 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 55.27% 19 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 54.31% 20 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 55.10% 20 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 54.28% 21 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 54.76% 21 Jack Bryant - Nell Schneider, Saint Louis MO 54.26% 22/23 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 54.65% 22/23 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Marusa Basa, Ljubjana Slovenia 54.09% 22/23 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Lemont IL 54.65% 22/23 Jack Forstadt, Evanston IL; Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL 54.09% 24/25 Carol Rynders - Jay Olson, Saint Paul MN 54.31% 24 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 53.94% 24/25 Richard Oshlag - Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN 54.31% 25 Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI 53.85% 26 Sheri Winestock - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 54.01% 26 Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy 53.53% 27 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Chris Benson, Leroy IL 53.73% 27 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 53.51% 28 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 53.34% 28 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 53.49% 29/30 Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 53.12% 29 Janet Becker - R Jay Becker, Timonium MD 53.42% 29/30 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco TX 53.12% 30 Russell Shoup, Dayton OH; Vickie Sebastian, Beavercreek OH 53.17% 31 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Justina McKee, Fernwood MS 52.91% 31 Richard Troth, Columbia MO; Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX 53.06% 32 Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 52.74% 32 Helen Colter - George Colter, Fredericton NB 53.01% 33 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 52.71% 33 Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY; Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY 52.93% 34 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Steve Cohen, Reno NV 52.60% 34 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 52.78% 35 Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 52.41% 35 Barbara Shnier - Barry Senensky, Toronto ON 52.30% 36 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 52.39% 36 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 52.13% 37 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 52.30% 37 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 52.02% 38 Jan Martel, Davis CA; Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 52.17% 38 Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA 51.64% 39 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC 52.09% 39 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 51.62% 40 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA 52.00% 40 Dianne Bonney - Jack Bonney, Venice FL 51.57% 41 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 51.81% 41 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO 51.55% 42 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 51.57% 42 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH 51.53%

SYLVIE, LEON, HARRY TELESSS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joan Van Geffen - Judy Katz, Metairie LA 67.36% 1 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hls MI; William Winokur, West Bloomfield MI 64.12% 2 1 Elizabeth Hudson - Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX 56.48% 2 1 Karen Billett, Victoria BC; Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL 57.64% 3 2 1 Sherry Roberts, Naperville IL; Richard Howell, Aurora IL 53.47% 3 Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; David Binney, Seattle WA 55.79% 4 3 Louise Kurzet - Jay Kurzet, Portland OR 51.39% 4 2 1 Steven Jackson - Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 53.71% 3 Victoria Castleberry - Lynnda Paukune, Houston TX 50.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 John Arblaster - Mary-Ellen Barlow, Niagara-Lk ON 62.50% 1/2 Lew Levy - Pat Levy, Houston TX 56.73% 2 James Gormong - Jane Ann Gormong, Terre Haute IN 60.10% 1/2 1 William Weiss, New Orleans LA; Sid LeBlanc, Kenner LA 56.73% 3 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 58.17% 3 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 55.77% 4 1 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 54.17% 4 2 1 Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA; Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA 55.29% 5 2 Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; Chuan Hui Li, Montreal QC 53.85% 5 3 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 55.13% 3 Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX; Barbara Phillips, Spring TX 52.88% 4 Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 53.21% 4 Kish Devaraj, Atlanta