Sunday, December 2, 2018 Volume 91, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski

A hui houBy – Muriel Until Stitt, tournament we meetchair again Mahalo nui loa to all of you who helped make this experience so memorable and came from the four corners of the globe pleasant – meeting planners Mark Hudson and to participate in the 2018 Fall NABC Montie Hamblen, head director Steve Bates and all here in beautiful Hawaii. We are sad to the mainland and local directors and caddies who see you go but hope that you enjoyed kept the games running smoothly. Thank you to Sue your experience here and that you will Munday and Chip Dombrowski who stayed up till come back to visit us again soon. We all hours to bring us such a great Daily Bulletin. have a wonderful regional every January And thank you to all the volunteers from Oahu, and we also have many sectionals each the neighbor islands, the mainland and Japan year – here on Oahu and on our neighbor who staffed the welcome, prizes, partnership and islands of Kauai, Maui and the Big information desks. We hope you felt their warm Island of Hawaii. aloha and that you will come back to visit us again Thank you to the ACBL staff who continued on page 3 This is the hardworking local committee who produced the 2018 Honolulu NABC: (back) Gay Yamagiwa, registration co-chair; Larry Denneau, fundraising; Iris Chung, information co-chair; Yasuko Shrenzel, Japanese liaison; Muriel Stitt, tournament chair; Lily Johannessen, partnership chair; (front) Mardi Brown, prizes; Alan Kosansky, registration co-chair; Marty Leftik, information; Busaba Williams, I/N chair. Not pictured: Marie Ashton, hospitality; Ann Bernson, restaurant guide; Cathy Hess, publicity; Keith Kalway, caddies; Jim Keefe, volunteers; Mary Phillips, finance. Player roundup Nickell, Lavazza ousted We’re all here to play bridge, but we all have other activities we enjoy too. Daily Bulletin staff wandered from through the playing areas on Friday asking people this question: What do you like to do outside of bridge? Perennial powerhouse squads Nickell and Here are their answers. Lavazza will be watching from the sidelines as the Reisinger -a-Match concludes today. Leading the 10-team final with a 4.6-board carryover is the Josef Blass team: Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver. A board back is Gaylor Kasle’s squad — the same team that won the Baze Senior Knockouts earlier in the week. Kasle is playing with Drew Cannell, James Krekorian, Drew Casen, Michal Kwiecien and Wlodzimierz Starkowski. “I like to read. I like “Karaoke. I’ve got “Anything politics. “Sports: Tennis, Catch all the action on starting at 11 to drink. I love to dance. many songs – ‘The Knocking on doors, bowling, billiards. a.m. HST. I read mysteries.” Seashores of Old organizing protests.” Anything with a ball is Susan Diets Mexico.’” Donna Compton fun.” Berg leads NA Swiss San Jose CA Mike Heins Dallas TX Simon Ekenberg The team of Mary Ann Berg, Jason Feldman, Cocoa Beach FL Kalmar, Sweden , Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Wojciech continued on page 7 Gawel and Rafal Jagniewski is leading the Keohane North American Swiss Teams after Saturday’s semifinal sessions. Their carryover of 24.56 victory Player of the Year nears the finish line points is more than twice as much as that of the The Player of the Year race is down to two: second-place team captained by Marty Seligman. While leads going into the final day of Seligman is playing with Brian Platnick, John the Fall NABC, Eric Greco is in a position to pass Diamond, Steve Beatty, Boye Brogeland and David him. The Player of the Year award goes to the player Gold. Their carryover is 11.98. who wins the most platinum points, available only in The all-Chinese team led by Jun Zhang is third NABC events. and the mostly Dutch team led by Tim Verbeek is Levin’s advantage over Greco is currently fourth. about 70 platinum points. Levin’s team, captained There are 18 teams playing in today’s final. by , was knocked out of the Reisinger on Saturday; Greco’s team, led by Martin Fleisher, qualified to play on the final day. If the Fleisher Wilson leads Mixed Swiss The team of Alison Wilson, Kent Mignocchi, team finishes at least fourth, Greco will pick up the Bobby Levin Eric Greco Magdalene Ticha, Richard Ritmeijer and Ida continued on page 5 Groenkvist is leading the NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams after Saturday’s qualifying sessions. They Goodwill Message finished the day 5.05 victory points ahead of a Chinese team led by Wen Wei Gao. Wilson will take You can be competitive and still be friendly, ATTENDANCE a carryover of 27.29 into today’s final. caring and ethical. through Saturday In third and fourth are teams captained by Sandy DeMartino, Chair Russell Samuel and Loretta Rivers. ACBL Goodwill Committee 5651.5 tables The 68-team field was cut in half for the final. Page 2 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Sunday, December 2 Noon Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Honolulu Lanai, Tapa Tower)

Take the guarantee New Life Master Soloway KO slated By Sharon Putter of to start in 2019 Those of you who like eccentric endings may be Winnipeg MB became a Life The Soloway Knockout amused to see this deal from the second final of the Master on Saturday playing in Teams premieres next fall at the Blue Ribbons where E–W defeated 3♥ on a spade the Daylight Gold Rush Pairs San Francisco NABC. . Ah … but who got it? with Margaret Paterson. Putter Unlike the Vanderbilt and the Dlr: South ♠ J 9 needed 7.70 gold and acquired , the Soloway KO opens Vul: E–W ♥ K Q 6 5 6.20 on Tuesday for placing with a two-day Swiss. The event ♦ K 7 4 third in the Tom Lum Gold starts on the first Friday of the ♣ 7 6 3 2 Rush Pairs, leaving 1.50 to go. tournament and continues until ♠ K ♠ Q 10 4 2 On Saturday she placed eighth for 1.58. the final two teams face off on the second Thursday. ♥ 10 7 4 ♥ 8 2 Placement in the KO will be determined ♦ 10 9 8 ♦ A 6 5 3 2 primarily by a team’s finish in the Swiss round- ♣ Q J 10 9 5 4 ♣ A K robin with seeding points being less of a factor. ♠ A 8 7 6 5 3 Match awards in the two-day Swiss qualifying are ♥ A J 9 3 platinum. ♦ Q J The event honors four-time world champion and ♣ 8 20-time NABC champ . West North East South 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2♥ Parking validation Pass 3♥ All Pass Players who are using daily parking: Please get Steve Robinson led the ♣Q. Peter Boyd overtook your parking validated before game time. Volunteers and continued the suit. South ruffed to play the ♦Q, handling validation are at the Information Booth – Boyd winning to return the suit. When declarer located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge played ♠A and another spade, Robinson pitched his near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific remaining diamond and Boyd won his ♠Q to return Conference Center – prior to game time. There is no a diamond. When South discarded, West could score one staffing the booth after game time. his ♥4 and return a top club. Boyd had to pitch a diamond to prevent the spades being