THE SUN Seattle Unit 446 Newsletter December 2011 / January 2012

Dave Grubbs Wins Microsoft Trophy Race Congratulations to Dave Grubbs who wins the Microsoft Trophy for 2011 with a total of 88.86 . At the Halloween Sectional (hence the pumpkin costume) at Vasa Park Dave won the open pairs event on Saturday to take the lead and held on with a third place finish in the Sunday Swiss teams. He finished just ahead of his partner for both events, Barbara Nist. The Microsoft Trophy is awarded to the Unit 446 member who wins the most points at the four sectional tournaments run by our unit. Full re- sults and photos from the tournament are available starting on page 8. Here are the final Microsoft Trophy standings: 1. Dave Grubbs 88.86 6. Ken Christiansen 65.72 11. Jeff Ford 56.72

2. Barbara Nist 85.73 7. Paul Schwaighart 62.53 12. Ken Scholes 54.91

3. Balusu Rao 72.95 8. Dick Yarington 60.12 13. Craig Zastera 51.88

4. Harry Steiner 71.04 9. Emery Selymes 59.71 14. Brian Zaugg 51.40

5. Dave Setterholm 67.94 10. Kim Eng 58.76 15. Rod Caldwell 51.32 Craig Ruden wins Jabon Race The Jabon Trophy is awarded to the player who began the year with fewer than twenty masterpoints who wins the most masterpoints at the Seattle Open and Intermediate/Newcomer Sectionals. This year in a battle of Craigs, Craig Ruden finished with 15.16 masterpoints edging out Craig Von Land with 12.53. Here are the final standings:

1. Craig Ruden 15.16 T5. Karen Hudesman 7.71 11. Larry Baum 3.63

2. Craig Von Land 12.52 7. Jeanne Johnson 6.25 12. Linda Longmire 3.50

3. Dave Drischell 8.22 8. Kenneth O’Bara 4.33 13. Michele Herman 3.15

4. Lorenzo Migliorini 7.73 9. Lisa Brock 4.02 14. Beverley Thomas 3.13

T5. Donald Stark 7.71 10. Yoko Reilly 3.73 15. William Campbell 2.88

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Seattle Bridge Center (SBC) January 8 at a new 1:00 pm time. Reservations please. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES every session Mon- 1539 NE 145th, Seattle day, January 9 through Sunday, January 15. (206) 282-6414 [email protected] ACBL-WIDE INTERNATIONAL FUND is Saturday, January 28 at noon. http://seattlebridgecenter.tripod.com BRIDGE CLASSES Nick Tipton, the director of Rain- SBC WILL BE CLOSED for the entire Seattle NABC bow Bridge club, is teaching an introduction to bridge from Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Day) classes on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm and intermediate through Sunday, December 4. May all your be on classes on Saturday mornings. Both classes keep adding and all your slams make. Lorraine Leach will be hon- more students. Please contact Nick by email at ored on Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, De- [email protected]. cember 1 with four sessions of bracketed knockouts in her name. Look for the names of other local bridge player HALF PRICE GAMES ($3.50) Wednesday mornings at who have events honoring them on other days. 10:30 am and Sunday afternoons at 1:00 pm. STAC GAMES every session December 5 through De- UNLIMITED FREE PARKING with handicap access. cember 11. Come get those elusive SILVER POINTS. Please park in the lot east of the club. SBC POTLUCK CHRISTMAS PARTIES are Thurs- A PARTNER IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. day, December 15 at 10:30 am and Friday, December 16 SEPTEMBER TOP CLUB MASTERPOINT WIN- at 7:30 pm. NERS Mackie Ogino, Ken Fox, Glen Neidhardt and Cor- SBC WILL BE CLOSED the evening of Friday, Decem- rinne Joinette ber 23 through Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone. OCTOBER TOP CLUB MASTERPOINT WINNERS THE MONTHLY UNIT GAME will be at SBC Sunday, Rose Bolson, Ken Fox, Terry Chinn and Mary McCune

Alki Bridge Club (ABC) December 12 — Christmas Party! Catered and every- thing! (Details still being determined) 4217 SW Oregon, Seattle January 2 — Club Championship [email protected] CLOSURE: December 26, but we will be open at the http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/westseattle/ Senior Center on MLK Day in January! Alki Bridge Club now runs a 15-19 table game every For directions, see our web. For information or partner- Monday! We also now have a non-playing director. We ships, email Nick. are located in West Seattle for all you south-enders and Vashonites at an excellent facility at the West Seattle Sen- Vashon Bridge Club (VBC) ior Center. The room is spacious and bright. A full service deli provides excellent soup and sandwiches for lunch. Location Varies We play every Monday at 10:30 am. Every game is open (206)567-5279 and the first Monday of every month is a special game! [email protected] Get there early to ensure seating! We look forward to VBC has an open bridge game every Friday evening. The loca- seeing all of you! tion varies depending upon availability of sites, so please call Upcoming events: James Dam ahead of time for the location of the game. Reser- December 5 — STAC Game vations are appreciated.