GA; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA 52.72% 2 Trevor Joike - Michele Joike, Rockford IL 48.24% 1 Linwood Olson - Gay Rod, Houston TX 46.96% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 61.22% 1 Donald Faskow, Canonsburg PA; John Albright, Hollywood FL 66.03% 2 Diane Graese - Barbara Dunkley, Las Vegas NV 58.97% 2 1 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; C Buddy Carls, Huntington Bch CA 59.62% 3 Virginia Munafo - Robert Moorman Jr, Huntsville AL 57.53% 3 2 Jerrilyn Stumpf - Bobbie Gattuso, Gretna LA 54.81% 4 1 Dennis Wammack - Dianne Wammack, Birmingham AL 57.37% 4 3 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Margaret Moen, Seattle WA 50.16% 5 2 1 Mary Fenton, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Silverman, San Diego CA 54.17% 5 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 49.36% 3 Audrey Darlington - Kathleen Schiff, Lafayette LA 51.92% 4 1 Constance Johnston, Anchorage AK; William McCarron, Tallahassee FL 49.04% 4 Ann McDougal - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 48.72%

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PPP QQQ RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 62.74% 1 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 69.23% 2 1 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 60.54% 2 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 65.83% 3 2 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Dave Adelman, Calgary AB 60.18% 3 Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR; Bill Bradshaw, Billings MT 60.12% 4 3 Joyce Nakasaki - Joseph Thomas, Redondo Beach CA 59.29% 4 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 58.69% 5 Zhenzhong Guo - Wenjie Lian, Beijing People’s Republic of China 57.74% 5 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 58.10% 6 4 1 Jill Graham - David Graham, Boca Raton FL 57.02% 6 1 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA 56.19% 7 5 2 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 55.65% 7 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 56.13% 8 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 54.40% 8 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 55.89% 9 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 54.35% 9/11 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 55.42% 10 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 53.93% 9/11 2/3 2/3 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 55.42% 11 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA 53.63% 9/11 2/3 2/3 Susan Swope, Seattle WA; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 55.42% 12 6 3 Margaret Ellis, Covington LA; Helen Whalen, Mandeville LA 53.21% 12 Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 55.00% 13 7 Sandy Linn - Ray Lytle, Savannah GA 53.15% 13 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 53.63% 14 8 Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 52.92% 14 4 Michael Leighton, Grafton ND; Steve Phelps, Grand Forks ND 53.39% 15 9 J Howard Tate - F Ruth Tate, Toronto ON 52.68% 15 5 4 Ellen Li - Oi Yao, Mountain View CA 52.74% 10 Diane Gunther - John Gunther, Newbury Park CA 52.62% 6 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA; Paul Freese, Metairie LA 52.44% 4 David Howorth, Oxford MS; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 50.48% 7 5 Susan McMahan - Betty Davis, Houston TX 50.48% 5 Luraette Tucker - Jim Tucker, Little Rock AR 49.82% 8 Nancy Sharp - S Michael Sharp, Saint Augustine FL 50.36% 9 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Louis Ray, San Antonio TX 50.18% 10 Gabriel Perry - Bathsheba Perry, Houston TX 49.23% 6 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 45.95% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 68.30% 1 1 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 64.13% 2 Carol Hamilton - Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 68.12% 2 2 1 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; Gregory Burrell, Barefoot Bay FL 61.14% 3 1 Mary Schulz, Oro Valley AZ; Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 58.88% 3 3 2 Millicent Wear - Barbara Webber, Houston TX 58.60% 4 2 Janice Smola - Paul Simon, Arlington MA 56.25% 4 Nancy Stanton, Lewisville TX; Beth Coker, Bryan TX 58.24% 5 3 Manny Likou - Carolyn Likou, West Dundee IL 56.16% 5 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 57.34% 6 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 54.71% 6 4 3 Jane Champion, Naples NC; Louise Little, Tryon NC 53.71% 7 4 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 53.99% 7 Bob Bowers, Metairie LA; Edgar Bowers, Ellicott City MD 53.53% 8 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 53.90% 8 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 52.17% 9 5 2 Susan Glasspiegel - Robert Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 53.80% 9 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 51.36% 10/11 Jenny Slay - Angele Baker, Daphne AL 51.45% 10 5 James Milam - Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID 50.91% 10/11 6 Maureen Loeb - David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 51.45% 6 4 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.18% 7 Wendy Dechadarevian, Wynnewood PA; Joan Warren, Bryn Mawr PA 50.54% 3 Marsha McCrory - Jenny Widmer, Charlotte NC 49.73% 4 Tommy Boze - Linda Boze, Gallatin TN 48.19%

