Sunday, July 25, 2010 Volume 82, Number 3 Daily Bulletin

82nd North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Mixed BAM renamed to Norwegians leading honor Richard Freeman Life Master Pairs Erik Saelensminde and Boye Brogeland, part a-Match Teams. Nickell agreed to of Norway’s winning team in 2007, donate the trophy after will start play today in the von Zedtwitz Life Master Nadine Wood, who Pairs with a carryover lead of about 8 matchpoints. represents District 7 on the The event concludes tonight. ACBL of Directors, The leaders’ carryover of 96.25 put them approached him with the idea slightly ahead of Londoners Tom Townsend and of renaming the event. David Gold. In third, about 24 matchpoints back, Wood said the name were Brazilians Joao Paulo Campos and Miguel change was approved Villas Boas. unanimously by the board a few days ago. The practice, 1961 Mixed Board-a-Match Teams winners:Richard Freeman, Emanuel Hochfield, Louise Freeman (Robinson at the time), Gloria Turner. she said, has been to name all the NABC+ events after New Yorkers ahead During his long playing career, the late Richard players who were famous or beloved. Freeman, Freeman played many forms of bridge, and he had Wood said, qualified on both counts. in Bruce LM Pairs great success at all of them, notably three firsts and “This is the perfect event for him,” Wood Michael and Sylwia McNamara of White two seconds in the Bermuda Bowl, arguably the said. Plains NY have a slim lead with two final sessions most coveted prize in the game. Nickell still misses his close friend. “We to go in the Bruce 0-5000 Life Master Pairs. It was board-a-match teams that really excited were soul mates,” Nickell said. “We talked about Their carryover score of 65.53 put them 4.08 Freeman, said his longtime partner, : baseball and old movies. He loved old movies.” matchpoints ahead of Ned Irving of Hot Springs “Richard loved board-a-match. He loved overtricks Freeman was playing in the U.S. Bridge Village AR and Mick McGuire of Hernando MS. and playing for 10 more points.” Championship in White Plains NY last year when Another 4.42 matchpoints back were Dennis Kasle Freeman’s love of BAM – he has six wins in he became ill. He played through the semifinal of Bloomfield MI and Drew Cannell of Dollard- the Board-a-Match Teams – makes it all Des-Ormeaux QC. the more fitting that the nationally rated board-a- round, but had to return home to Atlanta because match event to be played at this tournament starting of pancreatitis. He died shortly after getting on Thursday has been renamed in his honor. home. What was the Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match continued on page 5 Georgians out front Teams is now the Richard Freeman Mixed Board- in Young LM Pairs Steve Callaham of Woodstock GA and David Schulman of Atlanta will start today’s play in the GNT champs to be decided today Young 0-1500 Life Master Pairs with a carryover lead of about one-quarter of a matchpoint. The finals of the four flights of the Grand In the Sheinwold Flight B, Paul Chan led his The leaders’ carryover of 12.65 put them National Teams will be played today. District 15 squad to a win over their District 22 barely ahead of Mitch Towner and Robert In the Morehead Championship Flight, Jill rivals captained by John Adams 188-119. In the Whitcher of Austin TX, whose carryover is 12.38. Meyers led her District 23 team to a 124-105 other bracket, Eric Hendrickson’s squad from About 6 points behind them are Estera Lisker of victory over the District 10 squad captained by District 14 defeated Ryan Connors’s District 24 East Quogue NY and Amanda Jeger of Frankfurt, John Onstott. Meyers will face the District 11 team 168-91. Germany. team led by Doug Simson. Simson dispatched Dan The MacNab Flight C contest will see Chris Morse’s District 16 team 148-97. Poulos and Co. from District 20 (who won their In the Goldman Flight A, the District 4 squad semifinal match against Douglas Steele’s District College championship: led by Elliott Shalita won their semifinal match 8 squad 148-83) play the District 11 team led by against William Higgins’s District 22 team 141- Ryan Schultz. They won their semifinal match the final four The 2010 U.S. Collegiate Championship 93. The winners will face Lance Shull’s District 7 153-93 against the District 21 team captained by reaches its conclusion today with four squads team, who won their semifinal match against the Stephanie Kung. battling for the title. In the semifinal round, District 17 squad captained by Dom Di Felice 182-117. Yale will face Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania 1 will play Harvard in the other bracket. The winners of each bracket will square off in the evening session for the championship. 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. Yesterday’s reception for Junior players attracted several dozen attendees, including And, unlike the coveted Elena Grewal, 25, of Stanford CA, Randall A reception for Intermediate and Newcomer silver trophies, we keep Rubinstein, 26, of Falmouth MA, Irene players was held Saturday evening. Among the friends without Williams, 12, of Elk Point SD, Matt Cory, 21, the attendees were John Patterson, June having to win them again and again.” of Indianapolis IN and Jordan Winick, 25, of Patterson, Linda Jacobs and Alan Jacobs. Both Aileen Osofsky 1926-2010 Toronto ON. couples are from Metairie LA. National Goodwill Committee Chairman Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events will be held in the Marriott Sunday, July 25 11 pm-1 am ACBL Patron Member Reception. Room: President 8 am-10 pm Hall of Fame interviews. Room: 730. DeMartino’s suite. 9 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Second session. 11:30 pm-1 am Women’s Team Trials meeting. Room: Regent. Pre-registration required. Room: St. Charles. 10 am-noon Breakfast with the Stars. Join Rose Meltzer as she hosts Monday, July 26 the popular Breakfast with the Stars, where attendees can 9 am-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Third session. meet and chat with superstars of the game over a terrific Pre-registration required. Room: St. Charles. breakfast. $25 per person. Room: River View in the Marriott 10-11 am Coffee with Carol. A meeting for club officials. Come (41st floor). find out what’s new in other clubs. Network with other club 10 am-Noon Board of Governors/ACBL Membership Meeting. This officials from across ACBL. Room: Bonaparte. meeting is open to all members. Discussion will include 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. recent actions of the ACBL Board of Directors, reports from Room: Bacchus. the CEO and treasurer, and new proposals from the Board 11 am-Noon Open Team Trials meeting. Room: Regent. of Governors. Room: Grand Ballroom. 11 am-Noon Marketing Matters — Live! ACBL’s Marketing Director 10 am-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Barbara Seagram. Seagram, Vicki Campbell will host a program for those interested one of ACBL’s well-known teachers and Bridge Bulletin in marketing their clubs, bridge lessons, tournaments, etc. columnist, presents a fun bridge lesson for intermediate and Room: Bonaparte. newer players. Room: Galerie 1-2. 11 am-Noon Get Online with BridgeBase.com. Don’t miss this 12:30-3 pm Happy Bridge. Special game for new players. 14 boards, opportunity to meet with Fred Gitelman, creator of the no card fee. Room: Mardi Gras AC Galerie 1-2. ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Get a guided tour 4:30-6:15 pm Meet & Greet for Junior players on BBO, their mentors of the Bridge Base Online web site and its outstanding and other expert players. Put a face to a name with your teaching features. Room: Napoleon. online partners/mentors. Hosted by Valerie Westheimer and 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Room: Riverview. Lynn Deas. Room: Regent. 5-7 pm Seminar: Teaching Young People Bridge. If you’re Tuesday, July 27 teaching bridge to young people now (or just thinking about 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education it), this seminar will help you focus on goals, format, course for bridge directors to increase their skills. Part 1 of 2. Fee: materials and successful practices. Join Julie Greenberg, $15. Room: Bonaparte. ACBL’s Director of Education, and Dana Norton, ACBL’s 10:30 am-Noon Senior Team Trials meeting. Room: Regent. School Programs Coordinator, for an interesting continuing 10:30 am-Noon Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of education opportunity. You won’t want to miss it. Room: Bridge meeting. Room: St. Charles. Bonaparte. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Galerie 6 on the 2nd Floor. Sunday, July 25 6:45 p.m. Audrey Grant What To Do With Hands That 9:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch Takeout Doubles Are Not In The Books! 6:45 p.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns Tuesday, July 27 9:15 a.m. Mel Colchamiro How to Play Like an Expert Monday, July 26 (without being one) 9:15 a.m. Julian Laderman What are “Inspirational 6:45 p.m. David Berkowitz Partnerships Features”? ENTERTAINMENT / FOOD

Marriott: Hospitality will be in the 3rd Floor Foyer following the evening Sheraton session. Sunday, July 25 Between sessions Zapp’s Potato Chips Sunday, July 25 Late night Ice Cream Bars Monday, July 26 Between sessions Candy Bars Monday, July 26 Noon-2 pm Cookies and brownies Tuesday, July 27 Late night Red Beans & Rice Between sessions Haagen Daas Ice Cream Bars Tuesday, July 27 Late night Tossed garden salad, condiments, dressings

