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BTC 0302.Pub g the 188 in g counties id r B Vol. XLIV No. 1 Published by Westchester Contract Bridge Association March 2002 SEE YOU THERE ! WESTCHESTER SPRING SECTIONAL § ¨ © ª § ¨ © ª § ¨ © ª § ¨ § MARCH 22 - MARCH 24, 2002 ¨ ¨ Back at The Westchester County Center! © © White Plains, New York ª ª § § All events are one session except Open & Senior Swiss and KO Teams ¨ March ¨ Friday, March 22 © © Stratified Open Pairs 1:00 PM Stratified Women’s Pairs 1:00 PM ª 7-17 NABC ª Houston Stratified Newplicate Pairs 1:00 PM Stratified Open Pairs 7:30 PM § 13 ACBL-Wide § Stratified Newplicate Pairs 7:30 PM ¨ Charity Game ¨ NEW! Knockout Teams 7:30 PM © Wed. evening at clubs © Random draw, bracketed if possible (Continues Sat. 1:00 & 7:30) ª 22-24 WCBA Spring Sectional ª Saturday, March 23 § County Center, § White Plains Stratified Open Pairs 1:00 PM ¨ ¨ Stratified Newplicate Pairs 1:00 PM Knockout Teams (continued) 1:00 PM © © Stratified Open Pairs 7:30 PM ª April ª Stratified Newplicate Pairs 7:30 PM § § Knockout Teams (continued) 7:30 PM ¨ 13-14 Grand National Teams ¨ Sunday, March 24 © © Stratified Open Swiss Teams 11:30 AM Flights: Championship, Senior Swiss Teams 11:30 AM ª A (5000), B (2000), ª Newplicate Swiss Teams (1 Session) 11:30 AM § C (500/non-life master) § Open Pairs 6:00 PM ¨ Saturday-Methodist ¨ Open and Senior Swiss Teams Continuation 6:00 PM Church, White Plains © Sunday-Bridge Deck © Open game strats are: A, infinity; B, 1500; C, 500 (non-life master) ª ª Newplicate strats are: 0-20, 20-50, 50-100 Tournament Chairperson: Janet Lippmann (914) 478-4223 [email protected] § § Pairing Chairperson: Betty Fleischer (914) 941-3841 [email protected] ¨ May ¨ Caddies: Ed Zuckerberg (914) 693-6633 © © DIRECTIONS: 9 International Fund Game ª ª From Tappan Zee Bridge: Thruway to Exit 8, then I-287 East to exit 5. County Thurs. afternoon at clubs Center is 1/4 mile on left. § § From CT: I-287 West to exit 5. Left turn toward Rte. 119. Left turn onto Rte. 119. ¨ ¨ County Center is 1/2 mile on left © © From Central Avenue: North to Rte. 119. At intersection, County Center is on left. From Long Island: Hutchinson River Pkwy to Cross-County Pkwy West to Bronx ª ª River Pkwy North to Central Ave. exit. County Center is on left, parking on right. § § From NYC: Major Deegan Expressway to exit 5, Central Ave. 10 Miles, on left. ¨ © ª § ¨ © ª § ¨ © ª § ¨ Metro North: White Plains Station is walking distance to County Center. g n PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE i the g Having been elected to fill the unexpired attempt to deceive his opponents by bid or id counties term of Tom Simon’s presidency, I thank our play, one may not attempt to deceive them by r members for the expression of confidence manner, tempo, or method of bid or play. A B and Tom for his excellent appointment of director who has been called to the table by a committee chairpersons. Our purpose is “to person injured by an illegal deception should BRIDGING THE COUNTIES (ISSN 1059-3586) is promote the development of the game of award an adjusted score, if it is found the published (quarterly) four times a year in March, June, contract bridge, and to sponsor and promote offender has performed the prohibited action September and December by the Westchester Contract Bridge Association, 2 Carriage Way, White bridge tournaments for the social and without good bridge reason and the offender Plains, NY 10605. Periodicals postage is paid at White competitive enjoyment of… members and could have known the prohibited action could Plains, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Bridging the Counties, 2 Carriage Way, White other bridge players.” work to his advantage. Plains, NY 10605. My attention has been directed to the If you believe that an opponent has made fact that some of our bridge players are an illegal deception, call the director for a WESTCHESTER CONTRACT unaware of Law 73 of The Laws of Duplicate ruling on the incident and report the incident BRIDGE ASSOCIATION Contract Bridge. Unlike poker, where to the Recorder. William Hoffman is the Robert Brisson, President psychology, mannerisms and bluff are a Recorder for our unit. Under no normal partPRESI of the contest,D brENT’Sidge proprieties McircumstESSAGEances should you call the opponent a Editor .............................. Jason Fuhrman 49 Gould Avenue, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 prohibit communication by the manner in cheater or accuse the opponent of cheating. E-Mail: [email protected] which one bids the hand, plays the cards, or To do so is a serious violation of conduct and STAFF breaks tempo. “A bridge player may not etiquette for which the truth is NOT a Associate Editor ............................................................Bob Goldwater attempt to mislead an opponent by means of defense. Proofreading and Printer Liaison .............................Michelle Fuhrman a remark or gesture, through the haste or Comply with the proprieties. Assign Joan Levy Gerard .....................................Kassie Ohtaka hesitancy of a call or play (as in hesitating hesitations, emphases, mannerisms, and Bob Klein ...................................................Peggy Mendes Janet Lippmann ..............................................Judy Soley before playing a singleton), or by the manner inflection to the poker table. Exclude them Barbara Metselaar ........................................ Bob Brisson in which the call or play is made.” from the bridge table. Add to the social and Although one may legitimately, provided competitive enjoyment of the game. that there is no partnership agreement, Bob Brisson days at the Rye Town Hilton. These days, We did very well against the Bridge this constitutes a lot of playing for me. What Bulletin columnist. First, we bid and made a a blast it was! game which most other people did not bid. In December I played in an Open Pairs. That was following by another game contract Editor’s In this one event, I got to play against a our way, where we scored a precious Polish internationalist, a woman who has matchpoint overtrick. The columnist was Corner won multiple national championships, and a always very gracious and friendly, even columnist for the ACBL’s Bridge Bulletin. though he knew we had picked up a lot of Just for the fun of it, I’ll highlight a few of matchpoints against him. This is how bridge the stories from these rounds, keeping the was meant to be played! famous anonymous. So get yourself to a regional to see how The Polish expert and his partner got much fun it can be. Don’t let the thought of caught by our unfamiliar system, which playing against “experts” intimidate you. I wreaked havoc on their defensive bidding hope this column will encourage more new systems. They still landed on their feet, and players to attend. got two fine boards against us. Afterwards, As a footnote, I would like to lodge a he commented that his Polish Club system complaint about regional masterpoint awards. was more like Standard American than what In the afternoon session, we did well and we played, and that therefore he should be earned 1.24 MPs. In the evening session, we allowed to play his system, too! I couldn’t had a BAD score. However, we still wound agree more, as I have always favored up in the overalls to get an extra .02 MPs. It is allowing unusual systems with full outrageous that we were given extra MPs for explanations. bad results in the evening, but also ridiculous I didn’t recognize the top woman player that making the overalls only gave us an by sight, and didn’t know I had played extra .02. I have also encountered the reverse Years ago, I used to play in a lot of regionals. against her until I saw the final results. She situation, where I scored MPs in both parts of But in recent years, other time commitments also scored above average against us, but not a two-session event, where my session awards have prevented me in playing in as many as I as well as the Polish expert. I wish I had exceeded the overall award, and so I earned no would have liked. something more memorable to relate, but the extra MPs. This second scenario is even more This year, I got to play one day in a boards were relatively uninteresting. It was of a travesty in my opinion. Manhattan regional in December and two still a lot of fun to play against her. Jason Fuhrman Page 2 Bridging the Counties - March 2002 This N’ That From Your District Director District 3's first Regional of the for many more years to come. 13th will be held in White Plains year, at the Rye Town Hilton, has The Board of Directors of at the Memorial United come and gone. We were headed the ACBL has hired a new CEO. Methodist Church on Bryant for blockbuster attendance when I am proud to say that I was one Avenue. The second day, that old man winter came of the members of the Search Sunday, April 14th, will be at the tumbling down on Saturday, Committee that recommended Bridge Deck in Scarsdale. All causing 180 tables of players to Jay Baum for approval. Jay has four flights will be held on the stay home. In spite of our bad spent the past twenty years same day. No pre-qualification weather day, attendance managed working with the Conventions is necessary. Look for fliers and to climb back up and beat last and Visitors Bureau in Omaha, further information in this issue year's record by 20 tables. Nebraska and, for the last several, of Bridging the Counties.
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