WED AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Donna Evans, Jackson MS; Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 58.93% 1 1 1 Frederick Bott - Mildred Bott, New Orleans LA 61.90% 2 2 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 58.63% 2 Amanda Davis - Caroline Vanlandeghem, Ridgeland MS 61.01% 3 3 Liana Vernon - Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.46% 3 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY 52.38% 4 Helen Vagle - Ede Donovan, Edina MN 53.57% 4 2 Mary Silky - Bill Silky, Syracuse NY 50.60% 1 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA 52.38% 3/4 Mimi Groome - Elizabeth Bolles, New Orleans LA 50.00% 2 Gerri Abbott - Myra Groome, New Orleans LA 49.11% 3/4 2 Mary Galvin, Diamondhead MS; Robert Burnaman, Gulfport MS 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT; Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH 61.01% 1 1 Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ; Judy Lamers, Sun Lakes AZ 60.71% 2 Mary Tweedie - Sarah Bourland, Bloomington IL 57.44% 2 2 1 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON 59.82% 3 2 W Clingo - B Clingo, Houston TX 55.06% 3 3 Cecile Koenig, New Iberia LA; Jan Moresi, Abbeville LA 54.17% 4 Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA; Melda Richardson, Orange CA 51.19% 4 4 Richard Muller, Troy VA; Michael Muller, Somerset NJ 52.68% 3 Betty Morgan - Marie Picou, Diamondhead MS 50.00% 2 Tommye Kimble - Janet Cieutat, Hammond LA 52.38% 1 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 48.81% Page 18 Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 0-50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 55.95% 1 1 1 Delphine Butler - Claudine Cannon, New Orleans LA 72.23% 2 2 Robert Sylvester, Bay Saint Louis MS; Cecile Ruiz, Metairie LA 52.83% 2 2 Sue Pond - Paulette Clark, Mobile AL 59.23%

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 61.01% 1 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Carolyn Vick, Nashville TN 69.64% 2 1 Frank Zebedeo, Spring TX; Amelia Bennett, Prairieville LA 57.44% 2 1 Karen Jennings, Lufkin TX; Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA 56.55% 3 2 Charlotte Ewing - Gail Davis, Baton Rouge LA 57.14% 3 2 Ginger Duncan - Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 49.11% 4 1 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 51.49% 4/5 David Blanchard - Jo Blanchard, Little Rock AR 48.21% 4/5 3 Janet Young - Toni Sardisco, Baton Rouge LA 48.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 67.26% 1 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 56.85% 2 2 Donna Carr, Leucadia CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 59.82% 2 1 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 56.55% 3 3 Anne Julian, Highlands NC; Lana Jordan, Atlanta GA 56.85% 3 2 Nancy Hill - Marilyn Stewart, Mobile AL 54.46% 4 Eddie Cheatham - Cecil Davidson, Shreveport LA 53.27% 4 3 Kathryn Lindahl - Katherine Demong, Denver CO 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Karen Hershberg, Highland Beach FL; Helaine Hausman, Palm Beach FL 61.90% 1 Helen Sophianopoulos, North York ON; Karen Kline, Thornhill ON 58.04% 2 1 Dee Gerald - Nancy Neal, Baton Rouge LA 55.65% 2 1 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 57.74% 3/4 2 Michael Curry, Catoosa OK; Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.76% 3 2 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 54.46% 3/4 Sharon Putter - Mavis Minuck, Winnipeg MB 54.76% 4 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 51.19% 3 1 Ellen Eyman - Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON 52.68% 3 Pauline Jones, Metairie LA; Ann Sale, New Orleans LA 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Carol McCartney - Janet Tucker, Bend OR 63.10% 1 1 Ann Wales - Louise Howell, Houston TX 61.31% 2 Evelyn Caroline-Elsey, Midhurst ON; Betty Marshall, Orillia ON 59.52% 2 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 57.74% 3 1 Lynn Gamblin, Houston TX; Jo Anne Knodel, Pearland TX 58.93% 3 2 Linda Conner - Molly Silvia, New Orleans LA 54.17% 4 2 Ike Williford - Ruth Williford, Chidester AR 48.21% 4 Genie Nyer - Loren Nyer, Austin TX 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Richard Heideman - Robert Allen, San Jose CA 59.23% 1 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 63.61% 2 Debbie Robertson - Diane Betts, Willowdale ON 58.67% 2 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 60.38% 3 2 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 51.95% 3 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 55.71% 4 Janet Thornber, Centennial CO; Eileen Miech, Los