Bid Box Alerts and reminder Announcements When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that Each player is required to have a convention penalty for each board played, commencing with players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the card filled out legibly and on the table throughout the next round and continuing until the restriction same time. a session. Both cards of a partnership must be is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at When making an Announcement, use the identical and include the first and last names of the discretion of the director. Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap each member of the partnership. If the director determines the partnership has at the Alert strip at the same time. If a director determines that neither player has least one substantially completed convention card A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must a substantially completed card, the partnership may but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or play only the Yellow Card and the director may give warnings or assign such Announcement has been made. may use only standard carding. This restriction penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent circumstances. round after convention cards have been properly The objective of these warnings and penalties ♠♥♦♣ prepared and approved by the director. Further, the is the encouragement of full compliance with partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint ACBL regulations. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS I hate ! Contract: 6NT : ♥10. By Leslie Shafer Step 1: Count your sure winners. There are nine: four hearts, one As declarer, you diamond and four clubs. should always pause Step 2: How many more do you before playing to need? Three. trick one to make Step 3: Where can you find those a plan. Depending extra three tricks? on the contract, the When I gave this deal to my questions you ask Monday class, some of the declarers yourself are slightly were so mesmerized by their ♦A Q J 10 different. that they felt compelled to ! In notrump When the finesse failed they had only contracts: 1) Count 11 tricks and went down. The proper your sure winners, suit to develop was spades. Simply ones you can take without losing the lead; 2) force out the ♠A and there is a net compare that total to how many tricks you need. gain of three tricks for 12 total. “I see seven tricks, but I need two more to make A strange thing happened at two 3NT.” tables: declarer properly played the In suit contracts: 1) Count your losers; 2) spade suit after winning the opening Compare that total with the number of losers you heart trick but when East switched can tolerate. “I see five losers, but can only have to a diamond after winning the ♠A, three losers since I’m in a 4♥ contract.” declarer finessed and went down! The One of the most popular ways of getting lure of that diamond finesse was still more winners (in notrump) or eliminating losers there even after they had developed 12 (in a suit contract) is by finessing. Basically, you tricks! lead toward the card you wish was a winner. On the next deal, it’s more Most of my students are so darned proud of difficult to find the alternative to the actually seeing a possible finesse, that they feel obvious finesse: obliged to try it. An expert’s view of a finesse is ♠ J 10 5 Step 3: How can you eliminate one loser? different: “Oh no, a finesse. I hate finesses! Let ♥ K 9 8 One way to get rid of a loser is to take the me keep looking for another way to get extra ♦ K 7 spade finesse, a 50% chance. The expert would tricks. If there’s no other way, I might have to ♣ 6 5 4 3 2 also see the ugly club suit as a way to develop an take the darned finesse.” ♠ Q 7 3 2 ♠ 9 8 6 extra winner to toss the spade loser on. Even if Here’s a deal with a very tasty-looking ♥ 6 ♥ 5 4 you have ugly children, you still love them. If the finesse. ♦ J 10 9 8 3 ♦ Q 6 5 2 seven missing clubs divide 4-3 (a 62% chance) ♠ Q J 5 3 ♣ K 9 8 ♣ A Q J 10 it can be done provided there are enough entries ♥ A Q J 4 ♠ A K 4 to dummy. South must be careful to win the ♦ 6 5 ♥ A Q J 10 7 3 2 diamond lead in hand, preserving dummy’s ♦K ♣ A K J ♦ A 4 as a later , and immediately lose a club trick. ♠ 8 7 6 2 ♠ A 9 ♣ 7 Even if the defenders continue with a diamond, ♥ 10 9 8 7 6 ♥ 3 2 Contract: 6♥. declarer can a club high and get to dummy ♦ K 9 2 ♦ 8 7 4 3 Opening Lead: ♦J. two more times with trumps to ruff clubs. When ♣ 6 ♣ 8 7 4 3 2 Step 1: Count your losers. Two: one spade the clubs divide 4-3, dummy’s ♦K or ♥K will ♠ K 10 4 and one club. be an entry to the established club. If the clubs ♥ K 5 Step 2: How many losers can you tolerate? had not split, the spade finesse would still be ♦ A Q J 10 One. available. ♣ Q 10 9 5 Thinking bridge few times that third hand does not play high when Pigmented points partner leads low versus notrump, and dummy By Eddie Kantar are the unit which measures has low cards. The play of the queen is a far Card combinations, part 3 bridge achievement in competition. Masterpoints better play than the ace. If partner has the king it Dlr: South ♠ A Q J are awarded at ACBL clubs and tournaments doesn’t make any difference which one you play, Vul: Both ♥ 6 5 in amounts proportional to the size and but if declarer has the king, he dare not for ♦ K J 9 8 classification of the event and the rating of the fear the lead was from the A-J. If you play the ace ♣ K 6 3 2 club or tournament. and then the queen, declarer can and now ♠ 9 2 ♠ K 8 7 4 Black points: awarded at club games. Some when you get in with the ♠K, you (East) will be ♥ J 7 4 3 2 ♥ A Q 8 special club games award red, gold or silver heartless and partner’s two winning hearts go to ♦ 7 6 5 ♦ 10 4 3 points. bed. Instead of going down one, declarer winds ♣ Q 10 4 ♣ J 7 5 Red points: awarded for section placements up with an overtrick. ♠ 10 6 5 3 at regional tournaments and NABCs. Also An advanced spinoff of this play is when ♥ K 10 9 awarded at clubs for special events such as the as third hand you have A-J-x with an outside ♦ A Q 2 qualifying rounds of the North American Open entry and know partner has led from a five-card ♣ A 9 8 Pairs and the . suit perhaps headed by the queen. If you play Gold points: awarded for section firsts and ace-jack, declarer holds up and when you get in West North East South overall placing in regionally rated events that with your side’s only side-suit entry, you won’t 1♣ have no upper masterpoint restrictions. have any more cards in partner’s suit to return. Pass 1♦ Pass 1NT Gold points are also awarded for sectional Bummer. But if you play the jack and declarer Pass 3NT All Pass firsts and overall placing in regional events of wins the king, fearing partner has led from the two or more sessions that have a masterpoint A-Q, you take four more tricks when you get Opening lead: ♥3. limit of 750 or more points. in. The play also works if declarer has Q-10-x Bidding commentary: Routine. North is not Platinum points: awarded for NABC+ and partner has K-x-x-x-x. If you play the ace strong enough to try for slam and there is no point events. and then the jack, covered by the queen, partner in showing club support with a Silver points: awarded for sectional firsts won’t know who has the 10 and is likely to take facing a balanced hand. South’s pattern and poor and overall placing at sectional tournaments. the trick. It would be a little embarrassing to duck spade suit make 1NT a better second bid than 1♠. Also awarded at Sectional Tournaments at Clubs the queen only to find you with A-J-10-x! Once Defensive Commentary: This heart (StaC). partner takes the trick it is curtains. combination is one to recognize. It is one of the Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Electronic Device Policy Breakfast with The terrific breakfast is a bargain at The electronic device policy is revised as $25 per person, and attendees will get follows: to meet the superstars of the game, such 1. For all NABC+ rated events at NABCs: the Stars as Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, David Electronic devices, including but not limited to, Join Rose Meltzer as she hosts the Berkowitz and Mike Passell. A few tips phones, cameras, PDAs, and others capable of popular Breakfast with the Stars on from the experts can make a “world class” sending or receiving electronic communication are Sunday, July 25 in the River View Room excluded from the playing areas during any session st difference in your game! of play. This does not apply to health-related at the Marriott (41 floor). equipment. 2. For all events at an NABC other Game or slam? than a NABC+ rated event: Except for By Barry Rigal health‑related equipment, or by permission of the Director‑in‑Charge of the tournament, cell phones, On this deal from the first qualifying session How about 6♣, a contract reached at our table audible pagers or similar equipment may not be of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, 3NT is not after South showed a game-forcing black two-suiter operated or operable in any manner in the playing a great spot on a diamond lead but should come after a 1NT response by North? area during a session of play. Any such equipment home. Likewise, 4♠ needs the heart finesse when A heart lead make it easy. A diamond lead is must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring the trumps don’t behave, but the finesse works. far more testing. You win the ♦A, lead a club and organizations of other ACBL‑sanctioned events are gulp when East shows out. Winning the ♣A, you encouraged to adopt a similar policy. Dlr: South ♠ 7 2 cross to a in dummy, West doing best to 3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above Vul: Both ♥ Q J duck. Now you run the ♥Q, lead the ♥J, covered apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, ♦ A 5 4 2 all round, cash the ♠A and ♥10, pitching dummy’s play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) ♣ Q 10 8 7 3 second spade, and run spade winners. and kibitzers and are in force throughout any actual ♠ 6 ♠ 10 9 8 5 4 If West discards, you pitch all the diamonds and playing session or segment of play. ♥ 9 8 7 ♥ K 6 5 4 3 lead up to the ♣Q. If West ruffs low, you overruff, 4. A violation of any of the restrictions in ♦ K 10 9 8 6 ♦ Q J 3 ruff a diamond and continue the process. And if numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary ♣ K J 4 2 ♣ — West ruffs with the ♣K to lead his last trump, you penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form ♠ A K Q J 3 have just enough winners on a crossruff. of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense ♥ A 10 2 By the way, I don’t have to tell you that’s not will result in disqualification from the event for the ♦ 7 the way the play went. pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be ♣ A 9 6 5 removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session. Real life Entries By Barry Rigal All North American championships with no Everyone knows that bridge is an easy game play – you can add your comments. upper masterpoint limitation $20 (wink, wink). When people give you a problem West led the ♥9 to the king. East cashed the (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play hand you focus on the challenge – that helps you ♥Q, then the ace, suggesting mild suit preference in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session to solve the puzzle. In real life, it’s not so easy. for clubs. West pitched an encouraging diamond, so benefits the International Fund.) Consider this deal from the second qualifying East shifted to a diamond to the ace. West returned Other North American championships $17 (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play session of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs a club, and declarer claimed. Who goofed? in these events.) (hands rotated): West “knew” declarer had five spades, two club Regional championships $16 for ACBL members, winners and two diamonds. How to keep declarer $18 for all others Dlr: East ♠ A K 7 from scoring the diamonds? West must win the All other events $15 for ACBL members, Vul: N-S ♥ J 4 3 diamond and return the suit. Now declarer has no $17 for all others. ♦ K Q J 5 entries to diamonds outside the trump suit when ♣ J 4 2 spades turn out to be 4-1. A double finesse in clubs ♠ 9 8 6 4 ♠ 3 doesn’t work, so declarer is down. Monitoring ♥ 9 2 ♥ A K Q 7 6 Note that at trick four East must shift to a At this and future North American ♦ A 3 2 ♦ 9 8 7 6 diamond for West to return the suit. A club shift is Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ ♣ 10 8 5 3 ♣ Q 7 6 immediately fatal, but if he plays a trump instead events with visible, real-time cameras. The images ♠ Q J 10 5 2 declarer can succeed – at least at double dummy. ♥ ♣ will be recorded and will be available for later 10 8 5 The Q is marked with East, so declarer plays ♦ 10 4 three rounds of trumps, ending in dummy and official inspection and review. ♣ A K 9 plays the ♣J, covered by the queen and ace, then By general monitoring of the session and West North East South pulls West’s last trump and leads a diamond. West participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 1♥ 1♠ can duck, but he is endplayed on the second round of information that may be useful in determining Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ of diamonds, forced to lead a diamond, allowing facts and settling issues arising from some types of Pass 3♠ All Pass declarer to pitch his losing club, or a club into ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please Eric Leong, South, had already our side a good declarer’s K-9. summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. score by not driving to game. Let’s go through the This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior Notice to players Masterpoint disclaimer will not be tolerated. Each player must have an ACBL convention Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are card filled out and on the table. Please note that subject to change because of score changes or other types of convention cards, such as the WBF corrections. convention card or homemade cards that do not The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. ♠♥♦♣ sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Page 5

The expert game Toss the textbook BAM Renamed By Barry Rigal By Barry Rigal continued from page 1 A two-board round rarely gives each side an At many tables on this deal from the second opportunity to display their talents as declarer, but qualifying session of the von Zedtwitz Life Master “He was in a lot of pain and should not have in the first qualifying session of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, both pairs shone on one round Pairs, North-South bid unopposed to 3NT, usually been playing,” said Nickell, “but he didn’t want to and earned themselves tops. 2NT- 3NT. let the team down.” After Freeman’s death, Nickell began a Dlr: South ♠ Q 9 Dlr: North ♠ 7 6 3 2 partnership with Ralph Katz that got off to a Vul: N-S ♥ 9 8 7 5 4 Vul: None ♥ K 7 3 sensational ♦ K 10 8 7 4 ♦ 10 6 5 4 start. In his first ♣ 4 ♣ A 5 international ♠ 10 6 4 3 ♠ J 5 2 ♠ Q J 5 4 ♠ 9 8 ♥ ♥ tournament J A K 10 2 ♥ J 8 4 ♥ 10 9 ♦ 9 6 3 ♦ A 5 after joining ♦ 9 8 3 ♦ K 7 2 ♣ A J 9 8 3 ♣ Q 10 7 2 the team, Katz ♣ 7 6 2 ♣ K Q 9 8 4 3 ♠ A K 8 7 was part of ♥ Q 6 3 ♠ A K 10 the winning ♦ Q J 2 ♥ A Q 6 5 2 ♣ K 6 5 ♦ A Q J Bermuda Bowl West North East South ♣ J 10 squad in Sao 1NT West has a “textbook” low spade lead, but Paulo, Brazil. Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ don’t listen to the textbooks! If the ♠A K are very Nickell Pass likely to be on your right, you want to lead a high said he and The auction at most every table was the same: Katz are still North transferred to hearts and passed. West led spade from the West hand, otherwise it will cost you dearly. feeling their a low spade. It looks normal to cash the spades, Nick Nickell pitching a club, then run the ♦J. At a few tables, North-South got overboard way. “We’re A normal unsuccessful declarer would put up when East preempted in clubs. How would you learning how we the ♣K on East’s return of the suit. After ruffing, play 6♥ on a club lead? think about certain situations. Richard and I were declarer would lead a heart from dummy: 2 and 3 Best is to win the ♣A and take a diamond like an old married couple. We both knew what the from hand? If so, back comes the ♠10, and when other was thinking.” declarer ruffs in dummy, East overruffs, pulls finesse (East should falsecard with the 7 or 2 as trumps and runs the clubs – down four! appropriate – maybe declarer will play East for 3-2 Nickell and Freeman met in the Sixties but Jeff Aker as South led the first heart to the in the red suits. didn’t start on their impressive run of North queen and West’s jack. Now he played for trumps If declarer guesses accurately he will play American championships until the early Nineties, to be 4-1 against him, and he simply ran diamonds, the ♥A at trick three, cross to the ♥K, repeat the when they formed a team with Bob Hamman, letting East score his three trumps and the ♦A. diamond finesse, then cash the♦ A, the ♠A and Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. On the next board of the round, Chris Paul Soloway replaced Wolff in the late Nineties, Willenken as East was out for blood. ♠K, and exit with his club, resulting in this ending: Dlr: West ♠ Q J 6 4 ♠ 7 6 and Zia Mahmood replaced Soloway when he died Vul: E-W ♥ 10 9 2 ♥ 7 in 2007. ♦ J 8 7 3 ♦10 The team won the first of nine ♣ 6 5 ♣ — Knockout Teams in 1993 and also has seven ♠ K 10 9 8 ♠ A 5 3 ♠ Q J ♠ — victories in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. ♥ K 6 5 3 ♥ A J 8 7 ♥ J ♥ — ♦ ♦ Freeman was well known as a former “quiz A 9 4 Q 10 6 5 ♦ — ♦ — ♣ Q 10 ♣ J 3 kid” who graduated from college at age 15. As a ♣ 7 ♣ K 9 4 3 ♠ 7 2 tournament director, he was legendary for his speed ♠ ♥ Q 4 10 with a pencil in completing recap sheets when all ♥ ♦ K 2 Q 6 5 scoring was done by hand. He was also known for ♦ — ♣ A K 9 8 7 4 2 lightning-fast analysis at the bridge table. West North East South ♣ — Nickell remembers his friend for his sense 1♦ Pass 1♥ 2♣ East must return a club for a ruff-sluff. South of humor and genteel manner. “He grew up in 2♥ Pass 3♦ Pass pitches a spade from hand, ruffing in dummy, then 3♥ All Pass ruffs a spade to hand to pull the last trump and Chicago, but he was a Southern gentleman.” The defenders led two rounds of clubs and claim. Ta-da! shifted to spades. Willenken won in hand and misguessed trumps, won the spade return in Remarkably, Milan Macura playing with dummy and drew the last trump. This was the Michal Kopecki found this line in 4♥ after opening ending: ♠ J 6 a strong club and hearing a simple in ♥ — clubs. +480 was worth every single matchpoint in ♠♥♦♣ ♦ J 8 7 3 his section. ♣ — ♠ 10 9 ♠ 5 ♥ 6 ♥ 8 The NABC Insider ♦ A 9 4 ♦ Q 10 6 5 ♣ — ♣ — The Insider has done his best to keep you up to an impressive story from our history. And, in a ♠ — date on the progress of the New Amazing Building word, the whole thing is amazing. The Insider ♥ — ♦ K 2 that ACBL has been building in downtown Horn strongly suggests that all of you take a road ♣ 9 8 7 4 Lake MS. Since the Spring NABC, construction trip and see what ACBL has to show you in our Willenken was all set to lead a diamond to has been completed, the various snafus have been great new facility. Meeting the people you have the ace and duck the return to South for the ruff- un-snaffed and the caravan of employees traveled communicated with over the years is great, but a sluff. Aker as South could see this coming, so down I-55 to their new work-home. We brought the visit to the Museum and Hall of Fame make it a trip when declarer led a diamond toward the ace, warehouse under the same roof as the offices. We of your bridge lifetime. Watch for the feature story he unblocked his king! Now if North had held better diamond spots he would have defeated the installed a high speed fiber optic communication and slew of pictures in the August Bulletin. partscore. As it was, Willenken had nine tricks and network. We have several high tech conference The Insider will talk more about the great all the matchpoints for his side. rooms. We were able to align departments that local team in future missives but he wants to take work together daily in close proximity to one a second of your time to mention John Federico, BBO Meet & Greet another. And, in a move everyone here in New our great host and tournament chair for this NABC. Orleans will appreciate, we kept everything on The last time we were in New Orleans, Larry for Juniors one level — no waiting on elevators! The staff has Federico, John’s brother was the chair and did an Valerie Westheimer and Lynn Deas will host gotten used to the changes cubicle life brings and incredible job. John is proving to be his brother’s a meet and greet for Junior players, their mentors seems to be enjoying the new facility. twin in every sense of the word. They are both true and other experts who play and teach on the Bridge The most impressive features are the Bridge Southern gentleman who keep the whole thing in Base Online web site. Put a face to a name! When: Sunday, July 25, 4:30-6:15 p.m. Museum and ACBL Hall of Fame. The design perspective and want to do everything they can to Where: Regent Room on the fourth floor of the is beautiful. The interactive exhibits are chock keep the players playing and having a good time. Marriott. full of information. The Trump Indicators tell Give John a big “thanks” when you see him. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFERS IN THE VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 96.25 40 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 31.84 2 Tom Townsend, London England; David Gold, London England 88.22 41 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 31.80 3 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo Brazil 64.51 42 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 31.31 4 Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 63.40 43 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 30.98 5 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam Netherlands 62.77 44 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 30.93 6 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 60.37 45 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 29.37 7 Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 59.15 46 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 27.52 8 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 58.88 47 James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 26.59 9 Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 58.63 48 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 25.35 10 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 56.08 49 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 25.02 11 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 55.54 50 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 24.79 12 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 52.06 51 Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 24.30 13 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 50.98 52 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 23.78 14 Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 50.82 53 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 22.22 15 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 49.32 54 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 21.91 16 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 49.13 55 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 20.62 17 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 48.76 56 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 20.32 18 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 48.57 57 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 18.71 19 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 48.09 58 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 18.58 20 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 46.22 59 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 18.23 21 Javier Graupera - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain 44.02 60 Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India 17.94 22 Michal Kopecky, Czech Republic; Milan Macura, Czech Republic 43.82 61 Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 16.27 23 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 41.91 62 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 15.30 24 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 41.53 63 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 15.14 25 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 38.77 64 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 14.96 26 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 38.15 65 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spykenisse Netherlands 13.49 27 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 37.74 66 Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 12.04 28 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 37.30 67 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 11.99 29 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Guido Ferraro, Torino Italy 37.25 68 McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 10.41 30 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 36.70 69 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 10.21 31 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 36.49 70 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 9.05 32 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 35.55 71 Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 8.60 33 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 34.50 72 Curtis Carpenter, Birmingham AL; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 8.21 34 , Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenh Germany 33.84 73 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 8.14 35 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 33.29 74 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 7.61 36 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 32.35 75 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 6.75 37 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 32.20 76 John Maki, Bothell WA; William O’Brien, Mountlake Terr WA 5.03 38 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 32.00 77 John Strauch, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 4.42 39 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 31.90 78 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Thomas Clark, Austin TX 0.00

