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A Hui Hou – Until We Meet Again 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 Reisinger 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 Board-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 vugraph 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 Krzysztof Buras, 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 Bobby Levin 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 Nick Nickell, 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. Aileen Osofsky 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 Barry Rigal 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. ruff. Ah … but who got it? with Margaret Paterson. Putter Unlike the Vanderbilt and the Dlr: South ♠ J 9 needed 7.70 gold and acquired Spingold, 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 Paul Soloway. 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 entry 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 trump 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.
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