Angeles CA 49.70% 4 Patty Paulsen - Carl Paulsen, Carlsbad CA 50.00% 1 Gail Haar, San Rafael CA; Bart Rhoades, Tiburon CA 48.77% 2 Jean Murphy - Michael Murphy, Charlottesville VA 47.83% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 D Sorenson - Mark Sorenson, San Bruno CA 63.69% 1 Peter Donnellan - Paul Thompson, Warwick Bermuda 58.04% 2 1 Larry Cossey - William Ferguson, Houston TX 54.46% 2 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA 57.44% 3 2 Margot Cater - Geri Noel, Houston TX 52.98% 3 1 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 54.17% 4 Susan Collins, Duncan SC; Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 51.79% 4 2 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Susan Stacy Vanstone, West Chester OH 52.98%

WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Doug Herron - Howard Sloan, New York NY 57.42% 1 1 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 59.56% 2 2 Edward Hoffer - Pamela Hoffer, Marion MA 57.20% 2 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 55.65% 3 3 1 Michael Shelton, Winnetka IL; John Shelton, Wilmette IL 52.81% 3 2 James Reese, Metairie LA; James Hailey Jr, New Orleans LA 54.81% 4 4 Rebecca Lee, Peachtree City GA; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 51.42% 4 3 Marjorie Wandler, Italy Cross NS; Lydia Prange, Wolfville NS 53.88% 5 Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI; Sharon May, Waukesha WI 50.29% 5 4 Audrey Darlington - Kathleen Schiff, Lafayette LA 51.92% 1 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 51.88% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Louallen Thomassen - Michael Popkin, Hot Springs Vlg AR 58.31% 1 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 57.27% 2 1 Laura Bro, Blythewood SC; Barbara Robinson, Denver CO 56.44% 2 1 1 Alvin Hamilton, Newtown CT; Edgar Taylor, New Orleans LA 54.56% 3 2 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 55.25% 3 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 53.73% 4 3 1 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS; Dixie Miller, Bogue Chitto MS 54.06% 4 Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Janet Weins, Plantation FL 53.58% 5 4 Jon King, Balboa Island CA; Willa King, Newport Beach CA 53.23% 5 2 W Jean Denson, Brandon MS; Irene Crowder, Madison MS 53.50% 2 Jean Hoffman, Dallas TX; Jean Rogers, Santa Barbara CA 49.88% 3 2 Donald Garner - Margie Lee, South Pasadena CA 53.27% 4 Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD; Laurie Carr, Honolulu HI 53.04%

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 61.31% 1 Dave Drischell - Terry Graham, Seattle WA 63.10% 2 2 1 Saundra Dickinson - Barbara Abney, Kingwood TX 57.44% 2 1 Mark Barnes - Shirley Lane, Mobile AL 61.90% 3 Charles Smith, Bolton ON; Gaye Villa, Caledon East ON 57.14% 3 William Edwards Jr - Patricia Edwards, Dalton GA 56.55% 4 Donald Hopes, Diamondhead MS; Janelle Kunellis, Gulfport MS 55.36% 4 Carolyn Luesing - Libba Wight, Atlanta GA 53.57% 3 Bruce Kaplan - Lynn Kaplan, Sun Valley ID 51.79% 2 Irene Melancon, St Martinville LA; Frances Smietana, New Iberia LA 48.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Donna Carr, Leucadia CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 57.44% 1 1 Ann Jennings - Craig Jennings, Naples FL 58.33% 2 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Beverly Wilkinson, Atlanta GA 55.65% 2 2 Lydia White, Biloxi MS; Wanda Mikhail, Ocean Springs MS 56.25% 3 Jane Goldring, New Orleans LA; Rica Hodesh, Cincinnati OH 52.38% 3 3 Karen Jennings, Lufkin TX; Richard Golmon, Alexandria LA 52.98% 4 2 Ginger Duncan - Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 51.49% 4 Anne Julian, Highlands NC; Lana Jordan, Atlanta GA 51.79% 3 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Robert Keeter, Durham NC 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Linda Conner - Molly Silvia, New Orleans LA 62.10% 1 1 Michael Curry, Catoosa OK; Clark Vernon, Hot Springs Vlg AR 54.93% 2 2 Genie Nyer - Loren Nyer, Austin TX 54.42% 2 2 Lisa Brock - Craig Mills, Kirkland WA 54.64% 3 Jerry Carter - Betty Jean Carter, Little Rock AR 53.35% 3 1 Ellen Eyman - Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON 54.04% 4 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 53.06% 4 Lucy Sachs, Lincoln MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 51.19% 3 Joan Lennox, New Orleans LA; Maureen Merker, Mentor OH 49.88% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Catherine Dwinnell - Mark Rindner, Anchorage AK 56.55% 1 Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA; E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA 59.23% 2 2 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 55.06% 2 1 Joe Ramirez, Mission TX; Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX 58.33% 3 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 51.49% 3 2 Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA; Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 54.76% 4 Evelyn