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July 17-27, 2003 75th Summer North American Bridge Championships Daily BulletinLong Beach, California Volume 75, Number 9 Saturday, July 26, 2003 Editors: Henry Francis and Paul Linxwiler Winners of the 0–5000 Mini- Spingold: Brian Gunnell, Rich Pavlicek, Barbara Wallace and Mark Jaeger. (Not pic- tured: Lisa Kow) Wallace wins 0–5000 Mini-Spingold The team captained by Barbara Wallace was the directors to miss the semifinal match on plagued by a series of unfortunate accidents away Thursday to attend the funeral, then I caught the from the table, but overcame the obstacles to win early flight back to Long Beach Friday morning to Victors in the IMP Pairs: Steve Weinstein and the Mini-Spingold I (0–5000) Knockout Teams. play in the final.” Robert Levin. Playing with Wallace was Brian Gunnell, Rich Wallace expressed gratitude to the directing staff Pavlicek, Mark Yaeger and Lisa Kow. They defeat- for allowing her temporary departure from the event. ed the squad of Marjorie Michelin, David Anding, Teammate Lisa Kow had a medical emergency Levin, Weinstein Ken Titow, Andy Vinock and Ed Ulman 119–104. on Friday and missed the entire final. Wallace experienced a personal tragedy early in Despite the chaos, the Wallace team withstood take IMP Pairs the week when she learned that her best friend a strong challenge from Michelin, who reduced a Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein have added Maddy had died suddenly in Florida. 27-IMP lead by Wallace at the half to 3 IMPs by the yet another bridge title to their collection by win- “I flew back to Fort Lauderdale as soon as I end of the third quarter. Wallace stayed in control, ning the four-session Lebhar IMP Pairs. Levin, of could when I heard that Maddy died,” said Wallace. however, winning by 15. Bronx NY, and Weinstein, of Andes NY, posted a “I played half the match on Wednesday (the quar- Wallace 26 65 84 119 final tally of 101.22, well ahead of runners-up terfinals) and left for Florida. I got permission from Michelin 34 38 81 104 Mitch Dunitz and Iftikhar Baqai. Dunitz, of Sherman Oaks CA, and Baqai, of Irvine CA, fin- ished with 79.17. They won the 0–1500 With two rounds to go, Dunitz and Baqai led Mini-Spingold the event, but their final two rounds “weren’t good” Knockouts: Rob according to Dunitz, who predicted that he and Meckstroth, Jim Baqai would fall several places in the standings. Hawkes, Richard Levin and Weinstein, meanwhile, bid and made a Regan, Andrew Hurd slam on the final round to help push them from sec- and Matt Meckstroth. ond place into first. In third with 76.49 were Ed Schulte of Tampa Meckstroth tops “Micro” Spingold FL and Joseph Godefrin of Sarasota FL. Levin and Weinstein were members of the ventions,” said Matt. The winners of the Mini-Spingold II (0–1500) Spingold team captained by Jimmy Cayne. The Knockout Teams are Matt Meckstroth, Rob Asked whether their well-known father coach- Continued on page 2 Meckstroth, Jim Hawkes, Richard Regan and es them, the answer is a fairly quick no. Andrew Hurd. They won convincingly in yester- “We’ve pretty much learned the game on our day’s final against the squad of Bruce Blakely, Fred own. Dad’s never tried to persuade us to get into Stout, Nancy Ferguson and David Bryant 213–103. bridge, but if we have a question, we ask him.” Spingold final: Matt Meckstroth, 20, is a student at the Hurd, 21, is a senior at the College of University of Florida studying economics. His Charleston studying business administration. Welland vs. Meltzer Fellow Charlestonian Hawkes and Regan (of brother Rob, 17, will be a freshman at the The final of the Spingold Knockout Teams will Inman SC) are the “senior” members of the team. University of Florida this fall. The brothers fre- feature squads captained by Roy Welland and Rose Regan is a former Navy Seal, and now owns a quently play together. Meltzer. landscaping business. Hawkes owns a publishing “We emphasize card play and defense when we Welland (Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, company, and is a former professor of statistics. play or practice. With school, we don’t have the Michael Rosenberg, Adam Zdmudzinski and time to devote to studying complex bidding con- Continued on page 2 Cezary Balicki) defeated the four-handed team of Gerald Sosler, Kay Schulle, Massimo Lanzarotti Vugraph to feature and Andrea Buratti 192–159. Welland jumped out to a 71–32 first-quarter lead. Sosler rallied in the third quarter to trail only by 10, but never got any Gates and Buffett closer. Welland won by 33. The entire Spingold