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Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Casualties: Gupta, the ACBL Hall of Fame Will Induct Three This Time World Grand Masters Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Volume 60, Number 6 Daily Bulletin 60th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Vanderbilt Round 2 Hall of Fame class of 2017 casualties: Gupta, The ACBL Hall of Fame will induct three this time World Grand Masters. Zimmermann, Fireman year, including Jeff Meckstroth, who was chosen Closer to home, Meckstroth has amassed 60 The round of 32 in the Vanderbilt KO Teams by the electors. The Hall of Fame Committee also NABC titles since his first in 1979, including saw a few minor upsets and many close matches. selected Zeke Jabbour and the late Peter Nagy as 30 of the premium variety: six Vanderbilts, 12 The No. 8 seed captained by Vinita Gupta lost recipients of the Blackwood and von Zedtwitz Spingolds, nine Reisingers and three Kaplan Blue narrowly to the Chinese-Singaporean squad led awards, respectively. Ribbon Pairs. He sits atop the list of ACBL’s top by Chen Zhao, originally seeded 40th, 106-100. Jeff Meckstroth 500 masterpoint holders with more than 83,000 Pierre Zimmermann’s team (No. 12) fell to Hemant Meckstroth’s dazzling bridge career is being masterpoints. He has won Player of the Year Lall’s crew (No. 21), 142-123. John Schermer interrupted for a brief spin on the red carpet. The (platinum points) three times, and the annual Barry and company (No. 19) took the measure of Paul Clearwater Beach Crane masterpoint race a record 11 times. Fireman’s team (No. 15), 146-91. FL resident will The lion’s share of Meckstroth’s success The closest match of the day was No. 6 be inducted at the has come in tandem with longtime partner Eric Andrew Rosenthal vs. No. 27 Roger Bates: Summer NABC in Rodwell; together they are known simply as Rosenthal prevailed by a single IMP, 98-97. Other Toronto. Meckwell, and they have been one of the most close matches: Daniel Zagorin (No. 5) trailed A first-ballot respected partnerships in bridge for more than 30 Dawei Chen’s team (the original No. 37 seed) slam dunk, it would years. by 35 IMPs in the first quarter, but rallied to win be surprising if Zeke Jabbour 112-107; and Bart Bramley (No. 10) held off Mitch Meckstroth’s name Jabbour of Dunitz (No. 23), 118-113. didn’t appear on Boca Raton FL There was a tie for the biggest comeback 100 percent of the was chosen for in the last quarter: Both Aubrey Strul and Paul ballots cast. His the Blackwood Street were trailing by 19 IMPs in the third quarter numbers are staggering. Award, which against their respective opponents, Dan Morse and A world champion nine times over, Meckstroth recognizes long Stan Tulin, yet each emerged victorious. Strul won has gold medals in the Bermuda Bowl (1981, 1995, and outstanding 119-93, and Street advanced 113-87. 2000, 2003 and 2009) and the Bridge Olympiad – contributions to Also notable: The original No. 62 seed led by now the World Bridge Games (1988). He won the bridge. Though Kirubakara Moorthy continued to win, dispatching World Open Pairs in 1986, the World Mixed Pairs being a world class the original No. 35 seed captained by Jie Li, 149-98. in 2002 and the Senior Teams at the World Bridge player isn’t among the requirements for the award, Games last fall in Wroclaw, Poland. He is ranked Jabbour is not lacking in bridge accomplishments. Savchenko, Nell lead fifth on the World Bridge Federation’s list of all- continued on page 5 Mixed Pairs Igor Savchenko of Morris Plains NJ and Cristal Nell of Seattle WA roared through the qualifying Michael Seamon 1960–2017 Michael Seamon, one of Michael Seamon JUSBC sessions of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs, leading the the ACBL’s top players, died will be held the last week of first session with a 66.91% and placing seventh in unexpectedly in late January at December. Winning teams will the second session with a 63.08%. They will start his home in Boca Raton FL. He represent the U.S. at the World today’s final with a lead of 51.28 matchpoints on was 57. Youth Team Championships in a 90 top and more than a full board ahead of third A Grand Life Master, China in 2018. place. Their carryover is 360, four boards ahead of Seamon recently surpassed The Seamon family of the last qualifier in the field of 182. 