ruffed out. Declarer ruffed, led a spade, ruffed and overruffed, No cash concessions There will be no cash concessions at this NABC. and reached this ending: Food and beverage costs would have been quite ♠ — high for the players. Many outlets, including the ♥ K 6 5 ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer ♦ — a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at ♣ 7 reasonable prices. ♠ — ♠ 10 ♥ 10 ♥ 8 2 ♦ — ♦ 6 Daily Bulletin delivery ♣ 10 9 5 ♣ — Daily Bulletins may not arrive until as late as ♠ 8 7 9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience. ♥ A J ♦ — ♣ — Credit cards accepted At this point, declarer missed the guaranteed for fees play. Because West is known to be 1–3–3–6, the Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC trumps are breaking. Win the ♥J, ruff a spade high, via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted draw and claim. wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as Instead, declarer led a club and ruffed, and Boyd ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the discarded his last spade. Declarer could cash the ♥A entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single but at trick 12, he had to lead spades. And it was card. Please be patient with directors using this East who overruffed dummy’s ♥6 for the setting system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an trick. alternative to cash. Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 2, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS question is: which wins and returns a club. You remain with the Thinking bridge club to lead? When the ♣K 8 over dummy’s ♣9 7. By covering the 7 By Eddie Kantar dummy to the right has with the 8 and the 9 with the king, you drive the 9–x–x–(x) and you out declarer’s ace while retaining a club winner. Weak jump . The surrounding play have the Q–10–8–(x) When partner gets in with the ♦A, a club return Dlr: South ♠ A K 10 8 or the K–10–8–(x), you defeats the contract. If you lead the ♣8, declarer Vul: E–W ♥ 2 have the 9 surrounded plays low, partner wins the queen, but declarer ♦ K Q J 9 2 with the 10-8 plus remains with the A–J hovering over your king. ♣ 9 7 3 a higher unequal Leading the king doesn’t work either. Declarer ♠ 7 2 ♠ 9 6 honor, the ingredients wins the ace, draws trumps and drives out the ♥ K 8 5 4 ♥ A J 10 9 6 3 for a “surrounding” ♦A, all the while retaining a club stopper. ♦ A 7 6 ♦ 5 3 play. Attack with the 10, the higher of the two Other surrounding plays to be on the lookout ♣ Q 5 4 2 ♣ K 10 8 surrounding cards and the only card in your hand for are: (1) leading the J from the A–J–9–(x) or ♠ Q J 5 4 3 that defeats the contract. Your lead establishes the K–J–9–(x) when dummy to the right has the ♥ Q 7 two club tricks before the ♦A can be driven out. 10–x–(x); (2) leading the Q from A–Q–10–(x) ♦ 10 8 4 Assuming South covers with the ♣J (best), West when dummy to the right has the J–x–(x). ♣ A J 6 West North East South Pass Pass 1♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ 4♠ All Pass N.C. pair wins I/N prize Nancy and Ed Tunstall of Warrenton : ♥4 NC won the Miss Aloha doll, a Bidding commentary: As East, your prize for the winners of the most 2♥ jump overcall is equivalent to an opening in the I/N Room. They weak two-bid. As West, you have enough to live in a rural area with no bridge give partner a single raise. As North, you are clubs within 30 or 40 miles. Nor do too strong to raise to 3♠. You have a side-suit they have any friends in the area singleton, phenomenal trump support plus a who play. Most of their masterpoints strong side suit. Please. are from cruises and District 7 Defensive commentary: As East, you tournaments. The prize doll has been should recognize this dummy type – one with on display in the room throughout the tournament, and its outfits are a powerful side suit plus strong trump support. changed daily. It will be officially Defensive tricks must be taken or established presented to the Tunstalls today. quickly. Clearly clubs is the suit to attack. The

Discounts offered Goodbye Top I/N masterpoint winners Five restaurants at the Hilton Hawaiian 1 20.15 Ed Tunstall, Warrenton NC Village are offering discounts to bridge players continued from page 1 20.15 Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC with convention cards that were not listed in the soon. 3 15.68 Greg Manchuk, Kihei HI restaurant guide. Dairy Queen is offering a 20% Most of all, thank you from the bottom of my 15.68 Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI discount; Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood is offering heart to the amazing Team Hawaii! I don’t think 5 8.05 Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA 10%. At the other three – CJ’s New York Style anyone could find a more dedicated, creative, 8.05 Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza – energetic and hardworking team of volunteers than 7 7.74 Gretchen Shively, Seattle WA the discount is 10% excluding alcohol. the folks who have been working so hard to make 7.74 Chuck Shively, Seattle WA this tournament a success for the past several years. 9 7.43 Dina Fulmer, Pittsburgh PA Many on the team filled multiple roles, pitching in 7.43 Kathryn Rector, Pittsburgh PA New Life Masters wherever needed to get the job done and I am deeply 11 7.32 Allan Chernov, Irving TX New Life Masters – share the good news! appreciative of their efforts. 12 6.82 Stewart Brightman, Calgary AB Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the In alphabetical order, mahalo nui loa to 6.82 Peter Serafini, Calgary AB Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or committee chairs Marie Ashton, Ann Bernson, 14 6.16 Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV after the evening session so that we can report the Mardi Brown, Iris Chung, Larry Denneau, Lily 15 5.85 Brian Knowles, Boulder CO details. We’re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower. Johannessen, Cathy Hess, Keith Kalway, Jim Keefe, 5.85 Lisa Geiger, Boulder CO Alan Kosansky, Marty Leftik, Mary Phillips, Yasuko 17 5.82 Janis Rodden, Honolulu HI No smoking Shrenzel, Busaba Williams and Gay Yamagiwa. 