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Emerald Bridge Club (EBC) At Seaside, players from our club brought lots of Gold and lots of honor to our club – a total of 99.48 points. Winners includ- 2101 S 324th St, Federal Way ed Barbara Kollpa (22.52), Carl Brame and Joe Collier (253) 939-0733 (17.27), Sheryl Frederic (8.91), and Jan Sluga and Ann Lever (7.08). http://www.bridge.here.ws/ Nationals are coming up – time to come out and brush up your Open Pairs Stratified: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00am techniques in order to bring home more gold! Need a partner? Call Dennie Dye at (253)939-0733 Top Players in September: Judy Hyde, Wes Kuhlman, The following Emerald players have achieved new ACBL Laurie Wilson, Ralph Eley and Ira Quint. standings: Yvonne Kirkland Gold Life Master (2500 mps), Ken LaRoche Silver Life Master (1000) and Earl Hill Top Players in October: Ralph Eley, Bud Schafer, Yvonne Bronze Life Master (500). Kirkland, Larry Josties and Judy Hyde At the Renton NLM Regional 99er Pairs, Charles King and Wes Kuhlman, the author of for Serious Bridge Joyce King came up with a 63.75% game. In the NLM Pairs Al Players, expounds, “An important principle to observe: Good Stipe and Stephen Heller paired up to score a 68.45% top. Top partnership communication never gives the same information point winners were Stephen Heller (11.25), Linda Yount more than once; how many are you aware of?” (7.81), Robert Gerend (6.83), David O'Harrow (6.83) and Join us at the Emerald Bridge Club – it’s a Gem of a game! Jim Burbidge (6.44). Way to go, everybody!

Bridge For Youth play. A supervised or practice bridge game will also be offered for anyone interested. It will probably take place 241 S Lander, Seattle from 5:30 pm to 7 pm. Then an ACBL sanctioned game http://www.b4youth.org/ will be held at the same facility at 7:30 pm. The sanc- tioned game will be available to anyone (students, staff, Bridge for Youth is continuing to make progress toward and faculty, as well as anyone in our bridge community). educating adolescents in the fun and exciting game of bridge. After some discussion among student members, it ap- pears Friday might be the best time for everyone, with all Our In-School program, with the pilot after-school three activities occurring on the same day. We were bridge lesson, has launched in Kimball Elementary looking for a classroom on campus for this purpose. Un- School. The first lesson started on October 7, with nine fortunately, there is a two hours per week limitation for 4th and 5th graders. We are grateful that Nick Tipton is all student clubs. At this time we are looking for a facility volunteering to teach this group of youngsters. If more to rent or borrow to meet our needs, preferably a church students enroll in the class next quarter, Nick might need adjacent to the UW campus. another volunteer to assist him in teaching and supervis- ing the kids. With the two bridge tournaments in October and the NABC event coming up in November, Bridge for Youth At UW, a group of students met and formally decided to is slowing down a little, Also, with the Kimball Elemen- establish a UW Student Bridge Club. The club applica- tary School and UW projects beginning around the same tion was submitted to Student Activity Director a few time, we are putting a hold on reaching out to other weeks ago. During the meeting, the students addressed schools or community centers. However, if you know of how, when, and where to start the program. It seems any school that is interested in the free after-school most worthwhile to start early next quarter. bridge lessons, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Your The program we envision will offer free bridge lessons to support, help and volunteer time are always welcome all UW students who are interested in learning how to and sought after by Bridge for Youth. PAGE 4 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 CLUB News