Caroline-Elsey, Midhurst ON; Betty Marshall, Orillia ON 50.60% 4 3 Pauline Jones, Metairie LA; Ann Sale, New Orleans LA 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 1 Joy O Dell, Nashville TN; Colleen Kelley, Highland Park IL 65.18% 1 Marshall Daniel - Gretchen Easton, Charlotte NC 62.80% 2 2 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 54.76% 2 Laurie Faulkner, Saratoga CA; Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA 56.55% 3 Peter Schmitt - Freddie Schmitt, Stoney Creek ON 53.57% 3 Stephen Banks - Carol Banks, Houston TX 53.57% 4 Joan Rogers, Daphne AL; Janet Skeel, Mobile AL 51.19% 4 1 Vicki Shepperd Chin - Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA 51.49% 2 Richard Heideman - Robert Allen, San Jose CA 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 1 7 3 1 1 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 57.14% 1 Anne Cline, Ventura CA; Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA 57.44% 2 1 Sandra Baggett - Louise Boudreau, Hattiesburg MS 55.65% 2 Marian Petry, Harahan LA; Jean Faia, Metairie LA 56.55% 3 Denis Ouellette, Laval QC; Joseph Melton, Colorado Spgs CO 54.46% 3 1 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 55.36% 4 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 54.17% 4 D Sorenson - Mark Sorenson, San Bruno CA 54.76% 2 Carolyn Singletary - Joe Singletary, Hattiesburg MS 49.11% 2 Larry Cossey - William Ferguson, Houston TX 50.00%

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ RRR PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 61.07% 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 63.51% 2 1 1 Charles Brown, Denton TX; Dave Sauder, Lewisville TX 59.23% 2 Zhenzhong Guo - Wenjie Lian, Beijing People’s Republic of China 59.23% 3 2 Christopher Young, New Orleans LA; Paul Freese, Metairie LA 58.99% 3 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 58.15% 4/5 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Susan Darsey, La Selva Beach CA 56.90% 4 Tom Oppenheimer, Clayton MO; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 57.38% 4/5 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 56.90% 5 1 Sandy Linn - Ray Lytle, Savannah GA 57.26% 6 3 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Portland OR 56.73% 6 Becky Simkins, Dothan AL; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA 56.31% 7 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 54.76% 7 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 55.77% 8 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 54.46% 8 2 Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 55.65% 9 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, Long Beach NY 54.05% 9 Susan Bender-Scheer, Morristown NJ; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 55.24% 10 Fred Hamilton - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 52.74% 10 3 Gabriel Perry - Bathsheba Perry, Houston TX 54.05% 11 4 Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Nancy Colter, Dublin GA 52.44% 11/12 4/5 1 Mark Craig - Brett Leach, Austin TX 53.81% 12 5 Sharon Santow, Greenwich CT; Jay Force, Stamford CT 52.02% 11/12 4/5 Diane Gunther - John Gunther, Newbury Park CA 53.81% 13 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Springs Vlg AR 51.90% 13 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 53.57% 14 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 51.55% 14 6 2 Melody Henderson - Mark Henderson, Wilmington DE 53.45% 15 Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 51.43% 15 7 3 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 53.21% 6 2 Ellen Li - Oi Yao, Mountain View CA 51.19% 8 4 Luraette Tucker - Jim Tucker, Little Rock AR 51.96% 7 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 50.77% 9 Carolyn Elliott, Cary NC; Rives Taylor, Raleigh NC 51.31% 8 3 John Burgoin, Brownsville TX; Alan Godes, Needham MA 50.54% 10 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 50.06% 9 4 Terri Orlean - Kathy Watkins, Houston TX 50.48% 5 Janice Diamond, Palm Beach FL; Linda Taub, Brookville NY 49.05% 10 5 Marcia Young, Forest Hill LA; Susan Menache, Alexandria LA 50.30% 6 Thomas Eby - Ewan Eby, Marina CA 48.45% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; David Kent, Lake Mary FL 62.05% 1 1 1 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 60.78% 2 1 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 61.50% 2 2 2 Susan Glasspiegel - Robert Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 58.79% 3 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 61.41% 3 3 Maureen Loeb - David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 56.07% 4 2 1 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; Gregory Burrell, Barefoot Bay FL 59.15% 4 Jenny Slay - Angele Baker, Daphne AL 55.16% 5/6 3/4 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 58.51% 5 Susan Schnelwar - Jesus Arias, New York NY 55.07% 5/6 3/4 2 George Mitchell - Helen Macdonald, Douglas NB 58.51% 6 4 3 Kay Jones, The Villages FL; Robert Haar, San Rafael