18 5.78 Louise Weidner, Kailua Kona HI Hawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in Thank you all for a memorable and tournament 5.78 Kurt Weidner, Kailua Kona HI public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks and a job very well done. 20 5.77 Tom Pokonosky, Deephaven MN and beaches. There is a designated smoking area 21 5.74 Kusaba Atsuko, Tokyo Japan between the Diamond Head and Ali‘i towers. The 5.74 Luanne Stoltz, Portland OR legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii. continued on page 7 Page 4 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO QUALIFIERS IN THE REISINGER BAM TEAMS 7 Tables 4.87 1 Harold George, Wichita KS; Steven Fox, 10 Tables Carryover Kensington MD; Leon Yu, Syosset NY; Weiling Zhao, Brookfield 1 Josef Blass - Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; CT Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, 3.41 2 Howard Co - Barbara Linn, Honolulu HI; Katie Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 4.61 Fagan - Thomas Fagan, Kailua HI 2 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; James Krekorian, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz 14 Tables Starkowski, Poznan Poland 3.53 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; 3 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Simon De Wijs, Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Marc Bompis, Bourg Doorn Netherlands; Giovanni Donati, Italy 3.11 La Reine France; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 4 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, vs Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland 3.05 Ray Miller - Daniel Poore - Becky Stevens - Michael Christensen, 5 Daniel Zagorin, IL; , Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Seattle WA Enskededalen Sweden; , Stockholm Sweden 2.70 Jamie Thompson, Malvern East Australia; Matt Smith, Sydney 6 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Migry Zur Campanile - , Australia; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; , Kensington CA New York NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; , Chicago IL 2.50 vs 7 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Woody Dillinger, Golden CO; Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO; Katelin Zagreb Croatia 2.26 Yates, Erie CO; Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI 8 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; , IKU DONNELLY FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 1.20 15 Tables 9 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco; Michal Klukowski, Poland; 25.13 1 Arun Savara - David Wong, Honolulu HI; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Tor Helness, Monaco 1.14 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 10 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; John Lusky, Portland OR; Venkatrao Koneru, 17.59 2 Dara Dinner, Wayne PA; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Estelle Ronderos - Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Meeting San Antonio TX; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 0.00 PA QUALIFIERS IN THE NABC+ MIXED SWISS 10.05 3/4 Sandra Baker, Seaside OR; Maryjane Swynenburg, Cannon Beach OR; Ann Marie Gramson - Gilbert 34 Tables / Based on 68 Tables Carryover Gramson, Warrenton OR 1 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Magdalena Ticha - 10.05 3/4 Margaret Eddleston - Bernard Eddleston, Hitchin Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Netherlands; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 27.29 Herts England; Bev Drill - Arnold Drill, Kaneohe HI 2 Wen Wei Gao - Lili Shen - Shaoping Zhou, Guangzhou China; Jianwei Li, Guangdong China; Nan Wang, Nanking China; Shao Hong Wu, Guangzhou China 23.51 SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 3 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Ellen Hessel - Ira Hessel, 9 Tables San Antonio TX; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Brian Glubok, New York NY 21.55 14.91 1 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Everett Fukushima, Aiea HI; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Dave Westfall, 4 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sandra Rimstedt, Spokane WA New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV 19.15 10.44 2 Jack Patnode - Ronald Resnick, Kula HI; Alfred 5 Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Lee, San Mateo CA; Xudong Sun, Shanghai China , Las Vegas NV; , Paradise Valley AZ 15.18 6.71 3 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, 6 Fran White, Fallbrook CA; Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA; Steve Gross, Gloucester ON; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 13.92 5.22 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, 7 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - - Aleksander Dubinin, Malden MA Moscow Russia 13.76 8 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 13.17 9 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 13.07 10 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Mei Yim Fung, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 12.12 11 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 12.01 12 , Pebble Beach CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 10.70 13 Julie Smith, Vancouver BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; , Hammonds Plain NS; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 10.64 14 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 10.20 15 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 9.03 16 Allison L. Cappelletti - Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX 8.18 17 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 7.94 18 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Victor King, Hartford CT; - Barry Myers, London England 5.77 19 Donna Compton - Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 5.75 20 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 5.47 21 Hailong Zhao - Zheng Wei Xie, Shanghi China; Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai China; Liping Wang, Beijing China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 5.00 22 Ilse Artmer - Josef Simon - Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 4.75 23 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 4.70 24 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Springs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 4.34 25 Yasuko Shrenzel - Iku Donnelly - Godfrey Chang - Larry Denneau Jr., Honolulu HI; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 3.98 26 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY; Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 2.98 27 David Stevenson - Liz Commins, Wirral England; Dee Lindon - Peter Lindon, Buckinghamshire England 2.56 28 Larry Pocock - Yue Su - Susan Peters, Vancouver BC; Doug Hansford, Surrey BC 2.22 29 Thomas Andersson, Lund Sweden; Sanna Clementsson, Stockholm Sweden; , Henderson NV; Shane Blanchard, New York NY 1.77 30 Alan Gailfus - Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 1.52 31 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Verdes CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 0.93 32 Jason Larrivee - Pamela Keim, Regina SK; Curley Anderson - Andy Anderson, Saskatoon SK 0.42 33 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Elise Parish - Dan Parish, Sun City AZ 0.04 34 William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Martin Hinds – Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 0.00 Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 2, 2018 Page 5 QUALIFIERS IN THE KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 18 Tables / Based on 71 Tables Carryover POY and Goren 1 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, continued from page 1 Warsaw Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 24.56 platinum points he 2 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, needs to claim Player Boca Raton FL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; of the Year honors. , London England 11.98 Joe Grue is 3 