Eastside Bridge Center (ESBC) the item you want, and finish the sale after the game. More special games: Unit Swiss Teams, Sunday, Decem- 8151 164th Ave. NE, Redmond ber 18 at 1:00 pm (potluck at 12:30 pm) with our usual (425) 881-6110 great food and fun. New Year’s Eve at 8:00 pm ESBC is [email protected] having a Swiss teams/potluck game! What a great way to http://www.eastsidebridgecenter.com begin 2012! Our next event is You will receive this SUN during the exciting days of the Sunday, January 22 (12:30 pm potluck, 1:00 pm game). Seattle Nationals. Hope you are having fun! We are still Please make reservations for all the above, and hope to closed December 1-4, reopening Monday the 5th. ESBC see you there. Check the January calendar on the website STAC games begin Tuesday December 6. STAC games for club championship games. (Sectional Tournaments at the Clubs with silver points) Many many thanks to Balusu Rao and assistant Sharon are every morning and evening session (except not on Erwin for organizing the Captain’s Team game this year. Friday night or during Fun Bridge). Our final STAC Captains, you are much appreciated! There were 14 game will be our Christmas Party on Sunday, December teams in all. Congratulations to the winners, Kevin Bo- 11 at 1:00 pm. lan, Aaron Mohrman, Betty Romano, and Moises Saul Also, mark your calendars for Friday & Saturday, De- and to the runners-up, Terry Randles, Helene Fornia, cember 9 and 10 for our “Crafty Bridge Holiday Mini- Craig Ruden, and Jane Green. Next year we hope to Bazaar.” Bring your shopping list and your checkbooks to schedule this game in September. ESBC and shop for one hour before both games. Buy The top game at ESBC during October was a 67% by some yummy goodies from Ann Romeo, knits and acces- Jane and Brian Andrew in the Wednesday evening NLM sories from Joan Greening, beautiful photography from game. Current leaders in the club masterpoint race are Wally Hurst, imaginative jewelry designs from Cheryl Stan Roberts, Yoko Barnett, Greg Ho and Jess Sellers. Zettler, and gorgeous soaps from Leslee. If you finish a See you at the bridge table, Dianne Cox, Club Manager bridge round early, pop in to shop, drop your name on

Hospitality next time), so we’ll we do it again during our Winter Sectional at Vasa, Feb. 17-19. Pizza, salads, and a Ann Romeo bottle of water… and we’ll try to make the lines move Wow! We had a great tournament at Vasa this fall, faster. Of course, all treats and snacks from you are thanks to the hard work of several members and more than welcome. Bring ‘em! volunteers. Thanks to all who helped, and a special shout I’ll be heading Hospitality though 2012, then I’m going out to Sharon Erwin and Don and Linda Mamula for off the board (mandatory for at least a year), so if anyone their extra efforts. is interested in learning to do what I do, come join me in Many of you contributed snacks or labor—all is appreci- the kitchen and I’ll show you the ropes. (And I promise ated, and we hope you will continue to help. It takes to help when I’m off the board). Volunteering is fun! many hands to make a good event, and every little bit, You can reach me at (425)641-5988 or from folding tables and gathering pencils at the end of [email protected]. the day, to washing a few dishes during a break, to bringing a plate of brownies adds to our success. People seemed to like the lunch (some of you made great suggestions to make it run even smoother for the SEATTLE UNIT NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 CLUB News

Bellettini (BT) The bridge fee is only $5 unless it is a special event. A wonderful buffet lunch is served at noon for $11 includ- 1115 NE 108th St, Bellevue ing tax and tip. Bellettini provides valet parking at no [email protected] charge. I bring all equipment so it helps to have a table count. Please make reservations via email to pat- We are a new club at 1115 NE 108th St in Bellevue. The [email protected] or call Patti @ 206-910-7075. playing site is a beautiful room with excellent lighting. Game results will be posted immediately on the ACBL Unfortunately we meet only once a month on the 2nd web site. This is a wonderful low-key game for those Thursday of each month at 10AM. The December 8th who just starting to play duplicate. It is the nicest venue game will be a STAC game with hand records and SIL- in the Puget Sound area. Please come play and tell all VER POINTS. All games are open everyone and strati- your friends about us. fied.