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 1 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 5 Life Master news 8 Tables 8 Tables 35.05 1 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Margo 10.27 1 Tina Montgomery, Oxford MS; Olivia Russell, Janie Tubb of Oklahoma City earned her Sinclair - Susan Schnelwar - Jesus Arias, New York NY; Valentin Jackson MS; Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; J Bachman Nabors III, gold card in the Educational Foundation Knockout Kovachev, Stony Brook NY Kempner TX Teams, Bracket 8. Her partner was John Clayton of 18.58 2 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; James Bush, New 5.44 2 Gloria Holcomb - Jackie Stokes, Pontotoc MS; Edmond OK. Their teammates were Pat and Chuck Orleans LA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Elaine Said, Charlotte Flaherty, Ecru MS; Donna Hambrick, Saltillo MS Nashville TN; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA Dollarhide of Oklahoma City. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 6 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 2 6 Tables 7 Tables 6.97 1 Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON; Ludmila Antonova - 18.06 1 Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Port Chester Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; John Gropp, Newburgh NY Players who become NY 3.69 2 Chris Kleis, Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, 9.57 2 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Shaker Heights OH; Bob Marett, St Simons Is GA; Marguerite Life Master in New Grayslake IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL; William McFall, New Crews, Richmond VA Berlin WI Orleans (or those who EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 7 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 3 8 Tables cross other masterpoint 6 Tables 6.64 1 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN; 11.32 1 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Tiger King, Houston Keith Anderson - Mary Anderson, Rochester MN milestones) should TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 3.52 2 Rick Weiss, Reno NV; Margaret White, 6.00 2 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara Downingtown PA; Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los report to the Daily On Lake ON; Marilyn Goldman - Dick Wilson, Rochester NY Angeles CA Bulletin office in the EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 4 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 8 8 Tables 8 Tables Audobon Room on 10.78 1 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay 5.81 1 John Clayton, Edmond OK; Jane Tubb, the 5th floor of the Village OH; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing Okahoma City OK; Patricia Dollarhide - Chuck Dollarhide, People’s Republic of China; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON Oklahoma City OK Marriott. 5.71 2 Debra Gay Falcon - Michael Falcon, Harvey 3.08 2 Heather Shane, The Villages FL; Barbara LA; Lynn John Federico, Kenner LA; Bernie Weiss, New Orleans Parke, Richardson TX; R Thomas Jr, Patterson GA; Nget Carter, LA; Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO Plano TX Daily Bulletin Page 7

Michael Kamil RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 1 RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 2 of Holmdel NJ has 16 Tables 16 Tables advanced to Grand 61.42 1 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, 38.10 1 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA Life Master, a rank Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy 26.67 2 Jerry Fleming, Los Alamos NM; Alvin Levy, requiring 10,000 42.99 2 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN masterpoints and a Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; 15.24 3/4 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, win in an NABC+ Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Eddie Wold, Houston Grayslake IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL; William McFall, New event. He is a full- TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ Berlin WI time player who has 24.57 3/4 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, 15.24 3/4 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Jenny Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Robert Teel Jr won the Vanderbilt Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Sylvie Willard - Benedicte Cronier, - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL; John Russell, North Barringto IL Paris 75014 France; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz KO Teams, the 24.57 3/4 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sumit Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland Nail Life Master Pairs, the Mitchell Open Board- Mukherjee - Bhabesh Saha - Subir Majumder - Rana Roy - Amar a-Match Teams and the NABC+ Open Swiss Nath Banerjee, Rolkata 91 India RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables Teams. Kamil’s team won the United States Bridge 25.00 1 Dennis Scholl - Louis Ray - Hy Chansky, Las Championship (previously called the U.S. Team Vegas NV; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ Trials), thus earning the right to represent the U.S. 17.50 2 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay in the Bermuda Bowl in 2011 in the Netherlands. Village OH; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of China; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA Kamil was fifth in the Transnational Teams in 10.00 3/4 Raymond Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston 2009. He is a former stock options trader. PA; Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Constance Sackville - Marilyn Crockett-Marion, Vero Beach FL; Lynn Bayman, Valapariso IN 10.00 3/4 Lillian Range, New Orleans LA; Julius Rosenfield, River Ridge LA; Wayne Merkel, North York ON; Jack PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS Lewis Jr, Luling LA; Ronald Berenger, Metairie LA

MOREHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 16 Tables Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 21.31 1 Thomas Shedlock, Danville IL; Robert Sievers, Mahomet IL; Michael Ring - Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL vs 14.92 2 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Robert Tapp, Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Walter Schafer Jr, Covina CA; Ed Davis, Seal Madisonville KY; Ray Andersen, Newburgh IN; John Wang, Beach CA Beltsville MD 8.52 3/4 Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL; Kim Wilson - John 50.00 3/4 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Iype Koshy, Gretna Reitz, Orlando FL; Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL 8.52 3/4 Cathy Youmans - Dorothy Costa, Knoxville LA TN; Fay Atkinson - Frances Beck, Baton Rouge LA 50.00 3/4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel - Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Hemant Lall - Justin Lall, Dallas TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables GOLDMAN FLIGHT A 15.37 1 Robert Wooderson - Sid LeBlanc - Suzanne 16 Tables Wooderson - Mary LeBlanc, Kenner LA 10.76 2 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS; Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Howard Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Douglas Dye, Robert Scanland, Arlington TX; Leon Dunning, Fort Worth TX Wyndmoor PA; Richard Olanoff, de Witt NY; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE 6.15 3/4 James Reese, Maurepas LA; Carolyn Songy, vs Baton Rouge LA; Peggy Allen, Metairie LA; Joan Newchurch, Lance Shull - Audrey Ventura - Jon Rice - Doug Dey, Raleigh NC Belle Rose LA 6.15 3/4 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer - Carolyn 37.50 3/4 William Higgins - Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; Bob Lyon, Campbell, Houston TX; Laura Jones, Katy TX Indianapolis IN; Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Siraj Haji, Columbus OH RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 6 37.50 3/4 Dom Di Felice - Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Brandon Sheumaker, 16 Tables Garden Grove CA; Harley Bress, Golden CO 12.45 1 Dan Emmons - Rebecca Wernis, Pasadena CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA SHEINWOLD FLIGHT B 8.72 2 John Clayton, Edmond OK; Jane Tubb, Okahoma City OK; Patricia Dollarhide - Chuck Dollarhide, 16 Tables Oklahoma City OK Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; Andrew 4.98 3/4 Donna Gibbs, Corinth TX; Jo Bryan - Melanie Caranicas, St Paul MN Watson, Denton TX; Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX vs 4.98 3/4 Harry Kenny - Peggi Kenny, Marlin TX; Paul Chan - Lily Chan - Mark De Garcia, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO Lenora Parrish - Bill Parrish, Woodway TX

RUE CANAL KO BRACKET 7 30.00 3/4 John Adams - James Andrews, San Diego CA; Michael Weber, Jamul CA; Andrew Loh, Solana 16 Tables Beach CA 9.52 1 Pat Dolphin, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Rehms, 30.00 3/4 Ryan Connors - Maria Tsoukalas - Randi Adelman - Stephannie Russo, New York NY Villa Park CA; Lynn Johnston - Paul Johnston, Laguna Woods CA 6.66 2 Ilana Seror - James Stuart III - Ludmila MACNAB FLIGHT C Antonova, New York NY; Christopher Rivera, Rockville Centr NY 16 Tables 3.81 3/4 Nita Brunett, Ann Arbor MI; Beverly Leclerc, Vadnais Hts MN; Justin Blanchard - Lynn Blanchard, New York Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH; Ambrish Bansal, West Chester OH; D. Thomas Terwilliger, Cincinnati NY OH 3.81 3/4 M Howard, Benbrook TX; Walter Merritt - vs James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco, La Quinta CA Chris Poulos - Magid Shirzadegan, Eugene OR; Brian Breckenridge, Corvallis OR; Anoush Shirzadegan, Portland OR

20.00 3/4 Douglas Steele, Seymour IL; Mu Zhang, Urbana IL; James Slaughter, Champaign IL; John Maloney, Mahomet IL 20.00 3/4 Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Chris Chung - Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Harting, ♠♥♦♣ Mountain View CA

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTIONS AA BB CC DD EE FF NORTH-SOUTH EAST-WEST 1 Tom Townsend, London England; David Gold, London England 59.72% 1 Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 66.20% 2 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 59.25% 2 Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 64.75% 3 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 58.34% 3 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 63.38% 4 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 57.85% 4 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam Netherlands 63.36% 5 Javier Graupera - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain 57.68% 5 Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 61.71% 6 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 57.15% 6 Michal Kopecky, Czech Republic; Milan Macura, Czech Republic 61.11% 7 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 57.00% 7 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo Brazil 60.53% 8 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 56.72% 8 John Strauch, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, San Clemente CA 57.64% 9 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 56.62% 9 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Guido Ferraro, Torino Italy 57.56% 10 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenh Germany 56.59% 10 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 57.26% 11 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 56.49% 11 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 56.49% 12 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 56.20% 12 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 55.99% 13 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL 56.04% 13 - , Memphis TN 55.99% 14 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 55.80% 14 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 55.90% 15 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 55.57% 15 Rajeswaran Rajkumar - Prahalad Rajkumar, Germantown MD 55.53% 16 Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India 55.38% 16 Robert Bell, Washington DC; Fred King, Falls Church VA 55.12% 17 McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 55.21% 17 Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 55.09% 18 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 54.93% 18 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.89% 19 Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 54.41% 19 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 54.79% 20 Curtis Carpenter, Birmingham AL; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 54.35% 20 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 54.54% 21 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 54.28% 21 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 54.31% 22/23 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 53.58% 22 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 54.13% 22/23 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 53.58% 23 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA 54.04% 24 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 53.07% 24 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 54.02% 25 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 53.06% 25 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 53.54% 26 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 52.94% 26 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 53.52% 27 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 52.78% 27 John Maki, Bothell WA; William O’Brien, Mountlake Terr WA 53.32% 28 Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 52.38% 28 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 53.03% 29 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 52.23% 29 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 52.83% 30 Charles Durrin III, Madison AL; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 51.75% 30 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 52.73% 31 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 51.70% 31 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 52.72% Page 8 Daily Bulletin

DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 1 FLIGHT A/X SIDE SWISS TEAMS 16 Tables 42 Tables / Based on 95 Tables Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Jacek A X Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jie Zhao, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 12.52 1 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard - Michael Moss, New York NY; Ron vs Smith, San Francisco CA 108.00 Victor Markowicz, Boca Raton FL; Victor Melman, Scarsdale NY; 9.39 2 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Bhabesh Saha - Amarnath Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Julian Klukowski, Banerjee - Subir Majumder - Rana Roy, ; Sumit Mukherjee, Rolkata Warsaw Poland 91 India 95.00 7.04 3 Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY; Margo Sinclair - Jesus Arias - Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Witold Turant, 92-432 Lodz Poland; Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; Kathy Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 94.00 Newman - Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 5.28 4 Sylvia Moss - Judi Radin - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Shawn vs Quinn, Houston TX; Wen Wang, Shanghai Pr People’s Republic of China; Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Yi Lin, Shanguai P.R. People’s Republic of China 85.00 Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 3.96 5 Rhoda Walsh - Jim Darvey, Palm Desert CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield 40-479 Poland; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 82.00 10.04 6/7 1 Wayne Merkel, North York ON; Lillian Range, New Orleans LA; Julius DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 2 Rosenfield, River Ridge LA; Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON 80.00 16 Tables 2.60 6/7 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Shunsuke Morimura, Memphis TN; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Laguna Woods CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Hills CA 80.00 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Glen Cove NY; Hiroki Yokoi - Tadashi 1.67 8 Virginia Lifton, Marco Island FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Teramoto, Tokyo Japan vs Shannon Cappelletti, Dania Beach FL; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 79.00 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; William Harker, Copperopolis 1.39 9 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Ton CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; CA Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands 77.00 1.20 10/11 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 76.00 Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY; Charles Weed, Shreveport LA 7.53 10/11 2 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; Bernardine Mateer, Monrovia CA; Peter Szecsi, vs Pasadena CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 76.00 Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; 4.95 3/4 Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX; Norma Callender, Houston TX; Beth Milam, Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY Idaho Falls ID; James Milam, Destin FL 62.00 4.95 3/4 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL; H Albert Lilly, DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 3 15 Tables Mobile AL; Kelly Smythe, Pensacola FL 62.00 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco 3.18 5 Xiangdong Meng, Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Burnaby BC; Yizhong Wu, TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX Richmond BC; Qiang Zhang - Yinsheng Tu, Mountain House CA 61.00 vs Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia STRATA B/C/D SIDE SWISS TEAMS Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 53 Tables Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber - Cindy Bernstein, Memphis B C D TN; Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 9.56 1 1 Donald Varvel - Eleanor Sherwyn, Corpus Christi TX; Sue Gerard, vs Mexico Mexico; John Taylor, Lago Vista TX 101.00 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin 6.28 2/3 2 Jay D Shah, St Louis MO; Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Karen TX; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden Kribs, Aspen CO; Brian Howard, Bradenton FL 96.00 6.28 2/3 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman - Paul Simon - Janice DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 4 16 Tables Smola, Arlington MA 96.00 Craig Cordes - Carole Cordes - Jan Galey, Baton Rouge LA; Paul 4.03 4 Gerry Panos, Mankato MN; Annabelle Hills, Brooksville FL; Deal, New Orleans LA Raelene Kirkbride, Rock Hill SC; Sue Becker, Canton OH 94.00 vs 4.69 5 3 Lawton Hutchison - Joe Black - Dean Truair - Barbara Hutchison, Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Henry Lyell - Peggy Rogers, Jackson Austin TX 90.00 MS; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS 2.27 6 James Bridges, Penfield NY; Amanda Carter, Arlington VA; Dick Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel - Joseph Machotka, Chicago IL; Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 85.00 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV 3.52 4 Kim Wilson - John Reitz, Orlando FL; Mara Tuttle, Lake Mary FL; vs Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL 83.00 Adam Parrish, Arlington MA; Randall Rubinstein, East Falmouth 2.64 5 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer - Carolyn Campbell, Houston TX; MA; Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX Laura Jones, Katy TX 81.00 DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 5 5.16 6 1 Peter Pivko, Milburn NJ; Claudette Roush - Nan Fulweber, 16 Tables Houston TX; Michael Cuno, Randolph NJ 80.00 Eddie Bass, Austin TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; B 3.87 2 John Jonas - Linda Jonas - Steven Jackson, Dana Point CA; Yann Marshall, Tulsa OK; David Hampton, Broken Arrow OK Shen, Laguna Niguel CA 79.00 vs 2.90 3 Daryl Drew, Homosassa FL; Betty Ost, Indian Head Pk IL; Alice Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Harper, Winter Park FL; Sandra Rosenblum, Tampa FL 76.00 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Debra Eaves, Northville MI 1.91 4/5 Brett Orban, Martins Ferry OH; Thomas Danford, Bellaire OH; Linda Schanz - Meg Harrington, Las Vegas NV 70.00 Andy Anderson - Curley Anderson - Billy Zerebesky, Saskatoon 1.91 4/5 Glenda Stieber - Willie Jo Schaefer - Gail Gillespie, Houston SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK TX; Lana Guise, Sugar Land TX 70.00 vs 1.22 6 Jo Hammett, Corinth TX; Virginia Shea, Delta CO; Gary Carey, Dianna Gittelman - Gary King - J Gittelman, Houston TX; Greg Loran, Lubbock TX Coppell TX; Charles Brown, Denton TX 68.00

DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 6 QUALIFIERS IN THE YOUNG 0-1500 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 12 Tables 7.0 Tables / Based on 29 Tables Carryover Bill Harlan - Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Barbara Bacon - 1 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 12.65 Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH vs 2 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 12.38 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Steven 3 Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany 6.04 Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 4 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 4.79 5 Lelvin Crowe - Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 4.58 Uday Ivatury - Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY; 6 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 4.53 James Gleick - Jeff Overby, Key West FL 7 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 4.45 vs James La Fountain, Temple TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX; 8 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 4.13 Charles Williams, Port Angeles WA; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX 9 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 2.83 10 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 1.88 DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 7 11 Dexter Senft, Bedford NY; S Leech, Pasadena CA 1.63 16 Tables 12 Charles Ensor - Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 0.23 Michael Hartnett, Mill Valley CA; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; 13 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Norman Cannon, Fort Myers FL 0.06 Sara Rothmuller - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA vs 14 Paula Justice - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 0.00 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON; Elizabeth Scott - Paul Hardy, Nepean ON

Barbara Phillips, Spring TX; Charles Collins, Shenandoah TX; William Lindner, Conroe TX; Bill Gemas, Huntsville TX vs J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane, Williston VT; Bob Wilkin, Highland Villag TX; Suresh Agrawal, Rowlett TX Daily Bulletin Page 9

SHARON KERN DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 8 46.0 Tables 16 Tables A B C David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; John Aslin, Seattle WA; Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Jingsong Liu, Renton WA 19.60 1 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 63.73% vs 14.70 2 Georgette King, Miami Beach FL; Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH 63.54% Christopher Overpeck - Vangie Smith - Katherine Zimmerman - 12.92 3 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 61.27% Gail Slater, Louisville KY 9.69 4 2 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Daryl Gahm, Vancleave MS 59.94% Otis Lovette, Monroe LA; Josephine Tonkin, Canberra Act 6.53 5 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 59.85% Australia; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Eric Heinrich, Calhoun 5.60 6 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 59.66% LA 4.90 7 Fred Paul, Ft Lee NJ; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 59.09% vs Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; C. 7.27 8/9 3 Todd Lusk - C Reis, Baton Rouge LA 58.81% Buddy Carls, Huntington Bh CA; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; 4.14 8/9 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 58.81% Linda Green, Westport CT 3.56 10 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 58.62% 5.45 11 4 Nadia Koch, Copenhagen Denmark; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 58.52% DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 9 16 Tables 4.31 12 5 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, Dorset VT 58.24% Elena Grewal, Palo Alto CA; Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA; Helen 3.69 13 6 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 58.05% Miller, Miller Place NY; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 3.89 7 2 Kim O’Hara - Michael Novack, Humble TX 55.21% vs 2.92 8 3 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Theodore Morris, New Orleans LA 54.55% Perrie Kay Avery - Sandra Lee - Vickie Thomas - Clara Bunning, Cheyenne WY 2.58 9 William Garrard Jr - Hui Hua Garrard, Irving TX 54.36% 2.28 4 Richard Osborne - A Partesotti, New Orleans LA 51.23% Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; 1.73 5 Linda Hays - Mary Udell, Albuquerque NM 49.62% Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Jerry Marchant, Green Lake WI vs 2.36 6 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Dorothy Mounce, Ecru MS 49.15% Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Kelly Zeller - Michael Zeller, York PA

SATURDAY-SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 10 14 Tables 35.0 Tables Meg Myers, Portland OR; James Lafave - Girish Nathan, Denver A B C CO; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR 6.83 1 Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN 70.19% vs 5.12 2 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 64.58% Gabriel Perry - Bathsheba Perry, Houston TX; Hugh Humphries - Kay Humphries, Bellaire TX 5.92 3 1 Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 63.62% 4.44 4 2 Jacquelyn Jones, Dallas TX; Kraig Mundle, Euless TX 63.39% Elizabeth Hudson, Arlington TX; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Fort 3.33 5 3 Michael McConochie, Statesville NC; Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC 62.18% Worth TX; Pamela Gladysz, Ft Worth TX; Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX 1.76 6 April Apfelbaum - Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 61.86% vs 2.50 4 Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 61.06% Robert Eachus, Nashua NH; Lily Chew, Kanata ON; Chris Kleis, 3.34 5 1 Daniel Recht, Cambridge MA; Rick Weiss, Reno NV 56.73% Lyndhurst OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH 2.51 6 2 Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 56.25% DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 11 1.88 3 Betty Bayard, Daytona Beach FL; Robert Danielson, Flagler Beach FL 55.05% 16 Tables 1.41 4 Alan Yngve, Saint Paul MN; Normandy Hamilton, Richfield MN 54.65% Susan Taylor - Wayne Weisler - Michael Elias - Maurice Geisel, 1.24 5 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Michele Maxson, Arlington VA 52.88% New Orleans LA 0.79 6 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 52.31% vs Alan Mannheimer, Albuquerque NM; Darlene Mannheimer - Patricia Evans, Pittsburgh PA; Donald Turacy, Sr, Dravosburg PA 1ST SATURDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS 14.0 Tables Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Joe Hertz, Sterling VA; Michael Osborn, Herndon VA A B C vs 2.52 1 1 Lenny Li, Oakton VA; Brian Hamrick, Annandale VA 67.95% James Doyle, Merrillville IN; Russ Rojakovick, Burridge IL; Cory 1.89 2 Carolyn Gornowicz - Jerry Gornowicz, Longboat Key FL 66.59% Perkers, Chicago IL; Doug Fischer, Des Plaines IL 1.42 3 2 1 David Martin - Lorraine Martin, Madisonville LA 65.91% DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 12 1.06 4 3 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 59.55% 16 Tables 0.80 5 4 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 57.05% Lee Feierabend - Sandra Feierabend - Senna Lovette, Monroe LA; 0.60 6 Hilary McClelland - William McClelland, Vass NC 55.23% Sandra Hollon, Argyle TX vs 0.66 5 2 Joanie Hartson, New Orleans LA; Barbara Renaudin, Metairie LA 54.09% Douglas Minder - Susan Minder, Caledonia MI; Terry Terrana - 0.60 6 3 Doris Cantor, Hallandale FL; Eileen Guidry, Metairie LA 52.27% Clara Terrana, Sanibel FL 0.37 4 Trevor Thompson - Sheryl Thompson, Metairie LA 51.59% Fred Kolb - Paul Tucker - Orval Eberhart, Mandeville LA; Patricia Turner, Covington LA 1ST SATURDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS vs 24.0 Tables Charles Curley, Wakefield MA; Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; A B C Michelle Blanchard, Upton MA; Kathy Aberizk, Webster MA 4.80 1 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 63.99% DISAPPEARING BONNIE KO 13 4.13 2 1 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 63.10% 16 Tables 3.10 3 2 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 62.80% Heather Shane, The Villages FL; Nget Carter, Plano TX; Barbara 2.62 4 3 1 Joan Wood, New Orlean LA; Gloria Ayres, Beaumont TX 61.01% Parke, Richardson TX; Jeanette Brandt, Monmouth OR vs 1.74 5 4 Pat Brion - Charles Brion, Edmond OK 58.93% Cecelia Hoyt, Carencro LA; Jessie Williamson, Opelousas LA; 1.31 6 5 Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA 57.74% Kathleen Schiff, Lafayette LA; Lola Crochet, Broussard LA 1.97 6 2 Clay Brown, Moss Point MS; Loretta Crane, Gautier MS 56.85% 1.47 3 Warren Courtade - Ellis Margaret, Mandeville LA 55.95% Thomas Turnipseed - Brenda Bethany - John Bethany III, Jackson MS; Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS 1.11 4 Geri Higgins, Gallup NM; Barbara Wardrop, Rockford MI 55.36% vs 0.89 5 Ann Hough - Sylvia Briscoe, Biloxi MS 53.87% Charles Campbell, Emmaus PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; 0.62 6 Robert Ross - Diane Ross, Dunkirk MD 53.57% Joseph Miller, Macungie PA; Larry Kemmerer, Bath PA; James Kenny, Emmous PA Page 10 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 1ST SATURDAY A/X PAIRS 7 Tables 40.0 Tables / Based on 71 Tables Fay Teal, Kitchener ON; Rolf Paul, Needham MA; Carol A X Mahoney, Kokomo IN; Milton Gottlieb, Kernersville NC 26.23 1 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 60.23% vs 19.67 2 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 59.78% Eli Schneider - Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ; Carl Gueli - Lydia Betz, Great Neck NY 14.75 3 1 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 59.31% 11.07 4 2 Kent Massie, Lexington VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Richmond VA 59.26% Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan 8.74 5 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 57.56% Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz Poland; Edward 7.49 6 Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 56.84% White, Grand Blanc MI; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 7.46 7 3 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 56.82% vs 5.83 8 4 Joan Dziekanski, New York NY; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 56.38% Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Helen Raleigh, Suffern 5.25 9 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 55.96% NY; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount 6.68 10 5 Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 55.88% Pleasant SC 4.40 11 Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX; Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX 55.56% 4.04 12 6 Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Mike Hogan, Fort Myers FL 55.26% SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 2 7 Tables 3.75 13 7 Dede Pochos, New Rochelle NY; Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn NY 55.20% Douglas De Montluzin, Kenner LA; Sue Maly, Vancouver WA; 3.50 14 Carolyne Fox - George Fox, Manvel TX 54.85% James Glynn Jr - Ann Barone, Metairie LA 3.28 15 8 Elliot Sternlicht - Alan Lechner, New York NY 54.42% vs 3.09 16 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 54.12% Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker 2.91 17 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 53.96% Heights OH; Marlene Zinamon, Beachwood OH; Victor Vertes, Cleveland OH STRATA B/C/D OPEN PAIRS 29.0 Tables Henry Caspar, Katy TX; Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Nancy B C D Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 12.29 1 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 59.72% vs Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Merritt Island FL; Linda O’Dell - Burt 9.22 2 1 1 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 58.72% O’Dell, Jacksonville FL 6.91 3 Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON 58.69% 5.18 4 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Jane Shaw, Columbia MD 58.68% SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 3 4.10 5 Evan Markowitz - Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 58.32% 7 Tables 6.11 6 2 Carol Pollock, Delray Beach FL; Jacqueline Levy, Boca Raton FL 57.72% Charles Burns - James Windus, Vancouver WA; Jo Ann Rauch, 3.07 7 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 57.58% Miami FL; Abby Hellring, Coral Gables FL 4.58 8 3 Martha Jo Jones, Baton Rouge LA; Irby Jones, Gonzales LA 56.94% vs 3.44 4 Serge Bondar, Wheeling IL; Marshall Baum, Highland Park IL 55.70% Helen Malcolm, Kincardine ON; Wanda Zakrzewski, Chapala 4.45 5 2 Bonnie Gellas - Diane Mangasarian, New York NY 55.09% Mexico; Peter Andrews - Irma Andrews, Aptos CA 3.34 6 3 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 53.79% Ashok Shingavi - Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Rani Sachdev - 2.70 4 Mark Rosenholz, Albany NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 53.70% Kailash Sachdev, The Woodlands TX 2.10 5 David Livingston - J Livingston, Johnstown PA 53.66% vs 1.69 6 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 52.69% Gerald Lackner, San Rafael CA; Senta Kurschellackner, Hofbauerweg 11 Austria; Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria; Peter SATURDAY-SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES Steiner, Semriach Austria 29.0 Tables A B C SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 4 5.92 1 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Kevin Cline, Frisco TX 67.13% 7 Tables 4.44 2 Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN 60.42% Jo Bryan - Sandy Kristoferson, Denton TX; Jo Hammett - Donna 3.87 3 2 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA 59.96% Gibbs, Corinth TX vs 2.50 4 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 58.53% Diane Washabaugh, Aledo TX; Pamela Gladysz, Ft Worth TX; 2.90 5 3 James Di Napoli, Wall NJ; William Jenkins, Amarillo TX 58.46% Susan Grever, Dunedin FL; Harry Weeks, FL 3.19 6 4 1 Stan Fong, Toronto ON; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 57.17% 2.39 5 2 Jason Miller - Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 56.95% Erasmo Gerato - Cynthia Collins - Philip Potter - Sylvia Walford, 1.87 6 Michael Falcon - Debra Gay Falcon, Harvey LA 56.95% Tallahassee FL 1.79 3 Mary Seggerman, Bearsville NY; Joanne Brown, Santa Cruz CA 53.71% vs 1.35 4 Kathy Boyd, Casselberry FL; Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL 52.54% Richard White - Brenda Peavy - Pat Garber - Judy Gardiner, Lake 1.07 5 Michele Snyder, Olathe KS; Charles Herman, Kansas City MO 51.16% Charles LA 1.24 6 Jody Pedri, Costa Mesa CA; Hans Giroux, Irvine CA 50.47% SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 5 7 Tables SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Gretel Timan, Asheville NC; Betty Romano, Marysville WA; 7.0 Tables Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN A B C vs 2.40 1 1 Miriam Shaw - Alfred Shaw, Bloomfield Twp MI 72.00% James Shoenhard - Roy Robson, Arlington VA; Blythe Olshan 1.80 2 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 66.25% Findley - David Findley, Westchester IL 1.60 3 2 Bonnie Macbride - Ray Barber, Lafayette CA 59.67% 1.01 4 Claire McGuire, Glenview IL; Harriet Nelson, New Orleans LA 54.08% Pat Dolphin, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Rehms, Villa Park CA; 1.65 5 3 1 Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; Ginger Hebert, Lafayette LA 53.50% Lynn Johnston - Paul Johnston, Laguna Woods CA 1.24 4 2 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 51.67% vs Norma Jean Frink - Mary Ellen Thomas, Hoover AL; Nancy West - Judie Fair, Birmingham AL SATURDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 6 1.47 1 Pat Desforges - Maryann Joyner, Metairie LA 59.72% 7 Tables 1.10 2 Timothy Schmidt, Atlanta GA; Richard Bertoldi, Breaux Bridge LA 56.94% Lamya Agelidis, Franklin TN; Roxanne King - Norma Callender, 0.83 3 Leslie Debeauvais, Woodland Hills CA; Diane Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 53.47% Houston TX; Dianne Kiehl, Muskego WI vs SATURDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS Mary Smith - Celia Burnham, Jackson MS; Charles Taylor Jr, 6 Tables Madison MS; Charles Taylor, Senatobia MS A B 2.26 1 1 Michael Tait - Greg Carey, Hamilton Bermuda; Jane Clipper - Katrina Thomas Turnipseed - John Bethany III - Brenda Bethany, Jackson MS; Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS Van Pelt, Smith’s Parish Bermuda 80.00 vs 1.70 2 2 Lenny Li, Oakton VA; Brian Hamrick, Annandale VA; Sherry Wu, Elmwood John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON; Ann Hough - Park NJ; Sam Fingeret, Tenafly NJ 77.00 Sylvia Briscoe, Biloxi MS Daily Bulletin Page 11