Jun Zhang, Beijing China; Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai China; having a very good Yan Sun - Bo Fu, China 11.41 tournament! Wins 4 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg in the Mitchell Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Patricia Cayne, Open BAM and the Boca Raton FL 11.18 Kaplan Blue Ribbon 5 Ed Hoogenkamp, Ourense Spain; Rob Helle, Wroclaw Poland; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Pairs netted him 330 Netherlands; Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands 10.65 6 Barry Rigal - William Pollack, New York NY; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; masterpoints and make David Caprera, Denver CO; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 9.85 him a favorite to win 7 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; , Las Vegas NV; Diyan Danailov - the Goren Trophy Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 8.86 for the second year 8 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; in a row. The Goren Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Debabrata Trophy is given to the Joe Grue Majumder, Kolkata India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 7.28 player who wins the most 9 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Mitch Dunitz, masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Trailing by 60 after Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 6.99 Saturday’s play is Grue’s Reisinger captain, Martin 10 Jianhua Miao - Weijun Liu, Shanghai Congo; Jing Rong Ran - Bin Shi, Shanghai China 4.64 Fleisher. 11 Richard Pavlicek - Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; , Toronto ON; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 3.26 Grue led the campaign for the 2018 Barry 12 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; , Sarasota FL; , New York NY; Crane Top 500 crown as of Nov. 6 with almost 2875 , Charlottenlund Denmark; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, China 2.58 masterpoints. Mark Itabashi, with 2800 points, was 13 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Cedric Lorenzini, 75 points back. Cachan France; Jerome Rombaut, Hem France 2.17 Grue’s goal is to break the annual masterpoint 14 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; , Houston TX; contest record set by Jim Barrow in 1999 with 3584 Mike Passell, Plano TX; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 1.73 points. 15 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; , Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 1.10 16 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 0.93 17 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; , Chicago IL; Roger Bates - John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 0.39 18 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 0.00 Page 6 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 MARK TEAFORD SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 14 Tables 17.5 Tables 10.02 1 Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; L. Stuart Vance A B C - Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI; Patti Moore, Kalaheo HI 7.01 2 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA; 6.07 1 James Tanner, Highland CA; William Hamann, Riverside CA 64.96% Sandra Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Centerville OH 4.98 2 1 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 60.20% 4.51 3 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA; 3.74 3 2 Joan Kroener, Cardiff CA; Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA 59.32% Lorenzo Migliorini - Leah Sieg, Seattle WA 2.56 4 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 58.13% 3.51 4 Kim Cohos - Sandy Jean Robinson - Thomas 2.80 5 3 Aiyue Ma, Canton China; Cheng Wang, Canton China 57.41% Trafford - Danuta Trafford, Calgary AB 1.44 6 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 57.30% 1.64 7 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Lisa Chen, Storffville ON 57.17% 2.10 4 Natsuko Nishida - Emi Sonemoto, Tokyo Japan 56.22% NABC Results by 1.58 5 Marge Van Hemert, Bonita CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA 55.11% Email/Text 1.18 6 Paul Harding - Laila I. Axen, New Westminster BC 54.79% Want to be notified when results and the Daily 2.45 1 Laura Thomson, Centennial CO; Katherine Demong, Denver CO 51.78% Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to 1.84 2 Nancy Kingman - Francis Radford, San Diego CA 51.03% see your results in the events you played in? ACBL 1.38 3 Sandy Silverman - Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA 49.91% Live does just that. SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS With the ACBL Live notification system, you 6.0 Tables will receive emails and/or text messages after each A B C session with links that go directly to the information 2.40 1 1 1 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 60.50% you’re looking for. The email/text message will 1.80 2 2 2 Diana Kaiser, San Luis Obispo CA; Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV 56.17% contain your score for the session and a link to your 1.35 3 3 Sherry Nunnally - Veronica Vansant, Honolulu HI 54.25% results. (These results will also be available on your 1.01 4 Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY; Rebecca Bray, Henrico VA 53.67% MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also 0.90 4 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 52.17% receive a notification to indicate when the Daily 1.05 3 Fran Mosley - Richard Mosley, Wytheville VA 49.92% Bulletin for that day is available. MARK TEAFORD THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL This service is automatic for members unless 32.50 Tables / Based on 17 Tables they have specifically opted out. To receive text 9.45 1/2 Aiyue Ma, Canton China 128.43% messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select 9.45 1/2 Cheng Wang, Canton China 128.43% Update My Information to enter your email address 8.45 3/4 William Hamann, Riverside CA 126.06% and/or cell phone number. 8.45 3/4 James Tanner, Highland CA 126.06% Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab 7.07 5 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 121.85% to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting 6.02 6/7 Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 119.04% for General Email Communication and Cell Phone 6.02 6/7 Jennifer Beall, Bellingham WA 119.04% Text Communication to receive these notifications. 