Rainbow Bridge Club (RBC) Upcoming events: Every First Tuesday — Club Championship 115 Fir Street, Seattle Every Saturday — Special Game for the same $5.00 (206) 484-3303 December 6 and 8 — Open STAC [email protected] December 10 — 299er STAC http://rainbowbridgeclub.org December 17 — Christmas Party. We are right in the middle of Seattle, close to every- The Christmas party will be a Captain's Game again and thing! We host three games per week, on Tuesdays, a potluck! (Reservations are REQUIRED as we must Thursdays, and Saturdays. Rainbow Bridge Club wel- have an exact number of players!) comes players of all levels and we make fun a priority. January 21 — Open Charity Swiss Teams New to ? We're the club for you! Closures: The weekday games are always 7:00 pm, Saturday games Second Tuesday of each month are at 6:00 pm. The second and fourth Saturdays are lim- December 1 and 3 (Nationals) ited games, 0-299—ideal for the newer players! All oth- December 24 (Christmas Eve) er games are open to all levels. There is no game on the December 31 (New Year's Eve) — check in Decem- second Tuesday of the month due to scheduling conflicts ber, we may be open. with our host facility. The cost to play is $5.00 even for most special games (except STAC, GNT and NAP). Rainbow Bridge Club is a GLBT based group, but all friendly people are wel- come! Visit our website for directions, announcements, scheduled games, and posted scores! Questions? Email us. We are always looking for friendly new faces to come and join us and we aim to keep Rainbow as "the friendliest game in town!" Running late? Call Nick to reserve your spot in the game at (206)484-3303. PAGE 6 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 CLUB News

Mercercrest Bridge Club (MBC) will come out and support this event. Snow Policy – As a reminder, if the Mercer Island School Dis- Mercer Island Congregational Church trict is closed due to weather, our club is also closed. We will 4545 Island Crest Way, Mercer Island also post a note on the website when the club is closed. Fell http://www.bridgeinseattle.org/mercercrest/ free to contact Marsha if you aren’t sure we’re playing. Our top masterpoint earners for September were Helen Ab- We meets just once a week on Tuesday nights. Director is bott (3.41), Dan Romm (3.41), Will Fox (3.16), Marsha Rayton with Brian Zaugg co-directing and Ruth Bunin (3.04), Carol Schroeder (2.71), and Dell Berg (2.43). assisting. We play in the lower level of the church and there is Leading the scorers for the month of October were Cornel parking just outside the door. Game time is 7pm and the Galer (3.16), Kim Eng (2.76), Jeff Ford (2.76), Dennis Heller (2.67), Ray Miller (2.55), Barrie Wall (2.55). Not reflected were the whopping points earned by Kim Eng and Pat White for their first overall win at our Unit Game on September 13. Great job! On October 25, we held our annual Halloween party where we indulged on all kinds of black and orange treats with a little pumpkin thrown in. Dave Roselle showed up in a hat resem- bling that of Aramis or Porthos. A good time was had by all. Upcoming Events: Nov. 22 – CLOSED DUE TO HOLIDAY Nov. 29 – CLOSED DUE TO NABC Dec. 6 – 0-299er section concurrent with open section Dec. 13 – Holiday Potluck Dec. 20/27 – Regular game fee for regular games is $6, still a bargain for the fellowship Yes, we are open throughout the month of December. and great bridge. We don’t provide dinner but we offer a pretty healthy spread at no additional charge. Boards are pre- We are still holding a separate 0-299er section on the first made with hand records, and results are posted online. Players Tuesday of each month. The players in this section play the of all levels are welcome. For more information, please con- same boards as the open section but the results are not com- tact Marsha Rayton at [email protected] or (206)601-5211. pared across the two sections. Hand records are available as is We look forward to seeing you. the friendly atmosphere of our club. We hope more of you

Pacific Bridge Center (PBC) was made to keep PBC open with two games each Wednesday directed by Larry Li. The 1pm game is for 0- Upstairs at Pacific Galleries 1000 and the 7pm game is open. Please make reserva- 241 S Lander, Seattle tions for the 7pm game. http://www.pacificbridgecenter.com We have now moved into a new bridge game room. It’s Pacific Bridge Center continues struggling to stay in busi- bigger, better and brighter for the game. This room is ness. Matt Schaffer, our manager director for the past six being offered to bridge teachers to use in teaching bridge months has decided to take a break from this stressful lessons for free. Come and enjoy one or both games on position. Without a managing director, the bridge center Wednesday. If you play for both games, you pay only $3 was set to close. After the announcement, many players for the 2nd game. See you soon! expressed their dismay about the closure. The decision