FRIDAY-TUESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 17.0 Tables BRACKET 1 12 Tables A B C 14.55 1 Andy Anderson - Curley Anderson - Billy 4.10 1 1 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Thomas Foerster, Newtown Zerebesky, Saskatoon SK; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK Square PA 64.96% 10.19 2 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Atsuko Kurishima 3.08 2 2 Ronald Kral - Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 64.02% - Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Matthew Mallory, San 2.52 3 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 62.88% Diego CA 6.55 3 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, 2.58 4 3 1 Juinez Moss - Liz Karnicki, Beaumont TX 60.42% Sacramento CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Hills CA; Ellis 1.60 5 4 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 57.95% Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 1.94 6 5 2 Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 56.06% 5.09 4 Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Donald 1.45 6 3 Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 53.98% Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; 1.12 4 Joan Johnson, Pls Vrds Estate CA; Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA 53.41% Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA 0.82 5 Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Glen Mills PA 49.62% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 1ST SATURDAY MORNING 0-50 PAIRS 16 Tables 8.0 Tables 7.12 1 William Gregg, Livonia MI; John Drake, Saline A B C MI; Ellen Silverest, Brighton MI; Ross Richardson, Dexter MI 1.89 1 Nelson Daigle - Donald Loisel, Metairie LA 62.08% 4.98 2 Gaye Wilson, Metairie LA; Joan Lennox, New 1.42 2 1 1 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogleman, Baton Rouge LA 60.83% Orleans LA; Liz Stephens, Mentone AL; Fern Herman, Langhorne PA 1.06 3 Warrene Gambino, Covington LA; Nancy Graham, Mandville LA 59.58% 3.20 3 Linda Angelle - Sally Jones - Suzy Thompson - 0.80 4 Fran Williams, Crossville TN; Thomas Williams, Fairfield Glade TN 57.08% Lisa Tate, Baton Rouge LA 0.98 5 2 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 53.75% 2.49 4 Cathy Youmans - Dorothy Costa, Knoxville 0.73 3 2 Barbara Pyburn, Metarie LA; Peggy McCranie, Metairie LA 52.92% TN; Fay Atkinson - Frances Beck, Baton Rouge LA 0.60 4 Shelley Radcliffe - Jill Gasper, Dublin OH 50.00% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 1ST SATURDAY MORNING 0-300 PAIRS 16 Tables 18.0 Tables 4.40 1 Charles Curley, Wakefield MA; Nita Brunett, A B C Ann Arbor MI; Beverly Leclerc, Vadnais Hts MN; Clair 3.96 1 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 64.29% Kretschmann, Tucson AZ 3.19 2 1 1 Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA; Sandra Brown, Mandeville LA 59.83% 3.08 2 Jerrilyn Jones - Karen Lea, Ponchatoula LA; Alan Yngve, Saint Paul MN; John Smythe, Mandeville LA 2.23 3 Juanita Kelley - Buz Kelley, Pineville LA 59.10% 1.98 3 Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA; Ueli Geissmann, 2.39 4 2 Pat Brion - Charles Brion, Edmond OK 57.61% Slidell LA; Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 1.79 5 3 Irma Dearie, Metairie LA; Lilian Kirshbom, New Orleans LA 57.24% 1.54 4 Linda Gallagher - Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; 1.43 6 4 2 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Bradley Keller, South Lyon MI 56.08% Carol Caplan - Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 1.20 5 3 Barbara Wardrop, Rockford MI; Geri Higgins, Gallup NM 55.95% 1.34 6 Bennye Randall - Patricia Dixon, Lafayette LA 55.06% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO BRACKET 1 0.94 4 Suzie Wilson - Mary Watters, Houston TX 54.46% 6 Tables 2.69 1 J F Lowenstein - Donald Daigle - Dee Moses, BRIDGE-PLUS New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 8.5 Tables 1.38 1 Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC; Fred Martikan, 81.70% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO BRACKET 2 1.04 2 Sheryl Thompson - Trevor Thompson, Metairie LA 74.43% 0.78 3 Richard Freeman Jr - Sarah Allen, Folsom LA 67.25% 8 Tables 0.58 4 Wade Kilbride - Janet Kilbride, Oviedo FL 62.87% 1.84 1 Alan Mannheimer, Albuquerque NM; Darlene 0.44 5 Tesha Nguyen - Jake Joiner, Houston TX 59.10% Mannheimer - Patricia Evans, Pittsburgh PA; Donald Turacy, Sr, Dravosburg PA 0.98 2 Michael Cresap - Katherine Gardner - Ronald QUALIFIERS IN THE BRUCE 0-5000 LIFE MASTER PAIRS Cresap - Shirley Todd, Baton Rouge LA 20.0 Tables / Based on 75 Tables Carryover 1 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 65.53 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO 2 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 61.45 BRACKET 3 3 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 57.03 8 Tables 4 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 50.53 1.60 1 James Maniscalco - Barbara Maniscalco - 5 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 50.44 Walter Merritt, La Quinta CA; M Howard, Benbrook TX 6 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 50.07 0.85 2 Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX; 7 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 49.49 Jane Ghegan, Atlanta GA; Susan Marett, St Simons Is GA 8 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 47.10 9 John Richardson - Charles Cook, Montgomery AL 46.70 INTERNATIONAL FUND MIDNIGHT KO 12 Tables 10 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 46.11 5.13 1 Lydia Betz - Carl Gueli, Great Neck NY; David 11 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 44.24 Amsterdam, Wayne PA; Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA 12 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 43.91 3.59 2 Cristal Nell - Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Ray 13 Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Katy TX 43.65 Miller, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 14 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 42.77 2.05 3/4 Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL; Ryan Miller 15 Linda Golumbia - Arthur Golumbia, West Bloomfield MI 42.50 - Sandra Rosenblum, Tampa FL; Michael Lieberman, Cambridge MA 16 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 41.72 2.05 3/4 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Gloria Tsoi, 17 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 40.43 Arlington MA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Stephen McDevitt, 18 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 40.35 Medford MA 19 John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 40.14 20 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 39.50 2010 COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP 21 Maureen Brines - Tracy Brines, Richland WA 37.36 4 Tables YALE: Shu-Chun Weng, ; Monika Weber - Evan Morse - Oosman 22 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 36.81 Bashir, New Haven CT 23/24 Shelly Dunietz - Bill Begert, New York NY 36.25 vs 23/24 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 36.25 STANFORD: Alexander Lovejoy - C J Jameson, Stanford CA; 25 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 36.07 Zizhuo Wang, Palo Alto CA; Miu Suan Wong, Selangor, Malaysia 26 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 35.89 27 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 34.47 UNIV. OF PENN 1: Zhuo Wang - Naijia Guo - Zhiyi Huang, Philadelphia PA; Kendrick Chow, San Francisco CA 28 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 34.41 vs 29 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 32.24 HARVARD: Jonathan Pines, Berkeley CA; Eric Newcomer, 30 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 31.54 Mason GA; Jonathan Ullman, Cambridge MA; Dana Berkowitz, 31 Jill Burtram - Lisa Mann, Albuquerque NM 31.53 Boca Raton FL 32 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 31.25 33 Marc Rabinowitz, Sunny Isles Bch FL; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 31.12 34 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 30.37 35 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 30.35 36 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 29.78 37 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 29.75 38 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 29.02 39 K Boagni Jr - Lois Boagni, Opelousas LA 16.57 40 David Amsterdam, Wayne PA; Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA 0.00 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