50,000 masterpoints and sits south Florida is one of the In second are Sheila Gabay of Newton MA and seventh on ACBL’s list of game’s great dynasties. Father Pat McDevitt of Brookline MA with 308.72. all-time masterpoint holders. Billy Seamon was a popular Seamon has 16 North American club owner and a five-time Semifinal action titles: Jacoby Open Swiss NABC champion who died in today’s 10K KO Teams (1992, 1993, 2005); in 1992. Mother Rita was a In today’s round of the NABC 0-10,000 GNT Championship Flight longtime teacher who holds Knockout Teams, the squad captained by Mac (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, one NABC title. Sister Janice Busby will face Albert Shrive’s team, while in the 2014); Mixed BAM Teams Seamon-Molson has 18 NABC other bracket, Viktor Anikovich and company will (1994); Silodor Open Pairs wins, and aunt Edith Kemp square off against Gediminas Poska’s team. (1999); Kaplan Blue Ribbon Freilich, who died in 2011, is In the quarterfinal round, Busby disposed of Pairs (2003); Reisinger BAM a member of the ACBL Hall of Ron Sholes’s team 170-73 in three quarters of play, Teams (2007, 2010, 2011); Mitchell Open BAM Fame with 28 championship titles. and Shrive defeated the local team lead by Tim Teams (2011). Janice said, “Bridge was Michael’s life. He was Hays 152-130. Anikovich won against Jonathan In world-level competition, Seamon has four a loving, sincere man who never said a bad word Fleischmann’s crew in the closest match of the medals. Rosenblum Cup (silver, 1990); Open IMP about anybody, even in private. quarterfinal round, 143-134, while Poska had no Pairs (gold, 1998); Transnational Teams (gold, “We were around bridge our entire lives. We problems with Don Rumelhart’s squad, winning 2001 and 2003). Most recently, Seamon was part caddied from a young age and learned to play from 187-97. of the Mixed Team that represented the U.S. at the our parents. Michael was talented from the start.” World Bridge Games in Wroclaw, Poland. Janice recounted a story about the last time she LIMERICK CONTEST Longtime Seamon friend and partner Jimmy played with Michael. Cayne of Boca Raton FL and his wife, Dr. Patricia “We were at an NABC, and we both had a St. Patrick’s Day is Friday, March Cayne, have made a donation to the U.S. Junior day off from the national event schedule, so I 17, and in honor of the event, the bridge program to name the Junior U.S. Bridge pestered Michael to play with me in a two-session Daily Bulletin is holding a Limerick Championships in Seamon’s honor. The 2017 Contest. Submit your limericks continued on page 5 (bridge references preferred) to the Daily Bulletin office (Shawnee Mission Goodwill Message Room, in the Westin, on the Ballroom Level) or Good players earn points. Great ATTENDANCE [email protected]. The deadline is players earn respect and friends, too. through Tuesday Thursday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. The top three Sandy DeMartino, Chair submissions will be published in Friday’s issue. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee 5157.5 tables Page 2 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Wednesday, March 15 Friday, March 17 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing 11 pm-Midnight Women’s International Team Trials meeting. (Board education course for club directors to increase their skills. Room, Westin) Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both Sunday, March 19 days. (Chouteau B, Mezzanine, Sheraton) Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the Thursday, March 16 game! Talks will be held in the Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton. 9:15 a.m. Hank Meyer When to Draw Trumps 6:45 p.m. Donna Compton Dummy’s Secrets Wednesday, March 15 Friday, March 17 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 9:15 a.m. Ellen Kent Panicville 6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett How to Beat Everyone 6:45 p.m. Harold Feldheim Do You Play Blackwood? HOSPITALITY Food will be served nightly following the evening session, at both the Westin outside the Century Ballroom and The Terrace at the Sheraton. Tonight’s special is barbecue beef brisket sandwiches. Vendors in the Sheraton Vendors for the Spring NABC in KC – such as Food and drink GOTO BRIDGE the bookseller and clothes seller – are located in the specials in the XVII Sheraton in the Exhibit Hall (Mezzanine). Westin and Sheraton Parking discounts MILANO Discounted daily parking tickets are available Daily Blue Plate Specials and Italian for $10 at the Prizes and Parking desk located at Buffet: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. featuring a build-your- the Sheraton, mezzanine level (same level as The own salad bar and pasta bar, pizza bar and a Link sky bridge). These must be purchased after variety of Italian classics. entering the self-parking at either property and Happy Hour at Milano from 4:30 to 6:30 prior to departure.
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