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September / October 2011 Joanne Kerr, Marilyn Lemman, Patricia McCall, Robert Mie- row, Gary Nelson Julie Godefroy Club Masters (20 MPs): Mikiko Khoo, Sally Neu, Nikola Our new members receive one free play at each club. Roe, Sandy Thor If you’re enjoying your bridge experience, please Sectional Masters (50 MPs): Peter Chow, Dave Drischell, invite your friends. William Etnyre, Janet Harvey, Martha Jenkins, Joyce King, Welcome to our newest members and transfers in: Valerie Lycette, Thomas Murray, Craig Ruden, Elizabeth Saul, Theodora Sherman, Rosemay Vazeux, Steven Wilkinson New: Sylvia Bailey, Mary Berdan, Walt Berdan, Barb Bur- rows, Sally Campbell, Deanna Carpenter, Michael Dedomi- Regional Masters (100 MPs): Marilyn Helbig, Sharwan nic, Kyla Deremer, Theresa Eck, Charlotte Gray, Marvin Mallik, Matt Schaefer, Al Stipe Gray, Rodger Gustafson, Lawrence Hebner, Diana Hokenson, NABC Masters (200 MPs): Donald Brown, Leeanne Michael Knaus, Karen Laband, Latif Lakhani, Susan Lehr, Creech, Martin Gelfand, Rajendra Gokhale, Susanna Hunter, Ryan Littlefield, Colleen Lundberg, Victor Magruder, Kath- Larry Li, Beverly Little, George Marx, Ruthann Quinn eryn McMullen, Julia Rhoads, Corinne Spicer, Margaret Stan- Life Masters (300/500 MPs): Linda Armstrong, Sandra ley, Tony Tian, Carol Webb, Claire Wilson-Thomas Dietrich, Waldo Hurst, Ann Romeo, Melinda Westgate, Ka- Transfers: Billie Coopwood, Paul Derrie, Eri Griffin, Ram ren Wong Gupta, James Hamilton, Olive Hull, Margaret Kuntz, Judy Bronze Life Masters (500 MPs): Clay Laughary, Anne Mentink, Winnie Ninneman, Patricia Sanford, Brady Sher- Lever burne, Nicole Stone, Craig Van Sickle, Wei-Bung Wang, Pe- Silver Life Master (1000 MPs): Stanley Roberts ter Winkler Total Members: 1369 as of 10/31/2011. (Our twenty-five Congratulations to these members for advancing in rank. New snowbirds will be back next spring.) club masters get four free plays at our sectionals. Because of changes to the life master rules, the number of points required SBU 446 is run 100% by volunteers. We invite all our mem- to achieve the rank is different for members who joined after bers to volunteer and participate in the growth of bridge in 1/1/2010. our area. Thank you in advance. Junior Masters (5 MPs): Roberta Baronsky, Nancy Carr,

Des Moines Bridge Club (DMBC) game. Congratula- tions! 2101 S 324th St, Federal Way We have a great (206) 824-1192 group and lots of fun [email protected] with our game and Come and make your reservation at DES MOINES for a food. Bringing food is wonderful game of bridge. Stratified pairs on Friday at not mandatory, but if 10:30 am. Please arrive by 10:15 am. Plenty of free you partake and enjoy parking. it's nice to contribute something now and The Wilsons Need a partner? Call Yvonne Kirkland at (206)824 1192 then. or e-mail [email protected]. Calling or e-mailing guar- antees you a place to play. The following days we will NOT have a game: December 9, 23 and 25. What a month for the DESMOINES Bridge Club; we had our maximum number of 16 tables on September 16 with Marven and Shauneen Wilson having a 75.91% PAGE 8 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2011 Club News