Tournament trail, part 3 Sweden in one of many Nordic battles during This was from the match between England and these championships. Only 54 IMPs were shared Sweden in the women’s teams. Compiled by Barry Rigal between the teams in this very close match, which ended 16-14 in Icelandic favor. Dlr: West ♠ Q 7 6 5 4 The last set of deals from the 2010 European Vul: N-S ♥ J 9 6 5 ♦ Q 9 7 Championships in Ostend, Belgium. ♠ Dlr: West 10 3 ♣ J Vul: Both ♥ 8 7 6 2 Win the board, not match ♠ A 10 3 2 ♠ K 9 ♦ Q J 10 7 5 4 ♥ A 10 4 3 ♥ K 8 7 Sviatlana Badrankova ♣ 3 ♦ K ♦ A J 10 3 2 The Belarus women’s team has its first ♠ A J 7 4 ♠ K 9 5 ♣ A K 8 7 ♣ Q 5 3 appearance at the Euro Bridge stage (Bravo! ♥ Q 9 4 ♥ A J ♠ J 8 Editor) so we are here looking for experience not ♦ 9 8 6 2 ♦ A K ♥ Q 2 ♦ for results, definitely. That’s why each “lucky” ♣ 4 2 ♣ A K 10 9 8 7 8 6 5 4 ♣ 10 9 6 4 2 board played versus well-known opponents brings ♠ Q 8 6 2 huge excitement. In round 21, Denmark – Belarus, ♥ K 10 5 3 West North East South we were lucky enough to find Dorte Cilleborg and ♦ 3 Dorthe Schaltz playing 4♥, not an easy 4♠ on this Sivelind Senior Rimstedt Dhondy ♣Q J 6 5 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass deal. 3NT Pass 6NT All Pass ♠ Dlr: West A Q J 5 4 3 Open room: ♥ Vul: Both 9 5 3 West North East South Closed room ♦ — Nyström Haraldsson Bertheau Magnusson West North East South ♣ Stockdale Sjöberg Brown Rimstedt K 10 3 2 Pass Pass 1♣ Pass ♠ ♠ 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 9 7 10 6 1♦ 2♦ Pass Pass ♥ 10 6 ♥ A 7 2 1♥ Pass 3NT Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass ♣ ♦ A K 9 7 6 5 ♦ Q J 10 8 4 4NT Pass 6 Pass ♣ ♣ 6NT All Pass J 9 8 A Q 4 Closed room: ♠ K 8 2 West North East South Both tables arrived in the same contract. West was ♥ K Q J 8 4 Baldursson Fredin Jonsson Fallenius declarer in the open room, East the declarer in the ♦ 3 2 Pass Pass 1♣ Pass closed room. Both declarers could easily count to 11 ♣ tricks after setting up the diamond suit. Clubs being 7 6 5 1♦ Dbl 3NT All Pass 3-3 or and a single or combined would most probably somehow create the last needed one. West North East South In the closed room, Jonsson had no problem Pass 1♠ 2♦ 2♥ making 11 tricks after a diamond lead. Declarer Let’s say as West you get a spade lead that goes 4♦ 4♥ All Pass simply made sure of his game, establishing his to the 9, jack and ace. A reasonable plan would be ♦ After the start of the A, declarer ruffed and clubs, then squeezing Fallenius as South for his last to unblock the ♦K, win the ♣A and continue with played a low heart to the queen in her hand. When overtrick. a club to dummy. With the actual layout, you are the ace didn’t appear, she ruffed her second and Things were very much more difficult in the rewarded by getting the knowledge that clubs are ♠ ♦ last diamond and returned to hand with the K open room, where Nyström probably managed 5-1. When you collect the A and clear that suit you might discard one card from each of the majors from to play a heart honor to East’s ace. Now spade to make one of this championship’s best plays return nailed declarer to the table and the defense your hand. North gets in again and probably plays by a declarer. He got the ♣3 as the opening lead, back a heart (that is best for the defense), leaving the continuation was as easy as it was evident: either won with the ace. A spade to the ace and a club East ruffs the third spade and waits for two club following position: towards dummy, on which Haraldsson decided to ♠ Q 7 6 tricks (easy) or, after a club lead from the table, discard the ♦4. Nyström then ruffed a club on the ♥ J 9 6 5 East turns on straightforward reasoning: only if way back with the ♠J and continued with his third ♦ — ♣ partner has J do the defenders have a chance trump to dummy’s king. Another club was ruffed ♣ -— ♠ ♠ (evident). We scored 5 IMPs in this board (plus with his last trump, establishing the suit. 10 3 K ♥ A 10 4 ♥ K 8 7 100 at our table and plus 100 from the closed room This was the ending: ♦ ♦ — ♦ 10 3 where our teammates beat 5 . ♠ — The winning line for declarer – difficult to see ♣ K 8 ♣ 5 ♥ 8 7 2 ♠ – is to play two rounds of spades ending in hand 8 ♦ Q J 10 7 ♥ Q 2 and only then play a heart. This “dentist’s ” ♣ — ♦ 8 extracts East’s second spade after which there is no ♠ — ♠ 9 ♣ 10 9 6 defense. ♥ Q 9 4 ♥ A J Win the heart return with the ace, play a spade The remainder of the match was not so easy ♦ 9 8 6 2 ♦ A K to the king, cash the two diamonds discarding the ♥ ♣ and only the last board with plus scores in both ♣ ♣ 10 and then the 8 (unless South unguards that — 10 9 suit – if she keeps her club winner she will be able rooms allowed us to finish with a two-digit record ♠ Q 8 – 10-20 VP for Denmark. As the phrase about to keep only two hearts). That will force North to ♥ K 10 5 3 ♠ battle and war became proverbial, I’d like to find keep her Q and she will only be able to hold on to ♦ 3 two of her hearts when a club is played to the king. one more meaning for it: we lost a lot of matches ♣ — Either a spade or a heart will be the last needed here, but we won our two weeks of splendid bridge Nyström now played a diamond to dummy’s trick – a single squeeze played as a double. competition. king and continued with his clubs. Magnusson Both declarers misplayed the slam, going one could ruff when he wanted but was then thrown in off, by not timing the squeeze. Sivelind had a much harder task to succeed because Nevena Senior Nice declarer play to give away a trick in hearts. Excellent play for a found the spade lead, and then shifted to the heart Micke Melander flat board. when she got in with the ♦Q. However, it was not On Thursday morning, Iceland was taking on impossible to succeed even then.

SATURDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS SECTION Y 1 Pat Desforges - Maryann Joyner, Metairie LA 59.72% 2 Timothy Schmidt, Atlanta GA; Richard Bertoldi, Breaux Bridge LA 56.94% 3 Leslie Debeauvais, Woodland Hills CA; Diane Edwards, Grand Prairie TX 53.47%

BRUCE 0-5000 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HH II JJ EAST-WEST 1 John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 58.65% 1 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 63.82% 2 Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 58.05% 2 Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Henry Caspar, Katy TX 63.61% 3 Mark Starr, Brookline MA; Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL 57.79% 3 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 61.49% 4 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 55.62% 4 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 58.30% 5 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 55.01% 5 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 57.49% 6 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 54.71% 6 Daniel Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 57.39% 7 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 54.66% 7 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 55.67% 8 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 54.55% 8 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 55.36% 9/10 John Richardson - Charles Cook, Montgomery AL 54.30% 9 Jeffrey McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 54.71% 9/10 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA 54.30% 10 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 53.59% 11 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 54.20% 11 Shelly Dunietz - Bill Begert, New York NY 53.49% 12 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 53.95% 12 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 53.34% 13/14 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Stephen Stewart, Shawnee Msn KS 53.90% 13 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 53.29% 13/14 Marc Rabinowitz, Sunny Isles Bch FL; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 53.90% 14/15 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA 52.63% 15 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 53.49% 14/15 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 52.63% 16 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 53.24% 16 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 51.77%

YOUNG 0-1500 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST 1 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 62.18% 1 Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany 63.62% 2 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 56.25% 2 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 57.69% 3 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 54.17% 3 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 54.17% 4 Paula Justice - Jimmy Justice, Waxahachie TX 53.21% 4 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Norman Cannon, Fort Myers FL 54.01% 5/6 Charles Ensor - Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 52.56% 5 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 53.53% 5/6 Carl Merlin - Donald Daigle, New Orleans LA 52.56% 6/7 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 52.88% 6/7 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 52.88% Daily Bulletin Page 13

1ST SATURDAY A/X PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN OO EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 60.53% 1 Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 64.91% 2 2 Paul Frean, New York NY; Srinivas Kachibhatla, Reston VA 60.26% 2 1 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 64.63% 3 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 56.81% 3 2 Susan Meyers, Mt Kisco NY; Zerelene Jones, Lafayette LA 62.18% 4 3 Dede Pochos, New Rochelle NY; Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn NY 56.80% 4 3 Kent Massie, Lexington VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Richmond VA 57.57% 5 Carolyne Fox - George Fox, Manvel TX 56.67% 5 4 Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Mike Hogan, Fort Myers FL 56.77% 6 4 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 56.13% 6 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; John Hodges, Santa Clara CA 56.53% 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 55.85% 7 Ed Bissell - Carol Reitz, State College PA 55.01% 8 5 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 55.76% 8 5 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 54.78% 9 6 Joan Dziekanski, New York NY; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 55.67% 9 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 54.51% 10 7 Cynthia Colin, New York NY; Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY 54.67% 10 6 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Michael Lieberman, Cambridge MA 54.41% 11 8 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 54.57% 11 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 54.11% 12 9 John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 54.36% 12 7 Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC; Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA 52.76% 13 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 53.96% 13 8 Daniel Wynn - Sherry Wynn, Carpentersville IL 52.34% 14 Roberta Epstein - Mark Epstein, Las Vegas NV 53.67% 14 9 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 52.25% 15 10 Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ 53.42% 15 10 Xingyu Zhang, Ypsilanti MI; Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI 51.72% 16 11 Audrey Darlington - Bud Murphy, Lafayette LA 53.19% 16 Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 51.65% 12 Elliot Sternlicht - Alan Lechner, New York NY 52.20% 11 Thomas Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY; Grigoriy Blekherman, Blacksburg VA 51.34%

STRATA B/C/D OPEN PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Evan Markowitz - Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 59.72% 1 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 58.56% 2 1 1 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 57.64% 2 Mary Olsky - Mark Olsky, Madison WI 57.64% 3 Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON 56.02% 3 Rizwan Ul Haq, Sudbury ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 54.17% 4 2 2 Laurie-Ann Levin, San Antonio TX; Renee Danziger, Cliffside Park NJ 50.93% 4 Jerry Wright - William Fritsch Jr, Kingsport TN 53.47% 3 Stephen Simmons - Paul Cuneo, Houston TX 50.46% 1 1 James Chan, San Jose CA; Janet Williams, Houston TX 53.24% 2 2 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 52.78% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 1 David Livingston - J Livingston, Johnstown PA 59.49% 1 Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Jane Shaw, Columbia MD 68.75% 2 2 2 Bonnie Gellas - Diane Mangasarian, New York NY 58.80% 2 1 1 Jack Mayer - Fran Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 62.04% 3 3 Martha Jo Jones, Baton Rouge LA; Irby Jones, Gonzales LA 57.41% 3 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 58.33% 4 4 Ann Adler - Larry Adler, Memphis TN 50.00% 4 Roger Smith, Pittsburg CA; Carol Griffin, Walnut Creek CA 56.71% 2 2 Mark Rosenholz, Albany NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 48.84% 3 Sabrina Frean - Chaim Kozlovsky, New York NY 48.61% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Barbara Jur, Warren MI 56.13% 1 1 Serge Bondar, Wheeling IL; Marshall Baum, Highland Park IL 62.15% 2 Dianne Carr - Lee Steinmeier, Duluth MN 55.04% 2 2 Carol Pollock, Delray Beach FL; Jacqueline Levy, Boca Raton FL 60.10% 3 Raymond Hickey, Gulf Breeze FL; Carla Hickey, Pensacola FL 54.11% 3 Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 54.46% 4 John Liukkonen - Doris Liukkonen, Metairie LA 53.82% 4 Jane Dickey - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 52.11% 1 1 Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA; Michael Mihevc, Little Falls NY 49.74% 1 Brenda Watkins - Paul Watkins, Ocean Springs MS 46.96% 2 Robert Vollbracht, Clearwater FL; Diane Vollbracht, Largo FL 49.04%

SATURDAY-SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES 2ND OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Michael Falcon - Debra Gay Falcon, Harvey LA 56.95% 1 1 1 Stan Fong, Toronto ON; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 57.17% 2 Jim McMullin, Chapala Mexico; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD 54.63% 2 2 Stan Chow, San Francisco CA; Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA 56.71% 3 2 Marilyn Arnold, San Antonio TX; Jerrold Harrington, Garden Ridge TX 53.93% 3 3 Amy Peterson-Reznik - Richard Polangin, Tallahassee FL 55.33% 4/5 3/4 Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 52.54% 4 2 Mary Seggerman, Bearsville NY; Joanne Brown, Santa Cruz CA 53.71% 4/5 3/4 1 Kathy Boyd, Casselberry FL; Maryann Soinski, Winter Park FL 52.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN 60.42% 1 Dewy Cundiff - Peg Cundiff, Las Vegas NV 54.86% 2 1 Eugene Hung, San Jose CA; Jennifer Gu, Sunnyvale CA 59.96% 2 Tina Radding, Charleston SC; Sherril Cuzzell, Summerville SC 54.17% 3 William Sentman, Scott Depot WV; Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 55.79% 3 1 Mina Chesnut, Shreveport LA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 52.78% 4 2 Talbot Lewin, Baltimore MD; Allan Mazer, Towson MD 55.09% 4 2 Michael McConochie, Statesville NC; Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC 51.16% 3 Luna Benardete, New York NY; Judy McDonald, Henderson NV 51.85% 3 Neale Van Delft - Jo Ann Van Delft, Mahwah NJ 50.46% 1 Michele Snyder, Olathe KS; Charles Herman, Kansas City MO 51.16% 1 Jean Hackett - David Hackett, Toronto ON 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 58.53% 1 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Kevin Cline, Frisco TX 67.13% 2 1 James Di Napoli, Wall NJ; William Jenkins, Amarillo TX 58.46% 2 2 James Jackson - Edward Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 55.01% 3 2 1 Jason Miller - Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 56.95% 3 3 1 Jody Pedri, Costa Mesa CA; Hans Giroux, Irvine CA 50.47% 4 3 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 50.68% 4 Richard Higgins, Gallup NM; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 50.14% 2 Marilyn Fournet - Mary Lou Owens, Oxford MS 47.41%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Miriam Shaw - Alfred Shaw, Bloomfield Twp MI 72.00% 1 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 66.25% 2 2 1 Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; Ginger Hebert, Lafayette LA 53.50% 2 1 Bonnie Macbride - Ray Barber, Lafayette CA 59.67% 3 2 Darlene Lindner - Gene Lindner, Belle Chasse LA 51.67% 3 Claire McGuire, Glenview IL; Harriet Nelson, New Orleans LA 54.08% 2 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Dorothy Mounce, Ecru MS 46.08% 1 Thomas Mack Spencer, Morgan City LA; David Schulte, 44.25% FRIDAY-TUESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 2ND OF 5 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION M EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Thomas Foerster, Newtown Square PA 64.96% 1 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 62.88% 2 2 Ronald Kral - Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 64.02% 2 1 1 Juinez Moss - Liz Karnicki, Beaumont TX 60.42% 3 3 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 57.95% 3 2 2 Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 56.06% 4 4 1 Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Greg Schepens, Austin TX 53.98% 4 3 3 Joan Johnson, Pls Vrds Estate CA; Carolyn Heyn, Pls Vds Estates CA 53.41% 5 5 Brian Howard, Bradenton FL; Karen Kribs, Aspen CO 53.03% 5 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI 53.03% 6 Carol Campbell, Universal City TX; Nell Morgan, New Braunfels TX 52.65% 6 4 Ray Lytle - Sandy Linn, Paducah KY 52.65% 7 6 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 50.57% 7 5 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Barbara Martikan, Dallas TX 51.70% 2 Michael Tait - Greg Carey, Hamilton Bermuda 49.24% 6 Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Glen Mills PA 49.62%