CA 53.90% 7 5 3 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 57.88% 7 Robert Probasco - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 53.17% 8 Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL 54.80% 8 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 53.08% 9 Clay Hall, Vestavia AL; Don Haney, Trussville AL 54.71% 9 5 Janice Smola - Paul Simon, Arlington MA 51.99% 10 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 54.35% 10 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 51.90% 6 4 JoAnn Ippolito - Ellen Lappa, Metairie LA 50.73% 6/7 Mary Schulz, Oro Valley AZ; Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 51.54% 6/7 Judy Gibson, The Woodlands TX; Jeffrey Kroll, Conroe TX 51.54% Daily Bulletin Wednesday, March 18, 2015 Page 19 Today’s Sponsors Today is Eileen and Richard Bagnetto Day. the Nancy Gates 299er Side Swiss Teams will be renamed the Wes Busby Center in his honor. Partners in bridge as in life, Eileen and Dick played. A Gold Life Master, Doris Liukkonen is Bagnetto are among Unit 134’s favorite couples. Eleanor Onstott of Unit 134 is one of the co- especially tough in team games. Her game is They are known for aggressive bidding and good chairs of this NABC. She is a strong player and advancing quickly. play, and when the cards are with them, they are yes, she is John’s wife. Sylvia, Leon and Harry Teles are the parents truly a formidable pair. But they are also known for Theresa Federico is known for her yeoman and uncle, respectively, of Unit 134 member Sarah their warmth, generosity and hospitality. Dick is a service to the LBA. Theresa and her husband, John, Pasternack. All were excellent players. Harry renaissance man. He had a distinguished medical were the ACBL’s Volunteers of the Year in 2012. owned and operated the New Orleans Bridge career – he was an NIH research fellow and, in Wes Busby played at the LBA for many years. Studio, a rubber bridge club in the 100 block of 1947, he was the first in Louisiana to perform a He earned a degree in engineering from Tulane and University Place. He mentored a teenaged Sidney cardiac catheterization. He ventures into poetry, was a member of the tennis team. Nevertheless, he Lazard. Lazard recalls that in his day, Harry was and has a very upbeat personality. Eileen is a very had a long career as an engineer with the Sewerage perhaps second only to Louis Rosen among New steady player and is supportive not only of Dick and Water Board. He knew much about New Orleans players. but of all in need. Orleans physical history and had a wonderful Nancy Gates is being gratefully honored The Eleanor Onstott Bracketed Knockouts collection of old photos and stories that went along. by Ed Baldinger for being his long-time bridge begin today, and the Theresa Federico and Wes When Wes died several years ago, he bequeathed partner and, for the last several years, for her Busby Newcomer Pairs events, the Sylvia, $100,000 to the bridge club – money that was put strong support and care-giving. She is a dedicated, Leon and Harry Teles Side Games, the Doris to good use in restoring our clubhouse after the competitive LBA player. Liukkonen Stratiflighted Side Swiss Teams and Katrina in 2005 hurricane. The bridge club was WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Betty Morgan - Marie Picou, Diamondhead MS 61.31% 1 1 Curtis Wehling - Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 64.29% 2 Jo Ellen Drisko, Lexington KY; Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN 52.68% 2 2 Marda Johnson, Metairie LA; Stephanie Musser, New Orleans LA 58.33% 3 2 1 Jeanie Kwong, Foster City CA; Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 51.49% 3 3 1 Mary Galvin, Diamondhead MS; Robert Burnaman, Gulfport MS 54.76% 3 Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ; Judy Lamers, Sun Lakes AZ 50.89% 2 William Sewell - Elizabeth Sewell, New Orleans LA 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Caroline Vanlandeghem - Amanda Davis, Ridgeland MS 69.06% 1 1 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 60.97% 2 Robin Roy, Chicago IL; Sue Fiaccone, Oklahoma City OK 54.10% 2 2 Elizabeth Bolles - Mimi Groome, New Orleans LA 53.83% 3 1 1 Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 50.14% 3 Ann Crane, New Orleans LA; Lucie Harris, Metairie LA 52.16% 4 2 Peggy Novey, Bronx NY; Martha Tibbetts, Huntington NY 50.10% 4 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 48.50% 3 2 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 49.