Newcastle Bridge Club (NBC) ment table. Bill Stewart topped the list of players at the Renton IN Regional and the top four players were Regency Newcastle all Newcastle students. Another of our students Craig 7454 Newcastle Golf Club Rd Ruden, won the Jabon trophy. In the new year New- (425) 351-2464 castle Bridge Club will be offering two classes. [email protected] Bridge for the Advancing Player – This class is http://bridgeinseattle.org/newcastle/ intended for players who have learned basic systems and are interested in improving their bridge playing skills. The NABC is over, hopefully we all had a great time, There are no bidding systems. We will cover opening and Seattle will be scheduled to do this again in about 6 leads, play of the hand, defense, counting, and bridge years. We immediately move into Western Conference theory. 8 classes with 60-90 minute lecture followed by STAC week. Tuesday, December 6 and Thursday, De- practice play and discussion. Time and days to be deter- cember 8 will both be STAC games. Our holiday cele- mined. $200 brations will be held on Thursday, December 15 and Tuesday, December 20. Please plan to join the festivi- Two over One – Offering 8 weeks of the basic Two ties. Due to the calendar, no closures for the holidays over One , we will cover Forcing NT, are planned at this time. Jacoby 2 NT, Michaels, Unusual NT, Weak Two’s and Responses, Weak Jump Shifts, Roman Keycard and oth- The new year is bringing a change to Newcastle bridge. er control showing bids, as well as many other conven- To enable Barbara to do some traveling in the new year tions. 8 classes with 60-90 minute lecture followed by she is no longer going to cook meals. There will always practice play and discussion. Time and days to be deter- be plenty of food, but it will be more the snack variety. mined. $200. Along with this change there will be an inclusive price of $8 per game or a $100 punchcard with 14 punches. All previous students are encouraged to refresh and All current punchcards will be converted to the new strengthen their skills, retakes $100. Every class in- ones at a favorable rate. This means that all special cludes home baked cookies and beverages. games will be at this rate and there will be no surcharg- All interested students are encouraged to email Barbara es. The last Thursday of the month we will continue at [email protected] or call (296)824-7788 or (425)351- with our Pizza Night. We sincerely hope that you will 2464. You can have a voice in determining schedules. enjoy this new format. Have a joyous holiday season and may you win lots of This year our students had great success at the tourna- masterpoints in 2012.

North American Pairs Many local pairs had success in the District 19 . Winning Flight A were Dick Yarington and Ken Scholes with Ken Christiansen and Henry Lortz in second. Pat and Polly Dunn just missed quali- fying in fourth place. In Flight B (pictured right), Kim Eng and David Taylor won, Paul Conroy and Dave Baer finished second, and Pat White and Brian Zaugg fin- ished third to sweep the qualifying spots.

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON 199ER PAIRS SATURDAY EVENING CONSOLATION PAIRS 16.0 Tables 31.0 Tables

A B C A B C 2.47 1 1 Ben Drajpuch - Lorenzo Migliorini 166.50 4.44 1 1 Bill Gronau - Yat Sing Ma 416.50 1.85 2 2 Jerome Kilner - Craig Ruden 163.00 3.33 2 Gay Parrish - Jay Brandt 404.00 1.20 1 Nancy Carr - Sally Neu 152.00 2.92 2 1 Kenneth Elliott III - Lane Galloway 392.00 0.90 2 Don Logerwell - Pat Logerwell 150.50 2.19 2 Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White 384.00

FRIDAY AFTERNOON OPEN PAIRS SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS 46.5 Tables / Based on 63 Tables 31.0 Tables

A B C 19.27 1 Dave Grubbs - Barbara Nist 279.18 11.97 1 Robert Moore - Balusu Rao 626.82 14.45 2 Dick Yarington - Rajendra Gokhale 276.91 8.98 2 1 Bruce Yoder - Linda Redman 619.13 10.84 3 Gary Haldane - Sharon Miller 275.01 4.43 2 Jeff Ford - Kim Eng 613.67 8.13 4 Henry Lortz - Gard Hays 269.63 2.82 1 Alan Tesler - Martin Gelfand 579.01 6.42 5 Marty McCune - Paul Schwaighart 265.06 2.12 2 Betty Romano - Elvena Paiva 543.43 5.51 6 Andrew Sherrill - Yayoi French 263.41

FRIDAY EVENING 199ER PAIRS SUNDAY MORNING 199ER SWISS 11.5 Tables 7.0 Tables

A B C A B C 2.09 1 Margaret Webb - Roger Lowe 146.18 1.42 T1 T1 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul - 1.62 2 1 1 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman 140.00 Ray Lepp - Penny Lepp 49.00 1.22 2 James Downing - Ulrich Hetmaniuk 138.00 1.42 T1 T1 Sheldon Widlan - Marilyn Widlan - 0.79 2 Stanley Tan - Sarah Ng 128.00 Karen Trenner - Janet Meister 49.00 0.98 1 Pamela Gibson - Kim Eno - Kevin Eno - Patricia Forsman 44.00 FRIDAY EVENING OPEN PAIRS 36.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables SUNDAY AFTERNOON 199ER SWISS A B C 7.0 Tables 9.67 1 Henry Lortz - Gard Hays 484.00 7.25 2 Patti Hartley - Polly Dunn 466.00 A B C 4.50 1 1 Art Hutton - Jackie Hutton 424.79 1.62 1 1 1 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman - 3.38 2 Carol Schroeder - Nancy Bass 411.50 Lorenzo Migliorini - Rayford Giles 61.00 1.79 2 Brad Tuor - Philip Woo 370.87 1.22 2 2 Don Montgomery - Maxine Montgomery - Linda Longmire - Lisa Brock 56.00

