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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Volume 80, Number 5 Daily Bulletin 80th Summer North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith The games player Monzingo tribute highlights Games, especially card games, were a family affair while Steve Zolotow was growing up. It’s not surprising, therefore, that he is now a highly Goodwill meeting successful poker player. The games played During her year as ACBL President in 2007, in Las Vegas, as the volunteer of the year. included bridge. Zolotow and his father would Sharon Fairchild traveled the country. Her On Monday, he was honored at the ACBL play with two presidential duties took her to many tournaments. Goodwill Committee reception. neighbors for Whenever she was in the West, she said, “I kept Bonnie Bagley, Monzingo’s assistant chairman small stakes. bumping into Ken Monzingo. He was always in Las Vegas, heaped praise on the hard-working “One night I was working.” volunteer. playing bridge That experience led Fairchild to select “Working on tournaments has become his true and it was 4 Monzingo, chairman of the 2008 Summer NABC Continued on page 6 a.m.,” says Zolotow. “Mom came downstairs and pointed out that I had to go to school the next day. Dad said, ‘Stevie can’t quit now, he’s winning!’” Zolotow has parlayed his early experiences into a successful career as a poker professional, but has had some interesting adventures along the way. “I had a dream to be an actor,” he says. “I lived just outside New York City and while in high school I went into the city to take theater classes.” While studying there, he was drawn to Youth NABC Chair Patty Tucker Goodwill Chair Aileen Osofsky with NABC Assistant Chair the New York Chess and Checkers Club, a place with Aileen Osofsky Bonnie Bagley, Chair Ken Monzingo and 2007 ACBL affectionately known as “The Flea House.” President Sharon Fairchild. “I tried chess,” says Zolotow, “but the players were too good for me. I noticed however, there Wagar in sweet sixteen Form prevails in Spingold Sixteen teams will do battle today in the The top-seeded Nick Nickell squad survived a Continued on page 7 Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams. scare in the opening round of the Spingold Twenty-three teams began play. The highest Knockout Teams on Monday as all the top seeds Jerry Fleming, who seed to fall was the #11 team captained by advanced to the round of 64. represents District 17 on the ACBL Board of Continued on page 7 The highest-seeded squad to fall was the No. 25 Directors, has been Continued on page 7 elected ACBL Minnesota team leads President for 2009. He Two Mini-Spingolds is now in his 10th Senior Swiss qualifying year on the ACBL Two husband and wife pairs from Minnesota advance board and was lead the 74 teams headed into the finals today of The Mini-Spingold 0-5000 enters the round of treasurer from 2002 the Truscott USPC Senior Swiss Teams. The 64 today, pared down from an original field of 99 until his recent leaders are Judy and Phil Schwarz of Lakeville teams. It will conclude on Sunday. resignation to run for MN, Sharon Anderson and Roger Anderson of The Mini-Spingold 0-1500, which started with president. He lives in Eagan MN. They have the maximum carryover of 45 teams, is down to 16 teams and will end on Los Alamos NM. 30 IMPs. A total of 146 teams began play. Friday evening. Goodwill Message The late Dick Frey, editor of The Bridge Bulletin, wrote these words of wisdom in 1960 but they are still applicable today: “Only a few of us will win championships, but all of us can win new friends. And, unlike the coveted silver trophies, we keep the friends without having to win them again and again.” Aileen Osofsky, Chairman National Goodwill Committee 2008 Summer NABC 24,222* - 9,017 The winners of the FISU team trials are Victor Chubukov, Jeremy Fournier, Eric Mayefsky and to go Jared Fournier. They will play at the World University Bridge Championship in Lodz, Poland. 15,205 Participants must have been born between Jan. 1, 1980 and Dec 31, 1990. Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Tuesday, July 22 Wednesday, July 23 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Computer Bridge, Conference Rooms 8 & 9 – 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Computer Bridge. Conference Rooms 8 & 9, Kibitzers Kibitzers welcome. welxome. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Internet Committee, Conference Room 10. 9 a.m. - Noon BridgePad Seminar. Learn about the new digital 9 a.m. - Noon Bridge Teachers and Bridge Cruises Seminar. Join scoring device. Conference Room 14. Peg Cundiff, host of more than 100 bridge cruises, for an informative session about what you need to know to Thursday, July 24 be a successful teacher and bridge host on a cruise ship. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Computer Bridge. Conference Rooms 8 & 9, kibitzers Fee: $25 at the door. Conference Rooms 13 & 14. welcome. 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Better Bridge Seminar. Teacher education by Audrey 11 am - Noon Get Online with BridgeBase.com. Don’t miss this Grant. Topic: Better Bridge Accreditation Program. opportunity to meet with Fred Gitelman, creator of the $125, includes lunch, dinner. Location: Courtyard by ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Get a guided Marriott, two blocks from Hilton. tour of the Bridge Base web site and its outstanding 10 a.m. - Noon Senior Team Trials meeting. Conference Room 7. teaching features. Conference Rooms 13 & 14. 10 a.m. - Noon PlayBridgeDealer4 Seminar. Learn about the latest dealing/pre-duplicating machine. Conference Room 12. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Las Vegas daily in Pavilion 11. Wednesday, July 23 12:15 p.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns Tuesday, July 22 6:45 p.m. Audrey Grant Improving Your Odds at the 12:15 p.m. Allan Mazer I’d Rather Be Last Bridge Table 6:45 p.m. Larry Cohen Lawful Preemption Thursday, July 24 12:15 p.m. Haig Tchamitch Responding to the Takeout Double 6:45 p.m. David Berkowitz Partnership LATE NIGHT/ENTERTAINMENT Good Rockin’ Tonight Heart, Shout, Johnny Angel, Hey! Baby, You Belong To Me, Telstar, I Remember You, Suspicion, Good Luck Charm and Route 66 Theme. Nightly, in our very own late-evening dance hall, we’ll feature a steady On Friday, July 25, be sure to wear your Hawaiian shirts, in honor of stream of classic Fifties and Sixties sock hop music . dance hosts the West Coast tradition, “Hawaii Day.” Don’t forget to wear your floral included! shirt! After the evening session tonight, the DJ will be playing songs from During your visit, check out Teatro Elvis, our DVD movie theater, 1962. These songs will be featured: He’s A Rebel, Liberty Valence, Sheila, playing a non-stop showing of dynamic Las Vegas concerts, including Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Duke of Earl, Do You Love Me, Can’t Help those by Elvis, Barry Manilow, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. There’ll Falling In Love. Soldier Boy, Run To Him, Dream Baby, Beechwood 4- even be an Elvis photo-op with autographed CDs. 5789, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Uptown, She’s Not You, Only Love Can Break A District 25 was Rosalind Quiggle of second in the Grand Phoenix AZ achieved National Teams, Platinum Life Master, a Championship Flight. rank requiring 10,000 They are (front row) masterpoints. Quiggle Doug Doub of West started playing bridge in Hartford CT, Sheila Redding CA with her Gabay of Newton MA, friend Judy Burt. She has Vic King of Hartford served on the District 20 CT, (back row) Frank Board and financial Merbaum of committees. Quiggle and Bloomfield CT, John her favorite partner and Stiefel of Wethersfield husband, Louie, have three top ten national CT and Lloyd Arvedon finishes. of Bedford MA. Registration desk open Be sure and drop by the Registration Desk to get you gift bag with Ethel’s gourmet chocolate and other goodies. Hours are 8 to 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 6 to 7:15 p.m. Second in Flight A of the Grand National District 5 was second in the Grand National District 23 was second in the Grand National Teams was District 11. They are (front) Charles Teams, Flight B: front, Dian Petrov of Buffalo Teams, Flight C. They are (front) Lenard Kopp of Columbus OH, Sheryl Langner of NY, and Donna Steffan of East Amherst NY; Lakofka of Signal Hill CA, Aaron Craig of Los Dublin OH, (back) Shan Au of Westerville OH rear, James Gullo of Silver Creek NY and Angeles, (back) Kevin Lane of Long Beach CA and Greg Potts of Portsmouth OH. Michael Ryan of Buffalo NY. and Alan Flower of Long Beach CA. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS exciting.” Dear New Players: We had a good time, as By Marti Ronemus we always did, but despite the Back in the early Seventies, before I ever many shows we attended, heard of bridge, I used Helen never got it. Never. to show dogs... Borzoi Zoom ahead 30 years. (Russian Wolfhounds) “Hey, Tenna. Want to go to be exact. I remember to Long Beach with me? I’m asking a girlfriend if going to the nationals there.” she wanted to go with My Faithful Readers will me to Canton OH. She recognize Tenna from earlier didn’t know anything adventures. She’s my last about showing dogs, friend who doesn’t play but God bless her, she bridge.