1ST SATURDAY MORNING 0-50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nelson Daigle - Donald Loisel, Metairie LA 62.08% 1 1 1 Connie Hester - Stephanie Fogleman, Baton Rouge LA 60.83% 2 Fran Williams, Crossville TN; Thomas Williams, Fairfield Glade TN 57.08% 2 Warrene Gambino, Covington LA; Nancy Graham, Mandville LA 59.58% 3 Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA; Jane Buckman, Houston TX 52.92% 3 2 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 53.75% 1 Shelley Radcliffe - Jill Gasper, Dublin OH 50.00% 2 Barbara Pyburn, Metarie LA; Peggy McCranie, Metairie LA 52.92% 2 1 Dale Strickland - Mike Lappa, New Orleans LA 49.58%

1ST SATURDAY MORNING 0-300 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Patricia Burke, New Orleans LA; Sandra Brown, Mandeville LA 59.83% 1 Juanita Kelley - Buz Kelley, Pineville LA 59.10% 2 Peter Ahlstedt, Copenhag Denmark; Henrik Rud Pedersen, Rodovre Denmark 56.39% 2 1 Pat Brion - Charles Brion, Edmond OK 57.61% 2 2 2 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Bradley Keller, South Lyon MI 56.08% 3 2 Irma Dearie, Metairie LA; Lilian Kirshbom, New Orleans LA 57.24% 3 3 George Hill, Matairie LA; Vivian Hill, Metairie LA 49.74% 4 Katherine Siebel, Kenner LA; Ronald Haag, Metairie LA 53.02% 4 Sandra Dubroc, Mandeville LA; Wanda Picarella, Metairie LA 49.70% 1 Wanda Hoffmeister - Betty Parke, Mandeville LA 39.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Bennye Randall - Patricia Dixon, Lafayette LA 55.06% 1 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 64.29% 2 2 1 Suzie Wilson - Mary Watters, Houston TX 54.46% 2 1 1 Barbara Wardrop, Rockford MI; Geri Higgins, Gallup NM 55.95% 3/4 3 Thomas Mack Spencer, Morgan City LA 52.38% 3 2 Diane Gup - Alex Gup, Pensacola FL 53.87% 3/4 Jane Thau - William Thau, St Simons Is GA 52.38% 4 3 2 Ellis Margaret - Warren Courtade, Mandeville LA 48.81%

BRIDGE-PLUS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST 1 Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC; Fred Martikan, 81.70% 1 Sheryl Thompson - Trevor Thompson, Metairie LA 74.43% 2 Richard Freeman Jr - Sarah Allen, Folsom LA 67.25% 2 Wade Kilbride - Janet Kilbride, Oviedo FL 62.88% 3 Lynne Peterson - Polly Thomas, Metairie LA 54.73% 3 Tesha Nguyen - Jake Joiner, Houston TX 59.10% 4 Ann Preaus - Eugene Preaus, New Orleans LA 49.43% 4 Janet Cieutat - Tommye Kimble, Hammond LA 55.03%

SHARON KERN DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 61.17% 1 Charles Bradford Jr - Ed Barnes, Columbus GA 60.42% 2 Georgette King, Miami Beach FL; Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH 59.47% 2 1 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Daryl Gahm, Vancleave MS 58.52% 3 1 Todd Lusk - C Reis, Baton Rouge LA 57.95% 3 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Rose Boot, Fresno CA 57.77% 4 2 1 Richard Osborne - A Partesotti, New Orleans LA 57.01% 4 Sarko Kassabian, Saint-Laurent QC; Hayk Bosnakyan, Montreal QC 57.39% 5 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 55.68% 5/6 2/3 Edmund Cappel, Thibodaux LA; Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA 57.20% 6 Charleen Cole - Judy Steinfeld, Shreveport LA 53.98% 5/6 2/3 David Meyer - Marlene Meyer, Scranton PA 57.20% 3 Johnny Townsend, Greenwell Spgs LA; Mike Stansbury, Lafayette LA 51.52% 4 Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn, Larchmont NY 55.49% 4 Carol Hargrave, Brooksville FL; Patricia Foster, New Port Richey FL 49.24% 1 Louis Richardson - Timothy Calamari Jr, Metairie LA 43.56% 2 Ildiko Baxter, Cleveland Hghts OH; Gunhild Alius, Beachwood OH 42.23% 2 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Dorothy Mounce, Ecru MS 42.99% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 66.48% 1 Fred Paul, Ft Lee NJ; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 59.85% 2 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 62.88% 2 Kay Afdahl - Darwin Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 59.09% 3 Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop ME; Dorothy Kelleher, Westbrook ME 59.09% 3/4 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 55.30% 4 1 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN 58.71% 3/4 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 55.30% 5 Donna McBride, Kerrville TX; Diane Olson, San Antonio TX 56.63% 5 1 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 50.38% 6 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 55.30% 6 Celia Austenfeld - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 49.81% 2 1 Rosalee Livingston, Madison MS; Danella Catchings, Jackson MS 47.73% 2/3 1 Dave Malen, Toronto ON; R Wildman, North Ft Myers FL 49.62% 3 Paul Lee, Biloxi MS; Jim Haupt, Gulfport MS 47.54% 2/3 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 49.62% 4 James Hailey Jr - C J Hoadley, New Orleans LA 44.70% 4 James Etheridge, Laurel MS; Jan Wansley, Ellisville MS 48.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, Dorset VT 59.85% 1 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 64.02% 2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY 57.58% 2 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 58.90% 3 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Margaret Hart, Baton Rouge LA 56.44% 3 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 57.01% 4 2 1 Marian Petry - John Petry, Jr, Harahan LA 54.73% 4 Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON; John Moser, St Agatha ON 56.06% 5 3 Steve Tuggle, Pearland TX; Jeremy Dilbeck, Houston TX 53.22% 5 2 Nadia Koch, Copenhagen Denmark; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 55.11% 6 Madi Drimmer, Sarasota FL; Tom Reid, Gilbert AZ 52.65% 6 3 Lila March, Wyckoff NJ; Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 52.46% 4 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 51.89% 4 Peggy Nielsen, Ojai CA; Elinor Levinson Hood, Ventura CA 50.19% 2 Linda Valentine - Robert Shearer, Hattiesburg MS 49.62% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

SHARON KERN DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 65.53% 1 Georgette King, Miami Beach FL; Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH 67.61% 2 2 Nadia Koch, Copenhagen Denmark; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 61.93% 2 1 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Daryl Gahm, Vancleave MS 61.36% 3 Madi Drimmer, Sarasota FL; Tom Reid, Gilbert AZ 58.71% 3 2 Todd Lusk - C Reis, Baton Rouge LA 59.66% 4 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 58.33% 4 3 1 Linda Hays - Mary Udell, Albuquerque NM 57.20% 5 3 Andrew Purbrick - Deborah Purbrick, West Chester PA 55.11% 5 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, Austin TX 56.63% 6 Larry Federico, Metairie LA; Idell Adams, Baton Rouge LA 54.92% 6 4 Richard Goad - Tamah Goad, Lake Charles LA 53.98% 4 Lila March, Wyckoff NJ; Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 54.73% 2 Richard Osborne - A Partesotti, New Orleans LA 45.45%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 58.14% 1 1 1 Kim O’Hara - Michael Novack, Humble TX 65.72% 2 1 Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 57.20% 2 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Phillips, Tulsa OK 60.98% 3 2 1 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Dorothy Mounce, Ecru MS 55.30% 3 2 Hirsh Schnayer, Laval QC; Barry Holt, Chicago IL 57.39% 4/5 3/4 Sara Babb - Joe Elsbury, Lafayette LA 53.98% 4 3 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 55.87% 4/5 3/4 William McCaskill, Richton MS; Marion House, Laurel MS 53.98% 5 Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop ME; Dorothy Kelleher, Westbrook ME 53.03% 6 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Rose Boot, Fresno CA 53.79% 6 Donna McBride, Kerrville TX; Diane Olson, San Antonio TX 52.84% 2 Betty Clark, Lake Charles LA; Marilyn Fontenot, Lake Charge LA 48.11% 4 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Theodore Morris, New Orleans LA 50.38%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 64.39% 1 1 Bo Liu, Mabelvale AR; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 64.20% 2 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 62.31% 2 Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON; John Moser, St Agatha ON 59.47% 3 1 Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 61.17% 3 2 William Garrard Jr - Hui Hua Garrard, Irving TX 58.14% 4 Fred Paul, Ft Lee NJ; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 58.33% 4 3 Fred Hawa - Judith Chaice, White Plains NY 56.82% 5 Kay Afdahl - Darwin Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ 56.82% 5 4 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, Dorset VT 56.63% 6 Celia Austenfeld - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 54.17% 6 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 55.30% 2 Anne Dolbear, Cary NC; Jennifer Nabrynski, Durham NC 52.84% 1 Linda Valentine - Robert Shearer, Hattiesburg MS 43.18% 3 Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA; Maryse Hambrick, Saint-Laurent QC 50.57% 2 Marian Petry - John Petry, Jr, Harahan LA 41.48% 4 James Hailey Jr - C J Hoadley, New Orleans LA 46.97% 1 Rosalee Livingston, Madison MS; Danella Catchings, Jackson MS 46.78% 2 Raylene Schmidt, Lafayette LA; Tamra Bertoldi, LA 42.61%

FLIGHT A/X OPEN PAIRS 1OF2 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN OO EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 64.61% 1 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 62.76% 2 1 Kent Massie, Lexington VA; Geoffrey Mallette, Richmond VA 60.94% 2 Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX; Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX 59.14% 3 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 60.60% 3 1 Kismet Fung - Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 59.08% 4 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 57.80% 4 Bob Drijver, Tilburg Netherlands; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden 58.25% 5 2 Chuck Wilkinson - Robin Wilkinson, Jackson MS 57.62% 5 2 Diana Miller, Bluffton SC; Peter Wolf, Hilton Head Is SC 57.62% 6 Vinh Tran - Edward Groner, Houston TX 56.33% 6 3 Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 57.51% 7 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 56.32% 7 4 Joan Dziekanski, New York NY; Thomas Turgeon, Memphis TN 57.08% 8 3 Thomas Foerster, Newtown Square PA; Christopher Marlow, Wilmington DE 56.31% 8 5 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 56.84% 9 4 Jack Alhale, New York NY; Dilip Thadani, Hoboken NJ 55.11% 9 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 56.81% 10 5 Gary Greene, Longmont CO; Tom Stack, Boulder CO 54.27% 10 6 Elliot Sternlicht - Alan Lechner, New York NY 56.63% 11 6 Tiger King, Houston TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 54.00% 11 7 Joseph Clark, Dallas TX; Carol Schoenhals, Lubbock TX 54.47% 12 7 Stephen Castellino, Fremont CA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 53.91% 12 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Caroline Pascoe, Sarasota FL 53.72% 13 8 Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI; Mike Hogan, Fort Myers FL 53.76% 13 8 Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC; Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA 53.62% 14 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; George Pisk, Manchaca TX 53.52% 14 9 Dede Pochos, New Rochelle NY; Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn NY 53.61% 15 Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ 53.02% 15 Carolyne Fox - George Fox, Manvel TX 53.03% 16 9 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 52.48% 16 10 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 52.17% 17 10 Bob Bowers - Ellie Miller, Covington LA 51.37% 17 11 Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 51.22% 11 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Michael Lieberman, Cambridge MA 50.89% 12 John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 51.20%

STRATA B/C/D OPEN PAIRS SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 70.49% 1 1 1 Shirley Miller, Golden CO; Robert Vetter, Aurora CO 54.89% 2 Mary Olsky - Mark Olsky, Madison WI 55.09% 2 2 2 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 54.81% 3 1 1 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 53.53% 3 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 54.43% 4 2 2 Suzanne Justice, Arlington TX; Betty Boring, Euless TX 52.98% 4 Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX 53.04% 3 Bonnie Gellas - Diane Mangasarian, New York NY 51.39% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 61.11% 1 1 Miriam Litsky - Howard Litsky, Dunwoody GA 62.04% 2 1 1 Mark Rosenholz, Albany NY; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN 58.56% 2 2 1 Amelie Le Blanc, New Orleans LA; Michael Mihevc, Little Falls NY 53.94% 3 2 Cindy Casson - Pat Moore, Las Vegas NV 58.10% 3 3 2 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 53.70% 4 3 Martha Jo Jones, Baton Rouge LA; Irby Jones, Gonzales LA 56.48% 4 Sabrina Frean - Chaim Kozlovsky, New York NY 53.24% 2 Jack Mayer - Fran Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 42.59% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 1 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 59.81% 1 Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON 61.37% 2 2 Carol Pollock, Delray Beach FL; Jacqueline Levy, Boca Raton FL 55.35% 2 Evan Markowitz - Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 56.92% 3 Jane Dickey - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 55.30% 3 1 1 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Lillian Trac, San Rafael CA 53.38% 4 3 Richard Braunstein - Rosalind Braunstein, Lancaster PA 55.18% 4 Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 51.30% 2 Brenda Watkins - Paul Watkins, Ocean Springs MS 46.15% 2 2 Garth Greene, Playa del Rey CA; Peter Menotti, Los Angeles CA 49.76%

SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 1 OF 4 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 63.62% 1 Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN 70.19% 2 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 57.44% 2 1 Jacquelyn Jones, Dallas TX; Kraig Mundle, Euless TX 63.39% 3 2 1 Walter Magee, Manitou Beach MI; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 56.25% 3 2 Bob Marett, St Simons Is GA; Marguerite Crews, Richmond VA 55.45% 4 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 55.45% 4 3 1 Betty Bayard, Daytona Beach FL; Robert Danielson, Flagler Beach FL 55.05% 5 3 2 Alan Yngve, Saint Paul MN; Normandy Hamilton, Richfield MN 54.65% 5 4 John Jensen, Maysville KY; Suanne Blair, Morehead KY 53.55% 6 Nell Morgan, New Braunfels TX; Carol Campbell, Universal City TX 54.49% 6 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA 53.53% 7 4 Chantal Whitney, Shaker Heights OH; Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH 52.54% 7 Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 53.37% 5 3 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 52.31% 5 Debra Gay Falcon - Michael Falcon, Harvey LA 52.08% 6 Talbot Lewin, Baltimore MD; Allan Mazer, Towson MD 51.17% 6 Mina Chesnut, Shreveport LA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 50.95% 2 Ruth Malen, Baton Rouge LA; Beverly Malen, Chicago IL 49.52% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 64.58% 1 1 Michael McConochie, Statesville NC; Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC 62.18% 2 April Apfelbaum - Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 61.86% 2 Greg Reich - Alan Miller, New York NY 57.53% 3 1 Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 61.06% 3 2 Richard Douglas, Temperance MI; Sigurd Nordvoll, New Orleans LA 55.29% 4 Bernardine Mateer, Monrovia CA; Peter Szecsi, Pasadena CA 58.49% 4 3 Douglas White - Margaret White, Downingtown PA 54.81% 5 2 1 Daniel Recht, Cambridge MA; Rick Weiss, Reno NV 56.73% 5 4 1 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Michele Maxson, Arlington VA 52.88% 6 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 56.41% 6/7 5/6 Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL; Michael Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 50.32% 7 3 Selim Benardete, New York NY; Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 54.01% 6/7 5/6 Dee Moses, New Orleans LA; Jerrilyn Stumpf, Gretna LA 50.32% 4 Puddin Barnes, Brenham TX; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 51.60% 2 Fay Batt - Helen St Romain, Metairie LA 48.56% 5 Ruth Keller - Mary Petty, Asheville NC 50.96% 2 Joan Lennox, New Orleans LA; Gaye Wilson, Metairie LA 48.24%

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA BB CC DD EE FF EAST-WEST 1 Larry Klein, Cincinnati OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 65.55% 1 Tom Townsend, London W9 1sd England; David Gold, London England 62.57% 2 Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 63.70% 2 Darina Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 60.56% 3 Rick Roeder, San Diego CA; Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 63.44% 3 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 60.17% 4 Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 60.25% 4 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY 59.41% 5 Chris Willenken - R Jay Becker, New York NY 59.76% 5 Victoria Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 59.03% 6 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 59.37% 6 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Morella Pacheco, Pompano Beach FL 58.40% 7 Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 58.45% 7 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 57.47% 8 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spykenisse Netherlands 58.00% 8 James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 56.87% 9 Ernesto Muzzio - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina 57.48% 9 Kirshnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 56.80% 10 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ 57.31% 10 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 56.43% 11 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 56.80% 11 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 55.89% 12 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 56.53% 12 Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 55.56% 13 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Norman Bolton, Beverly Hills MI 56.31% 13 Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 55.53% 14 Ronald Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 55.72% 14 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 54.47% 15 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 55.64% 15 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 53.92% 16 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Irina Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 55.48% 16 Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 53.83% 17 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 55.34% 17 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 53.78% 18 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 55.18% 18 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL 53.73% 19 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC 55.12% 19 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 53.66% 20 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 55.03% 20 Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 53.55% 21 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam 1071T Netherlands 54.63% 21 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 53.54% 22 Seymon Deutsch, Laredo TX; John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 54.56% 22 Javier Graupera - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain 53.47% 23 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 54.21% 23 Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 53.34% 24 Craig Gower - Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 53.89% 24 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX 53.33% 25 Howard Piltch - Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 53.71% 25 James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 53.33% 26 Tor Helness, Oslo Norway; Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA 53.69% 26 Ali Koray Selcuk, Istanbul Turkey; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 53.01% 27 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA 53.39% 27 Bryan Maksymetz, Squamish BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 52.76% 28 Joaopaulo Campos - Miguel Villasboas, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil 52.89% 28 Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Allan Rothenberg, W Hartford CT 52.68% 29 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 52.76% 29 Joaquin Pacareu - Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chad 52.50% 30 Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 51.99% 30 Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 52.01% 31 Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 51.51% 31 David Caprera, Denver CO; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 51.58%

1ST SATURDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lenny Li, Oakton VA; Brian Hamrick, Annandale VA 67.95% 1 1 1 David Martin - Lorraine Martin, Madisonville LA 65.91% 2 Carolyn Gornowicz - Jerry Gornowicz, Longboat Key FL 66.59% 2 2 Natalie Comeaux, Oscar LA; Susan Lipsey, Baton Rouge LA 59.55% 3 Kim Davis, New Port Beach CA; Jane Buckman, Houston TX 52.73% 3 3 Edith Fedoroff - Fe Laughlin, Metairie LA 57.05% 4/5 Charles Young Jr - Ina Young, Pinehurst NC 52.27% 4 Hilary McClelland - William McClelland, Vass NC 55.23% 4/5 2 1 Doris Cantor, Hallandale FL; Eileen Guidry, Metairie LA 52.27% 5/6 4 2 Joanie Hartson, New Orleans LA; Barbara Renaudin, Metairie LA 54.09% 6 3 2 Timothy Schmidt, Atlanta GA; Richard Bertoldi, Breaux Bridge LA 51.36% 5/6 Frances Whitworth - Harry Whitworth, Buford GA 54.09% 4 Pat Desforges - Maryann Joyner, Metairie LA 48.64% Daily Bulletin Page 15

1ST SATURDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Clay Brown, Moss Point MS; Loretta Crane, Gautier MS 56.85% 1 1 Ed McMullen - Rhonda McMullen, Mandeville LA 63.10% 2 Gloria McMurry - Shirley Dausch, Mandeville LA 55.95% 2 2 Pat Brion - Charles Brion, Edmond OK 58.93% 3 2 Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; William Beaushaw, Pearl River LA 52.08% 3 3 1 Ann Hough - Sylvia Briscoe, Biloxi MS 53.87% 4/5 3/4 George Hill, Matairie LA; Vivian Hill, Metairie LA 50.89% 4 Carolyn McKeough, Kenner LA; Louise Saik, Metairie LA 52.08% 4/5 3/4 Susan Morrison - Mary Watters, Houston TX 50.89% 5 4 2 Joanne Chancey - William Chancey, Metairie LA 48.81% 2 Kelvin Wallace - Patricia Wallace, Crawfordville FL 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 62.80% 1 Richard Shaker - Roberta Shaker, Annapolis MD 63.99% 2 2 1 Joan Wood, New Orlean LA; Gloria Ayres, Beaumont TX 61.01% 2 1 1 Warren Courtade - Ellis Margaret, Mandeville LA 55.95% 3 3 Ueli Geissmann, Slidell LA; Tom Dunn, Pearl River LA 57.74% 3 2 2 Geri Higgins, Gallup NM; Barbara Wardrop, Rockford MI 55.36% 4 Juanita Kelley - Buz Kelley, Pineville LA 52.38% 4 3 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 54.46% 5 4 Debbie Rothschild, Metairie LA; Lilian Kirshbom, New Orleans LA 50.00% 5 4 3 Robert Ross - Diane Ross, Dunkirk MD 53.57% 2/3 Alexa Canady-Davis - Maggie Campbell, Pensacola FL 48.21% 2/3 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Bradley Keller, South Lyon MI 48.21%

YOUNG 0-1500 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTION KK 1 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 67.91% 2 Lelvin Crowe - Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 58.60% 3 Mitch Towner - Robert Whitcher, Austin TX 56.95% 4 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA 55.82% 5 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 55.76% 6 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 54.08% 7 Eric Schulz - Mary Skavaril, Reynoldsburg OH 53.82% 8 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 53.55% 9 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 53.44% 10 Oyvind Tafjord - Paul Craviotto, Eugene OR 52.60% 11 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 51.04%

BRUCE 0-5000 LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HH II JJ EAST-WEST 1 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 59.67% 1 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA 60.93% 2 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 57.79% 2 Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 60.43% 3 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 57.49% 3 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 60.17% 4 Linda Golumbia - Arthur Golumbia, West Bloomfield MI 57.34% 4 Maureen Brines - Tracy Brines, Richland WA 59.72% 5 Maritha Pottenger - William Grant, San Diego CA 56.43% 5 John Richardson - Charles Cook, Montgomery AL 57.74% 6 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 56.07% 6 Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 56.12% 7 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 55.26% 7 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 56.07% 8 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Ron Beall, Bellingham WA 54.61% 8 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 54.40% 9 Sandra Nott, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 54.45% 9 Sidney Golub, West Palm Beach FL; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 53.64% 10 Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL; Keith White, Jacksonville FL 54.40% 10 Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA 53.49% 11 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON 54.05% 11 Larry Weatherholt, Shawnee Mission KS; Gary Morrison, Westminster CO 52.78% 12 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 53.19% 12 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL 52.73% 13 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 52.88% 13 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 52.28% 14 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 52.38% 14 Jill Burtram - Lisa Mann, Albuquerque NM 52.07% 15 Andrew De Leon, Laguna Hills CA; Patricia Menefee, Laguna Niguel CA 51.77% 15 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 51.72% 16 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA 51.21% 16 David Amsterdam, Wayne PA; Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA 51.21%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day

Monday, July 26, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 4th single Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Monday, July 26, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, July 26, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Lagniappe Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton, Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18 (3000+, 0-3000) Gold Rush Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Galerie 1, 2nd Floor $16 $18 (300-750, 0-300)

Monday, July 26, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single Marriott, Mardi Gras Salon A-H, 3rd Floor $16 $18

Monday, July 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $20 — WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $20 — 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 1 Marriott, TBA $17 — 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 1 Marriott, TBA $17 — Pre-registration for all national knockout events required by 8 p.m. Sunday, July 25. The Spingold, Wagar and 0-5000 Mini-Spingold continue until completed. The 0-1500 Mini-Spingold ends no later than Friday, July 30. TRUSCOTT / USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Ruth and Ralph Chesson Memorial Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Mardi Gras Salon A-H, 3rd Floor $16 $18 Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Monday, July 26, 2:30 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single Marriott, Mardi Gras Salon A-H, 3rd Floor $16 $18 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Monday, July 26, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events

Sunday, July 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 1st Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, July 25, 9:45 a.m. Happy Bridge single Marriott, Galerie 1, 2nd Floor Free Free Free lesson, then 14-board game at 12:30 p.m., no card fee

Sunday, July 25, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, July 25, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Sheraton, Rhythms Ballroom, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, July 25, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, July 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $20 — Bruce LM-5000 Pairs 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $17 — Young LM-1500 Pairs 1-2 F Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $17 — MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $20 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C 1-2 F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor $17 — Dr. William Bagnetto Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $16 $18 Barbara Kantor Memorial Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Bracketed Flight B Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Marriott, Mardi Gras Salon A-H, 3rd Floor $16 $18 Brackets of eight teams, three gold overall places per bracket. Teams may not drop out after one session. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Marriott, Preservation Hall, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Collegiate Team Championship SF & F Marriott, Balconies, 4th Floor No fee

Sunday, July 25, 2:30 p.m. Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Marriott, Galerie 1, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Open to Flight A/X Swiss drop-outs and new entrants Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Sunday, July 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Marriott, Galeries 4-6, 2nd Floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Leaders in the 2010 Barry Crane Top 500 contest

Totals as of July 7, 2010 27. Allan Graves, Barnet VT 695 54. Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 566 1. Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 1370 28. David Siebert, Little Rock AR 677 55. Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 564 2. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Beach FL 1256 29. Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 677 56. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA 562 3. Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 1214 30. David Caprera, Denver CO 675 57. Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC 559 4. Eddie Wold, Houston TX 1157 31. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 671 58. Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 552 5. Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 1062 32. Dan Morse, Houston TX 664 59. Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 547 6. Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1035 33. Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 651 60. Ken Gee, Regina SK 544 7. Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 961 34. Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 636 61. Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL 538 8. Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 950 35. Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 635 62. Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 538 9. Robert Morris, Houston TX 883 36. Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 631 63. Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA 538 10. G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 872 37. Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC 630 64. Jim Looby, Burbank CA 535 11. Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 854 38. Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI 627 65. William Hunter, Peabody MA 534 12. Michael Seamon, Dania FL 842 39. John Hurd, New York NY 624 66. James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 533 13. Chris Compton, Dallas TX 839 40. Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 624 67. John Zilic, Houston TX 532 14. Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL 823 41. Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 617 68. Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 530 15. Gary Cohler, Miami FL 794 42. Sam Lev, New York NY 616 69. Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Hills CA 528 16. Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 769 43. Judith Bianco, New York NY 614 70. Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 528 17. Les Bart, Bradenton FL 767 44. John Onstott, New Orleans LA 610 71. John Russell, North Barringto IL 525 18. Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 747 45. Justin Lall, Dallas TX 605 72. George Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 525 19. Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 736 46. Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA 604 73. Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 524 20. Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 735 47. Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 589 74. Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 519 21. Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 732 48. Leonard Melander, West Bloomfield MI 588 75. Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL 519 22. Robert Teel Jr., Birmingham AL 721 49. Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 580 76. Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 516 23. Joe Grue, New York NY 718 50. Mark Lair, Canyon TX 578 77. Bella Ionis‑Sorren, Ft. Lauderdale FL 516 24. Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 715 51. Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 576 78. G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD 511 25. Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 705 52. Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 572 79. Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 508 26. David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 698 53. Owen Lien, Hickory NC 567 80. Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 507