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 199ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables SUNDAY BCD SWISS A B C 33.0 Tables 2.38 1 1 1 Lynne Rigby - Liz Hubert 162.50 1.79 2 2 Ray Lepp - Penny Lepp 156.00 B C D 1.34 2 Janet Meister - Karen Trenner 154.50 9.07 1 1 Alan Hendrickson - Kent Harold - Carol Schroeder - Jeffrey Michell 104.00 5.95 T2 T2 Margaret Moen - Vivian Camandona - SATURDAY AFTERNOON 0-750 PAIRS Bill Gronau - Yat Sing Ma 94.00 25.0 Tables / Based on 40 Tables 5.95 T2 T2 Lindsey Smith - Dianne Cox - Frank Alexandro - Karen Westerlund 94.00 A B C 5.20 1 Christopher Class - Robert MacNeal - 5.89 1 Darla Perman - Richard Swanson 306.00 Bonnie Broders - Eileen Deutsch 93.00 4.42 2 1 1 John Ellis - Kurt Lichtenberg 280.45 3.90 2 Larry Li - Melinda Westgate - 3.31 2 2 Leeanne Creech - Bill Stewart 271.65 Craig Knowlton - Ben Bomber 90.00

SATURDAY EVENING 199ER PAIRS SUNDAY AX SWISS 9.0 Tables 24.0 Tables / based on 64 Tables

A B C A X 1.81 1 1 Len Amato - Dora Amato 114.19 18.06 1 Dave Setterholm - Harry Steiner - 1.36 2 2 1 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman 100.43 Ken Scholes - William O'Brien 109.00 0.76 2 Gene Gousie - Katheryn McMullen 93.37 13.55 2 Dick Yarington - John Stafford - Jackie Buroker - Craig Zastera 95.00 9.52 1 Rajendra Gokhale - Arvind Ranasaria - Peiyush Jain - John Maki 78.00 7.14 2 Yayoi French - John Aslin - Paul Schwaighart - Andrew Sherrill 76.00

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Down For The Count Eight High (Part One) Dick Yarington Alan Tesler In Randy Corn’s storied intercollegiate and brief pro At Eastside Bridge Club one morning in November the wrestling career, he usually dominated the opponents. north hand was 5 852 532 765432. In the last sectional the Walla Walla Sweet was sliced The chances of being dealt a hand with no card higher and diced by John Stafford in a most entertaining way. than an 8 are one out of John was in 3NT after Randy had made a Michaels cue {(52*51*50*49*48*47*46*45*44*43*42*41*40) di- bid showing the majors. The was a low vided by diamond. Here is the hand: (28*27*26*25*24*23*22*21*20*19*18*17*16)}. Dummy This comes out to 1 in 16,960. A9x Kxx Qxx A9xx Partner, of course, opened 2C. LHO WWS

xxx x AKJxx J10xx QJ10xx QJ109x xx x Declarer Eight High (Part Two) Kx Axxx 10xx KQxx Alex Kamola After John won the D10 at trick one, he surveyed his While playing the last board at an unsanctioned dupli- chances. If clubs split he had nine tricks. Even if clubs cate game a while ago, I picked up the worst Yar- split 4-1 if WWS had a singleton jack or ten, he could borough I'd ever seen: 8xxxx xxx xxx xx. pick up the suit. He cashed two rounds, and alas, the suit didn’t split. My left hand opponent sorted her hand, paused, and commented, "Too bad this is our last board. I'd love to In a desperate attempt John decided to enlist the help of play for another four hours!" Randy’s partner. John needed to create a lot of pressure on Randy’s hand so at trick 4 he exited with a diamond! The auction went as follows: LHO won the diamond and quickly cashed the rest of Me LHO Partner RHO the diamonds. P 1S 2H 3S (strong) This caused Randy’s holding to implode. He had already P 4NT P 5H pitched a heart on the second club. Now he pitched two P 6S P P spades and another heart. When the third round of ? clubs was played Randy could either give up the spade I doubled. suit or the heart suit. Either way John made the hand. My partner's opening lead was the heart ace. Dummy This type of play is known variously as a suicide had only three spades. Declarer had no hearts and squeeze, fraternal squeeze or cannibal squeeze. It is ruffed the first trick. Now declarer held four trumps to worth noting that the defense could thwart John by re- my five. fusing to cash their diamonds but that is difficult to spot. Besides, we would have missed a good story. She cashed a and discovered that my partner was . So she cashed two top clubs and led a third club, which I ruffed. Our trump count was even again. (Continued on page 14)

Sat 3 10 17 24 31 RBC Club Championship (6:00 pm) (6:00 Championship Club RBC Closed RBC pm) ((8:00 YearsEve ESBCNew Closed RBC

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Thu 1 8 15 22 29 SBC Christmas Party (10:30 am) Party Christmas SBC pm) (7:00 Party NBCHoliday

STAC at all clubs all at STAC

Wed 7 14 21 28

Tue 6 13 20 27 MCBC Holiday Party (7:00 pm) (7:00 Party Holiday MCBC (11:00 am) Party NBCHoliday

Mon 5 12 19 26 ABC Christmas Party (10:30 am)(10:30 Party ABCChristmas ABCClosed

December 2011 December

Sun 4 11 18 25 ESBC Unit Swiss Teams (1:00 pm) (1:00 Teams Swiss ESBCUnit Closed DMBC

Wide(noon) Int’l Fund

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Sat 7 14 21 28 RBC Charity Swiss (6:00 pm) Swiss (6:00 Charity RBC ACBL SBC

Fri 6 13 20 27

Thu 5 12 19 26

SBC Club Championships AllSessions Championships Club SBC

Wed 4 11 18 25

Tue 3 10 17 24 31

Mon 2 9 16 23 30

January 2012 January

Sun 1 8 15 22 29 ABC Club Championship (10:30 am) (10:30 Championship ABCClub pm) (1:00 MUG SBC (1:00 pm) ESBCGNT

PAGE 14 JUNE / JULY 2011 Club schedules and locations

Sunday Thursday 1:00 pm Seattle Bridge Center 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Pacific Bridge Center 0-300 Emerald Bridge Club Bellettini 2nd Thursday only Monday 10:30 am Seattle Bridge Center Free Lunch 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center 7:00 pm LeEtta King Bridge Club 10:30 am Alki Bridge Club Rainbow Bridge Club Seattle Bridge Center Newcastle Bridge Club 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 0-1500 Eastside Bridge Center Seattle Bridge Center Lessons + Play Friday Tuesday 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center Pacific Bridge Center Emerald Bridge Club 10:30 am Des Moines Bridge Club 10:30 am Seattle Bridge Center Seattle Bridge Center 11:00 am Newcastle Bridge Club 6:30 pm Vashon Bridge Club (time varies, call first) 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 0-100 7:30 pm Seattle Bridge Center Mercercrest Bridge Club Rainbow Bridge Club (no game 2nd Tuesday) Saturday 9:30 am Eastside Bridge Center “Fun Bridge” Wednesday Noon Seattle Bridge Center 10:00 am Eastside Bridge Center 1:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 10:30 am Seattle Bridge Center 6:00 pm Bridge Buddies at Eastside Bridge Center Noon Ronald Methodist Church Senior, 0-2000 Rainbow Bridge Club 0-300 1st/3rd 1:00 pm Pacific Bridge Center 0-1000 Open others 7:00 pm Eastside Bridge Center 0-5, 0-500 Pacific Bridge Center All games are open unless otherwise specified.

Locations: (Continued from page 10) Ronald Methodist Church 17839 Aurora Ave N I led a heart toward my partner and declarer ruffed. I am (entrance on Linden, not Aurora) up a trump again! Margaret Marshall, (206) 363-5484 Cell: (206) 972-1941 Somehow, I got two more ruffs, leading a heart back each time. Declarer kept ruffing hearts and eventually went LeEtta King Bridge Club down two doubled. 500 30th Ave South Seattle, WA 98144 Afterwards my partner turned to declarer and said, "If (206) 226-9732 you hadn't said you wanted to play for another four hours See “Club News” starting on page 2 for addresses and con- after looking at your hand, I would never have overcalled tact information for other clubs. with my lousy heart suit!"

Seattle Unit ACBL PRSRT STD Membership: Julie Godefroy US POSTAGE PAID 1210 101st Pl NE SEATTLE WA Bellevue, WA 98004-3534 PERMIT NO 5315

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