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Annette French - Shirley Cooper, Sault Ste Marie ON 55.87% 1 1 M Young, Stevensville MI; Jerry Machtinger, Toronto ON 64.29% 2 Mary Tweedie - Sarah Bourland, Bloomington IL 55.36% 2 Melda Richardson, Orange CA; Sheri Lindauer, Yorba Linda CA 63.77% 3 2 Pat Desforges - Maryann Joyner, Metairie LA 54.76% 3 Phyllis Levy - Donna Penny, Miami FL 53.49% 4 3 Karen Klug - Norman Jacox, Portland OR 52.08% 4 2 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 51.79% 1 Gerri Abbott - Myra Groome, New Orleans LA 45.83% 3 Shirley Fraser M.D. - Janice Tingler, Anchorage AK 51.70% 1 Charles Elliott, Cary NC; Helen King, San Antonio TX 47.62%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 0-15 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST D E F D E F 1 1 1 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA; Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 56.88% 1 1 1 Sue Pond - Paulette Clark, Mobile AL 56.88% 2 2 Julie Vreeland - Sharon Stone, Lakewood Ranch FL 56.25% 2 2 2 Joanne Eakin, The Villages FL; Cathy McIntyre, Silver Spring MD 56.25% Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Lowen Day Friday, March 20, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members *Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Friday, March 20, 10 a.m. The Pettits 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 The Pettits 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Strati-flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Friday, March 20, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Galerie 1, 2nd floor $30 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $17 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete. Friday, March 20, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Friday, March 20, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Galerie 4, 2nd floor $20 Friday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Eleanor Onstott Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Strati-flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $2 Strati-flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Friday, March 20, 3 p.m. Elaine Prager 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Elaine Prager 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. Strati-flighted A/B/C (Unlimited/5000/3000) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Strati-flighted D/E/F (2000/1000/500) Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, March 20, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided:A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Bridge Events: all events played at the Marriott Eileen and Dick Bagnetto Day Thursday, March 19, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members *Other Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 1st single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Thursday, March 19, 10 a.m. Theresa Federico 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Theresa Federico 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Thursday, March 19, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Strati-Flighted Daylight Open Pairs (Unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/100) 1-2 Mardi Gras D, 3rd floor $16 $20 Thursday, March 19, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $30 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Galerie 1, 2nd floor $17 10% platinum overall. Continues until complete. Thursday, March 19, 1 p.m. Sylvia, Leon and Harry Teles Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 5th single session Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Thursday, March 19, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Eleanor Onstott Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Stratified Open Swiss Teams 1-2 Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $16 $20 Strati-Flighted Open Pairs A/B (Unlimited/5000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom, 3rd floor $16 $20 Strati-Flighted Open Pairs C/D (3000/1500) Galerie 4, 2nd floor Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Galerie 4, 2nd floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Thursday, March 19, 3 p.m. Wes Busby 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Wes Busby 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Doris Liukkonen Stratified A/B/C Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Doris Liukkonen Stratified D/E/F Side Swiss Teams single Preservation Hall, 2nd floor $15 $19 Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series 6th single session Mardi Gras E, 3rd floor $16 $20 Nancy Gates Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $15 $15 Thursday, March 19, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Mardi Gras C, 3rd floor $12/team/match Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight strati-flighted events (two-session) are divided:A/B (5000+, 0–5000) separate from C/D (1500–3000, 0–1500) and the Gold Rush (300–750, 0–300); Two-flight strati-flighted events are divided A/B/C (3000+/1500–3000/0–1500) and D/E/F (300–750/100–300/0–100). Strata breaks for stratified and stratified Senior events are: A (unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events UPPER CASE = NABC events Green = Regional events Blue = Gold Rush events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer events *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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