4.87 8 Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 116.22% 6.30 9/10 Deborah Wojtowicz, Pleasanton CA 115.10% 6.30 9/10 Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 115.10%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 29.0 Tables / Based on 69 Tables A B C 37.10 1 Steven Smolen - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 63.67% 27.83 2 1 Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 59.86% 20.87 3 Randolph Johnson - Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 58.86% 16.55 4 2 1 Yumin Liu - Xinguo Fang, Burlingame CA 58.45% 12.41 5 3 2 Lei Jun - Yong Xue, Burlingame CA 58.28% 10.60 6 4 Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan; Keiko Miwa, Japan 57.49% 9.28 7 Yukiko Tokunaga - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 56.11% 8.24 8 5 Murray Haggins - Marilyn Haggins, Calgary AB 55.83% 7.42 9 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 55.55% 6.75 10 6 Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 55.15% 6.18 11 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Heights MN; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 54.88% 5.71 12 7 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 54.12% 5.30 13 Catherine Hess, Kaneohe HI; Robert Hope, Honolulu HI 54.02% 4.95 14 John Early, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 53.98% 4.64 15 Frances Every - Marcus Evans, Orange CA 53.94% 4.32 3 Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI; Harry Messenheimer, Hilo HI 53.66% 3.24 4 Robert Garin, San Diego CA; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 50.07% 2.56 5 Hank Sigal, Piedmont CA; Julie Burnet, Oakland CA 49.90% 2.19 6 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 48.87%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 17.0 Tables 7 3 2 7.09 1 John Bakovic, Springfield VA; Richard Bakovic, San Pedro CA 68.60% 5.32 2 Hal Saunders – N. Dennis Berg, Santa Barbara CA 60.57% 4.73 3 1 1 Keith Kalway - Herbert Nakagawa, Honolulu HI 57.89% 3.55 4 2 2 Lori Mirek - Ken Pelowski, Atherton CA 56.85% 2.66 5 3 3 Rebecca Pelissero, Kula HI; Dorsie Glen, Kihei HI 55.36% 2.03 6 4 4 Bill Walter - Christine Walter, Vancouver BC 55.21% 2.03 7 5 Steven Smith - Kristin Smith, Corralitos CA 54.91% 2.07 8 6 Margaret Paterson - Sharon Putter, Winnipeg MB 54.46% 1.42 9 Diana Lam, Boston MA; Jonathan Harvey, Riverside CA 52.83%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 3.5 Tables A B C 2.10 1 1 Louise Weidner - Kurt Weidner, Kailua Kona HI 61.25% 1.58 2 2 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 58.75% 1.18 3 Elsie Shaw, Gilroy CA; Lesley Waltner, Morgan Hill CA 56.25% Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 2, 2018 Page 7

Player roundup continued from page 1 I/N Masterpoints What do you like to do outside of bridge? continued from page 3 23 5.62 Fumie Parish, Las Vegas NV 5.62 Peter Parish, Santa Barbara CA 25 5.48 Kondo Fuyuko, Japan 5.48 Horie Machiko, Japan 27 5.34 Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV 28 5.15 Pauline Oyama, Chicago IL 5.15 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA 5.15 Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 31 4.99 Wendy Schwartz, Walnut Creek CA 4.99 Chuck Silva, Lafayette CA “I’m into Dr. Who “Poker. I’m a lot better “I read about heroes “I like to fish, play 33 4.79 M Prebula, Juneau AK and Star Trek and Star at poker. I’m going to with swords. ‘Hadrian golf and look after my 4.79 Adam Wilkinson, Juneau AK Wars.” Vegas after here.” and Royce.’” grandchildren.” 35 4.77 Sharon Weber, Kealakekua HI Jay Bates Kimberly Music Bill Kennedy 4.77 Elizabeth Reid, Kailua Kona HI Tournament Director Lewis Center OH Copenhagen, Denmark Campbell River BC 37 4.74 Tomoko Stock, Valencia CA Durham NC 4.74 Jan Ladd, Valencia CA 39 4.61 Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 4.61 Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA 41 4.47 Dan Sabo, Kailua Kona HI 4.47 Rexanne Ring, Kailua Kona HI 43 4.42 Karen Wilson, Makawao HI 4.42 Ethelyn Stisher, Wailuku HI 45 4.40 Vincent DeConti, Naperville IL 46 4.39 Mihoko N, Japan 47 4.31 Gordon Riddick, Honolulu HI 4.31 Penelope Riddick, Honolulu HI “I like to go hiking, “I like to sing. I sing “I like to work out. “I play tennis, 49 4.27 Yvonne Wheeler, Honolulu HI I like to play a lot during the game. I’m looking for new I play video games, 50 4.19 Stan Johnson, Seal Beach CA Heartstone. I like to do [Breaks out into song.]” sports to do. I want to I go to see live music, 4.19 Louise Seifert, Seal Beach CA escape rooms. I like to Janice Seamon- try boxing. I like to go go to lectures. ... 52 4.08 Mollie Brackett, Longmont CO play piano. I’m trying to Molson out with friends watch But mostly bridge.” 4.08 Gail Lurie, Boulder CO get competent at pool.” Hollywood FL Netflix.” Finn Kolesnik 54 4.05 Meda Brown, Honolulu HI Daniel Korbel Luc Tijssen Ventura CA 55 4.04 Garrick Hu, West Bloomfield MI Las Vegas NV Tilburg, Netherlands 56 3.99 Rochelle Mathieu, Volcano HI 3.99 Jane Waldron, Volcano HI 58 3.90 Roger Emery, Sarnia ON 59 3.71 Lesley Waltner, Morgan Hill CA 3.71 Elsie Shaw, Gilroy CA 61 3.66 H Michael Mogil, Naples FL 3.66 Barbara Levine, Naples FL 63 3.60 Hazel Theodore, Honolulu HI 64 3.57 Linda Hill, Bellevue WA 3.57 Margot Cahill, Redmond WA 66 3.50 Cyndy Sidore, Princeville HI “I dance, I read, I “Tennis, golf, martial “I play pickleball “Visit the world. 3.50 Tara Fankhauser, Kilauea HI snowboard, I run.” arts and mathematics.” every day.” Eat local food.” 68 3.49 Sherry Nunnally, Honolulu HI Olivia Laufer Morris Mitchem Busaba Williams Leonardo Cima 69 3.44 Diana Kaiser, San Luis Obispo CA Toronto ON Columbia SC I/N Chair, Honolulu HI Rome, Italy 70 3.31 Duane Brasch, Fargo ND 71 3.28 Judy Pearce, Pearl City HI 3.28 Helen Slaughter, Honolulu HI 73 3.25 Veronica Vansant, Honolulu HI 74 3.11 Frank Shannon, Mesquite NV 3.11 Linda Shannon, Mesquite NV 76 3.01 Rod Goree, San Francisco CA 77 3.00 David Larsen, Honolulu HI 3.00 Ralph Haberfeld, Jackson WY 79 2.88 Daniela Tone, Santa Clara CA 80 2.86 Susan Kaneta, Kailua Kona HI “Sightsee. We took a “Eat. We go “Sports, mostly “I like to paddle 2.86 Alice Goo, Kailua Kona HI tour around the island swimming pretty much racket sports: tennis, outrigger canoes. 82 2.77 Reece Schuler, Chapel Hill NC the other day.” every morning in badminton, table I like to swim.” 2.77 Liz Schuler, Chapel Hill NC Bill Aeschbacher Hawaii.” tennis.” Randi Conway 2.77 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA Park City UT Mike Christensen Ola and Mikael Honolulu HI 85 2.75 Uzawa Y, Japan and Becky Stevens Rimstedt 86 2.74 Ruth Long, San Jose CA Seattle WA Stockholm, Sweden 87 2.70 Diane Church-Smith, Sequim WA 2.70 Charlotte Elkins, Sequim WA 89 2.66 Christine Walter, Vancouver BC 2.66 Bill Walter, Vancouver BC 91 2.47 Gary Ratts, Cupertino CA 2.47 Cathy Stahler, Cupertino CA 93 2.40 Sandra Miano, Honolulu HI 2.40 Margaret Bragg, Meadowview VA 2.40 Michael Torpey, San Francisco CA 2.40 Warren Kenyon, Littleton CO “I like to golf, hike. “I like to read a lot of “Dancing.” “Being with my 2.40 Peggy Torpey, San Francisco CA We ski.” history and politics.” Jay Whipple family.” 2.40 Shideh Nikkhoo, Honolulu HI Wendy Schwartz Tim Verbeek ACBL President Jo-Anne Kelley 99 2.33 Randy Wentross, Tucson AZ Walnut Creek CA Utrecht, Netherlands Boca Grande FL Los Angeles CA 100 2.26 Joyce Shigekuni, Honolulu HI Page 8 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin

his ♦Q is dead if there is a guess for the contract. So a club and ruffed a heart. When West produced Clash of the titans he should cover. the queen, the rest was easy. ♦A, ♦K, club ruff in By Barry Rigal On the second deal, Dave Caprera outplayed his dummy produced this ending: When the top two teams in the North American counterpart to bring home an excellent slam. ♠ — Swiss met in round six, a couple of deals presented ♠ Q J 3 ♥ J the opportunity for very nice play. ♥ J 10 7 4 ♦ 10 8 3 The first deal saw a defender miss an inference. ♦ A 10 8 3 2 ♣ — Can you do better? ♣ A ♠ 10 8 7 6 ♠ J 10 8 7 ♥ — ♥ Q 9 4 ♠ A K 9 4 2 ♦ — ♦ J 4 ♥ A K ♣ — ♣ Q 9 6 5 ♦ K 9 4 ♠ A K 9 ♠ K 2 ♣ 10 6 5 ♥ — ♥ J 10 6 3 West North East South ♦ 9 ♦ Q 8 3 Pass 1NT ♣ — ♣ 10 8 7 2 Pass 3♣(1) Dbl 3♠(2) Caprera could lead the ♥J to pitch the ♦9 and West North East South Pass 4♣ Pass 4NT claim the rest. Note that even if the ♥Q didn’t fall 1♠ Pass 5♠ Pass 5NT and West had underruffed on the previous trick, Pass 1NT(1) Pass 2NT Pass 6♠ All Pass declarer will still succeed. Imagine the ♥Q and Pass 3♥(2) Pass 3♠ (1) Puppet Stayman inquiring about majors the ♦Q are still out. Declarer leads the heart from Pass 4♠ All Pass (2) Five spades dummy. If East discards, declarer is home. If he (1) Forcing Caprera won the ♣K lead, cashed the ♠Q – and follows, declarer ruffs high and West can underruff (2) Transfer to spades East showed out! again – but will finally be endplayed in diamonds to Partner leads the ♣3: 5, 7, king. Declarer plays Changing tack, Caprera unblocked hearts, ruffed lead spades for declarer. ♠A and another spade, on which your partner plays the ♠Q. You can exit in clubs safely, so you do so. 1967 Sami Kehela 155 Declarer wins the ace, crosses to the ♠10, plays the 1968 Henry Bethe 144 ♣Q (pitching a diamond) and another club, ruffing in 1969 Sylvia Stein 150 hand. 1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 154 Now he plays the ♥A and a second heart. Partner 1971 John Grantham 150 wins the ♥K to play a third heart. Declarer leads 1972 Steve Robinson 181 the ♦J from dummy. Do you cover (clearing up any 1973 Larry Cohen 207 guess if he has ♦K-10-?) or do you and hope he 1974 Fred Hamilton 202 misguesses? 1975 Walt Walvick 171 At the table, East played low and declarer, with 1976 Paul Soloway 199 ♦K 9, let it run. Declarer’s thinking was based on 1977 John Mohan 160 East’s failure to shift to a diamond at trick two. 1978 165 Yes, maybe he should have run the ♦J when in 1979 Robert Levin 233* dummy with the ♣Q … but he didn’t. And I think in 1980 225 retrospect, East knows that – so he should assume 1981 Chip Martel 225 1982 Jeff Meckstroth, 191 1983 233* 1984 Grant Baze 200 1985 Eric Rodwell 364.75* 1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.55 1987 Jill Meyers 176.00 1988 Bob Hamman 269.55 Winner of the Goren Trophy for the most points 1989 Mark Molson 253.71 earned during the 2017 Fall NABC: Joe Grue 1990 Eddie Wold 276.26 1991 David Berkowitz 356.65 Goren Trophy 1992 Haig Tchamitch 201.66 measures most Fall NABC 1993 Bob Hamman 355.13 1994 Mark Lair 365.06* masterpoints 1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77* The Goren Trophy is awarded to the player(s) 1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77* who captures the most masterpoints at the Fall 1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.31 NABC. Last year in Orlando it was won by Eric 1998 Eric Rodwell 328.59 Greco, who placed second in the Reisinger and third 1999 Geir Helgemo 449.37* in both the Mitchell Open BAM and the Kaplan 2000 George Jacobs 365.22 Blue Ribbon Pairs. 2001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.75 Here are the previous winners of the Goren 2002 Dan Morse 388.81 (originally the Lou Herman) Trophy. (An asterisk 2003 Geoff Hampson 374.79 indicates the record was broken that year.) 2004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.16 2005 416.88 Lou Herman Trophy 2006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.13 1952 Al Roth 2007 Lew Stansby 375.28 1953 John Crawford 1954 Paul Hodge The Herman Trophy becomes the Goren Trophy 1955 Milt Ellenby 2008 Eric Rodwell 623.75* 1956 Paul Hodge 2009 Jeff Meckstroth 377.66 1957 Lew Mathe 2010 Steve Garner 326.20 1958 Sylvia Stein 2011 James Cayne, 378.63 1959 Mort Rubinow 2012 Zia Mahmood 348.08 1960 Oswald Jacoby 2013 Agustin Madala 402.22 1961 Phil Feldesman 2014 Boye Brogeland, 368.89 1962 Marshall Miles 2015 Bogulsaw Gierulski, Jerzy 1963 211 Skrzypczak, Ron Pachtmann, 1964 Harold Rockaway 180 Pawel Zatorski 375.94 1965 Mike Lawrence 211 2016 Eric Greco 382.88 1966 Charles Coon 144 2017 Joe Grue 266.10 Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 2, 2018 Page 9 Bidding Tips by Alan Olschwang

Across 40. Odor anagram Down 34. “Great Expectations” boy 1. Pond problem 41. 30-day mo. 1. Big glitch 35. Coastal features 5. Edible seaweed 42. Got crusty 2. Panamanian port 37. Almond willow 9. Place for all kidding? 43. Even a little 3. Excessive, as influence 38. Sub rosa 14. Proscribed activity 44. Pen name 4. Anchor a tanker 39. Good-sized combo 15. Allege as fact 45. Citi Field team 5. Black belt’s sport 44. Command 16. Blood giver 47. Dealer in futures? 6. “Bye Bye Love” brothers 45. Lackadaisical response 17. Ray of old movies 48. Quaff with fish and chips 7. Give a hand, say 46. Gretna Green bride 18. “Pandora’s Box” painter Magritte 49. Above zero: Abbr. 8. Place for sports writers 47. Throat ailment, commonly 19. They get into jams 52. When responding with three card 9. Acclimatizes 49. Blender option 20. When playing , three of support, 12 to 15 points and a 10. Adds power to, with “up” 50. Sweater letter either minor in response to a major you should ___ 11. Bump ___ (meet) 51. “SNL” staple opening shows ___ 57. Hold precious 12. Odor anagram 52. Fiber for ropes 23. Trois less deux 58. to the unwary 13. In the past, once 53. Loafing 24. The pond, in the U.K. 59. Cream-filled treat 21. Addition sign? 54. “Indiana Jones and the Temple of 25. Grounded fleet, briefly 60. Astringent fruit 22. Appropriate ___” 26. Low card 61. Fishing need 26. Did not step lightly 55. Pennsylvania city or county 27. Kramden’s workplace 62. Big name in little blocks 28. Deposit money 56. Good thing to be on 28. Interdiction 63. Dangle a carrot 29. Spanish museum collection 31. ___ nous (just between us) 64. Class ring inscription 30. Stock market overseer, formerly: 34. ___ favor (please) 65. Turn pages Abbr. 35. Avis adjective? 