final will be on vugraph Meltzer dominated the first half of their match today, under the direction of Chris Compton. The with Nickell. A huge 69–11 first quarter lead was first half will start at 1 p.m. and the second at 8 p.m. increased by half time to 104–32. Nickell cut the The vugraph theater is located in the Convention lead by 10 IMPs in the third quarter, and then Center, main level, in Rooms 104 B and C. outscored Meltzer 30–1 in the last set, but it was not A special feature of the show will be interviews enough. Meltzer advanced 137–104. with Warren Buffett, perhaps the greatest financier in the world, and Bill Gates, head of Microsoft. Chris Compton , center, accepts check for Results of Yesterday’s Spingold matches Both are competing in the Master Mixed Teams, $4000 for winning the Money Prize Tournament but they will take the time to be interviewed by Individual. At left is G.S. Jade Barrett, who 1 Welland 71 110 122 192 Compton. received $2000 for placing second. The pre- 4 Sosler 32 87 112 159 Working with Compton on the commentary sentations were made by June Mitchell, pro- moter for the tournament. See story on page 5. will be David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Jeff 3 Meltzer 69 104 136 137 Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell and George Jacobs. 2 Nickell 11 32 74 104 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS/SEMINARS/RECEPTIONS Saturday, July 26 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. Vugraph of the Spingold final. Noon - 5 p.m. Vugraph of the Spingold final. Room 104-B & C, Convention Room 104-B & C, Convention Center. Center. BRIDGE TALKS Ralph Katz (left) and Michael Rosenberg were second in the Life Master Pairs. Saturday, July 26 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer 9:45 a.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Carl Dahl, “Micro” Spingold Speakers Program: Jade Takeout Doubles. Room 101 Continued from page 1 Barrett, It’s All in Your Head. Convention Center. Room 101 Convention Center. “This is my biggest thrill ever in the game,” said Hawkes. ENTERTAINMENT “The funniest thing about the whole event is that we almost didn’t play. Matt, Rob and Rich Food events will take place from 11 p.m. until Sherlock Holmes and the were looking for a fourth just before game time, so midnight in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency. Missing Queen; Southern epic: we hooked up with them. Ten minutes later, and we Most entertainment is also scheduled at 11 p.m. Gone with the Slam. Late-night would have missed them.” in the Hyatt lobby. snack: ice cream bars. Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Meckstroth 57 85 137 213 11 p.m. Bridge sketches with Joel 9:30 a.m. Mini-cinnamon buns. Blakely 10 46 76 103 Hoersch: Stiff-Kingston Trio; IMP Pairs Berkowitz finds Break in communications Continued from page 1 George Mittelman and Brian Glubok did a key to puzzle good job of breaking up declarer’s communications squad was upset on the first day of the event, David Berkowitz found a neat line of play to on this Spingold deal. however, leaving the pair free to enter the IMP bring home a difficult notrump game on this ♠ 7 4 Pairs. Spingold deal. He saw that he probably would be ♥ A K 9 7 2 “We ought to stick to pair events,” joked unable to use dummy’s clubs because dummy’s ♦ J Weinstein, but there’s a kernel of truth in his entry was destroyed by the opening spade lead. But ♣ A 8 7 6 5 humor. He and Levin have an outstanding pair- the clubs still played a key role in the play. ♠ J 9 6 ♠ Q 5 3 event record. ♠ A ♥ Q J 10 6 5 ♥ 4 3 ♥ Q ♦ A2 ♦ 10 8 5 4 3 Nominations open for ♦ 9 8 5 4 ♣ K 10 9 ♣ J 4 2 ♣ A J 10 7 5 4 3 ♠ A K 10 8 2 2004 Hall of Fame ♠ Q J 7 6 ♠ 9 8 5 3 2 ♥ 8 ACBL members are encouraged to propose ♥ A 8 5 4 ♥ 10 7 6 3 ♦ K Q 9 7 6 names for consideration to be nominated by the ♦ K 7 6 2 ♦ 3 ♣ Q 3 Hall of Fame Committee. Proposals will be accept- ♣ Q ♣ K 6 2 West North East South ed July 1 through Sept. 30. ♠ K 10 4 Mittelman Jacobs Glubok Katz Admission to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame ♥ K J 9 2 1♥ Pass 1♠ may occur in four ways: ♦ A Q J 10 Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ (1) Election as a living member by electors. ♣ 9 8 Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT Living nominees must have attained the age of 60 West North East South All Pass by Jan. 1, 2004. Buratti Cohen Lanzarotti Berkowitz Mittelman led the ♥5 despite the opening bid, (2) Election as a deceased member by electors.
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