31. Biblical prophet 36. A response of three in the major bid 32. Glowing sign shows ___ 33. “Iliad” locale Answer on page 10 Page 10 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Answer to Bridge Crosswords on page 9 59 934 Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA Barry Crane 60 928 Dan Morse, Houston TX 61 919 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC Top 500 leaders 62 918 John Brady, Jacksonville FL Through Nov. 6 63 916 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1 2874 Joe Grue, New York NY 64 915 William Harker, Santa Fe NM 2 2800 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 65 914 Drew Casen, Henderson NV 3 2456 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL 66 911 Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 4 2132 Brad Moss, Denver CO 67 907 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 5 2090 Shan Huang, Melbourne FL 68 907 Richard Chan, Markham ON 6 1976 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 69 906 Joan Millens, Kingston NY 7 1952 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 70 898 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY 8 1889 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 71 896 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL 9 1816 Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 72 890 Bill Kulbersh, Atlanta GA 10 1807 John Hurd, New York NY 73 888 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 11 1646 , Montclair NJ 74 878 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 12 1576 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 75 878 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 13 1494 Mike Passell, Plano TX 76 867 Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 14 1477 Gillian Miniter, New York NY 77 867 Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 15 1466 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 78 851 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 16 1448 Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 79 850 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON 17 1431 Chris Compton, Dallas TX 80 846 Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 18 1431 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 81 845 Fred King, McLean VA 19 1422 Justin Lall, Little Elm TX 82 843 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 20 1415 Eddie Wold, Houston TX 83 842 Melanie Tucker, New York NY 21 1412 Robert Levin, Henderson NV 84 841 Kay Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 22 1394 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 85 839 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 23 1370 Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 86 833 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia 24 1359 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Heights MN Gardens FL 87 829 , Little Rock AR 25 1330 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV 88 827 Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 26 1325 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 89 825 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 27 1304 Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 90 824 Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ 28 1292 , Astoria NY 91 823 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 29 1264 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 92 823 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL 30 1249 Adam Grossack, Newton MA 93 816 Michael Dalton, Palm Coast FL 31 1230 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 94 813 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON 32 1227 Chuck Said, Nashville TN 95 794 John Onstott, New Orleans LA 33 1219 Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV 96 793 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA 34 1211 Ron Smith, Chicago IL 97 793 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 35 1203 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 98 785 Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 36 1191 , Las Vegas NV 99 781 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 37 1167 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 100 779 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 38 1166 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 101 775 David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 39 1158 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 102 772 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA 40 1141 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 103 767 Robert Morris, Houston TX 41 1138 Sherman Gao, Brea CA 104 767 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 42 1135 Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH 105 766 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 43 1120 Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 106 766 Michael Heins, Champaign IL 44 1107 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 107 766 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA 45 1105 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 108 762 Mac Busby, San Diego CA 46 1085 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 109 762 Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD 47 1082 Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV 110 754 Randy Joyce, Chapel Hill NC 48 1069 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 111 752 Elaine Said, Nashville TN 49 1035 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL 112 751 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 50 1010 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 113 747 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 51 1009 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 114 741 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 52 1004 Jacek Kalita, Poland 115 735 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 53 1002 Michal Nowosadzki, Poland 116 735 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 54 998 Eric Leong, Oakland CA 117 729 Melih Ozdil, New York NY 55 989 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 118 728 J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON 56 981 Glenn Robbins, New York NY 119 724 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 57 970 Aaron Jones, San Francisco CA 120 721 James Melville, Springfield IL 58 956 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 2, 2018 Page 11

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 19.0 Tables Elegant A B C By Barry Rigal 6.28 1 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Barbara Boswell, Cincinnati OH 66.67% Dlr: South ♠ A K 9 8 3 5.42 2 1 1 Heike Koistinen, Helsinki Finland; Rui Marques, Gladwyne PA 64.38% Vul: N–S ♥ 3 3.53 3 Jennifer Beall - Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 63.40% 2.65 4 Edward Nagy - Sheryl Nagy, Danville CA 62.75% ♦ K 3 4.07 5 2 Sabrina O’Hearn - Busaba Williams, Honolulu HI 61.98% ♣ K J 10 7 5 1.49 6 Caryn Villalon, Bonsall CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 61.44% ♠ 4 ♠ Q J 7 5 2 3.05 7 3 Hiroyuki Hagihira, Meguro-Ku Tokyo Japan; Emi Sakata, Japan 61.00% ♥ Q 9 7 6 5 ♥ K J 10 2.29 4 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 58.61% ♦ J 9 6 4 2 ♦ Q 7 1.71 5 Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA; Marion McLaren, Honolulu HI 53.16% ♣ 6 4 ♣ A Q 3 1.29 6 Paul Harding - Laila I. Axen, New Westminster BC 53.05% ♠ 10 6 2.10 2 Daniel Berman - Bob Bradley, Honolulu HI 52.40% ♥ A 8 4 2 1.58 3 June Bruno - Roy Bruno, Redmond WA 47.93% ♦ A 10 8 5 1.18 4 Nancy Kingman - Francis Radford, San Diego CA 47.71% ♣ 9 8 2 BLUE NOTE HAWAII SATURDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS West North East South 8 Tables / Based on 15 Tables Pass A X Y Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT 6.83 1 1 1 Natsuko Nishida - Tadashi Yoshida - Emi Sonemoto, Tokyo Japan; Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥(1) Midori Ito, Shinjuku-Ku Japan 66.00 Pass 2♠ Dbl Pass 5.12 2 2 2 Howard Epley - Karen Epley, Kent WA; Karen Hudesman - Pass 3♣ Dbl All Pass Donald Stark, Seattle WA 47.00 (1) Transfer to 2♠ 3.84 3 3 Lei Jun - Xinguo Fang - Yong Xue - Yumin Liu, Burlingame CA 42.00 When South suggested two or three spades and 5–7 HCP, East went out on a limb and doubled for BLUE NOTE HAWAII SATURDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS penalty. North, convinced it could not be a good idea 7 Tables B C to play in a suit stacked over him, ran to 3♣, doubled 3.40 1 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Douglas Grant, for penalty, but less firmly. San Francisco CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 57.00 The defense started very well: the ♦Q lead set 2.55 2 1 Sandra Baker, Seaside OR; Maryjane Swynenburg, Cannon Beach OR; up a gorgeous red herring. Declarer won in hand, Ann Marie Gramson - Gilbert Gramson, Warrenton OR 55.00 cashed the ♠A, went to the ♥A and led a second 1.91 3 Marlene Pontifex - June Hewitt - Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB; spade. West kept up the good work, ruffing in to shift Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB 42.00 to a trump, letting East play three rounds of the suit. Admire the elegance of the ending. If declarer SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS wins the third club in dummy (which is critical 16.0 Tables because declarer needs to start eliminating East’s A B C 13.00 1 1 Solbritt Lindahl, Evenslejer Norway; Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway 59.91% exit cards), he can ruff a heart to hand to reach this 9.75 2 Tracy Capal, Manchester England; David Sherman, London England 59.10% ending: 7.31 3 Maria Lucia Menezes - Caru Vidigal, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 58.27% ♠ K 9 8 5.48 4 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, ♥ — Bloomfield MI 56.42% ♦ 3 4.33 5 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 56.27% ♣ J 5.35 6 2 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA 56.18% ♠ — ♠ Q J 7 3.25 7 Lisa Chen, Storffville ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 54.53% ♥ Q 9 7 ♥ J 5.26 8 3 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; R. Bruce Martin, Paia HI 54.51% ♦ J 9 ♦ 7 3.58 4 1 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Cliff Marx, Everett WA 52.73% ♣ — ♣ — 2.38 5 Barbara Gallagher, Littleton CO; Zag Kadah, Los Gatos CA 50.67% 2.69 2 Rick Ramey - Sherry Allison, Delaware OH 49.65% ♠ — ♥ 8 4 SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS ♦ A 10 8 15.0 Tables / Based on 16 Tables ♣ — A B C Declarer leads a diamond to dummy’s ace, ruffs 5.63 1 Tina Gokturk - E Elaine Stewart, Calgary AB 64.10% a heart and can exit with an intermediate spade to 4.98 2 1 Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 59.13% endplay East to lead spades into the tenace. 2.78 3/4 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; June Keith, New Westminster BC 58.17% If declarer foolishly wins the third trump in 3.74 3/4 2 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 58.17% hand, then East can pitch a diamond on the South 2.80 5 3 Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY 58.01% club and has a recourse no matter what declarer 2.80 6 4 1 June Bruno - Roy Bruno, Redmond WA 57.53% 2.10 7 5 2 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA 56.41% does. 1.76 6 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 54.81% 1.58 3 Dolf Daam, Victoria BC; Dorsie Glen, Kihei HI 54.65% 1.18 4 Heike Koistinen, Helsinki Finland; Rui Marques, Gladwyne PA 51.76% The Past Comes Alive Dutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and Masterpoint disclaimer Monitoring Daily Bulletins about bridge. 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Contact details can be found on are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been the website. made. Page 12 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, December 2, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Luke Han Bracketed B Teams (0–3000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Brackets of 8 teams by average masterpoints; 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. All 10 a.m. Swiss team games: Two-session playthrough with half-hour break. Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Sunday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Sunday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. John Sutherlin Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16 $20 Sunday, December 2, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 — NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $25 — Sunday, December 2, 2 p.m. Susan Kobayashi Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15

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those persons granted permission by the ACBL, Today’s Sponsors and are in force throughout any playing session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements Luke Han apply in events involving live internet and/or vugraph By Friends of Luke coverage. We are proud to A violation of any of the above restrictions will honor our dear friend, result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of Luke Han. Luke was a the Laws of . Silver Life Master who NABC+ events is fondly remembered for • First offense of any kind (ringing, answering or his positive nature, his initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: sharp mind and his kind One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum and generous spirit. He available VPs per match, at the respective form of was an ACBL accredited scoring. teacher and a member of • Second offense in the same session or third the ACBL Aileen Osofsky offense within the event, disqualification of the Goodwill Committee. Luke was known to his friends pair or team from the event. and opponents as “Cool Hand Luke.” His teaching Other events specialties were play of the hand and leads. His • First offense, in the same session – ringing ability to analyze the hand was exceptional. Luke’s only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the BIG smile is forever embedded in our hearts and respective form of scoring; first offense in the memories. same session – answering or initiating a call, texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of scoring. NABC Electronic • Second offense in the same session: two full boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum Device Policy available VPs per match, at the respective form of Except by permission of the scoring. director in charge, any electronic • Third offense in the event: disqualification of the equipment or device capable of pair or team from the event. receiving or sending an electronic Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed , or capable of communicating from the playing area for the remainder of the session. in any way, may not be operated or This policy applies to all events at NABCs. functioning in any manner in the playing area during a session of play. Any such equipment must not be visible during the session and must remain off at all times. The above restrictions apply to all players, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders except