Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Volume 81, Number 6 Daily Bulletin Washington, DC

81st Summer North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Ledeen grabs Two high seeds fall Senior Swiss crown in ’s first full day The team captained by James Cayne, seeded No. 3 in the Spingold Knockout Teams, is now on Truscott USPC the sidelines after losing 141-140 to a California Senior Swiss squad captained by Mike Levinson. Teams Levinson, seeded No. 62, is playing with Paul champions: McDaniels, Andrew Gumperz and Michael non-playing Crawford. captain Beta Nahapetian, They took an early lead against Cayne and Benito Garozzo, built an 18-IMP lead at halftime, but Cayne came Lea Dupont, back to go ahead 118-111 with a quarter to go. Karen Allison Levinson won the final set 30-12 to advance. and Mike Ledeen. Continued on page 5 Defending champs The foursome of Michael Ledeen of Chevy Ledeen. His best previous finish was second in the ousted from Wagar Chase MD, Karen Allison of Las Vegas, and Keohane North American Swiss Teams. His Benito Garozzo and Lea Dupont of Palm Beach teammates have each won previous NABC titles, The top-seeded squad in the Wagar Women’s FL topped the field in the Truscott/U.S. Playing (and Garozzo, of course, has multiple world titles Knockout Teams was eliminated from play in Card Senior Swiss Teams, posting a total of to his credit), but this is the first time any have yesterday’s quarterfinal round. The team of Lynn 127.18 Victory Points to win the two-day event. won this particular event. Baker, Karen McCallum, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, In second with 124 VPs were Tom Rutledge of Irina Levitina, and Sam Dinkin npc, Charleston SC, Bill Wisdom of Salisbury NC, and the defending champions and U.S. representative Jerry Helms and Robert Bitterman of Charlotte Attendance through to the upcoming in Sao Paulo, lost NC. 179-144 to the No. 8 seed of Lynne Schaefer, The winners qualified 20-25th in the opening Tuesday evening: Susan Miller, Bronia Jenkins, Kyoko Shimamura, round, but stormed to the front in the two-session Martha Katz and Ellasue Chaitt. final. 8323 Tables Schaefer will face No. 4 Lisa Berkowitz’s This was the first NABC victory for captain squad in the semifinal round. The other semifinal bracket features the team captained by Geeske Joel against Shawn Quinn’s Gunnell, Brady lead Wernher Pairs squad. The Florida-based duo of Brian Gunnell and with 1207.13 to lead by less than half a . John Brady led the qualifiers in yesterday’s In second with 1193 are Nicholas L’Ecuyer Many top seeds opening round of the . With a and Nikolay Demirev. 59.32% game in the afternoon session and a Of the 248 pairs that entered the event, 130 exit Mini-Spin 1 62.85% in the evening, Gunnel and Brady finished made the cut to today’s two-session final. In round-of-32 action in the Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams, the Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 seeds were among those defeated yesterday. Some highlights: Martels prove bridge The No. 2 seed led by Chuck Kreuger lost 118-99 to the No. 31 team, the California-based and marriage can mix squad captained by Robert Roman. Robert Glickman’s No. 3 seed trailed the By Karen Walker entire match against their No. 30 opponents from Anyone who has ever played bridge with a Massachusetts, led by Brian Duran. Glickman spouse or “significant other” knows the special charged in the last set, but fell short by 1 IMP: challenges of juggling a bridge partnership and a 108-107. personal relationship. Many couples handle both The No. 4 team captained by James Melville, well and have long records of tournament a previous winner of the event, fell 104-88 to the successes. Others have only slightly better rapport No. 29 squad led by Gary Donner. than John and Myrtle Bennett. One married couple who seems to know the secret is Chip and Jan Martel, who won the Grand Nos. 1, 2 seeds out National Teams, Championship Flight, at this tournament. It was the first win in this event for in Mini-Spin II Jan and a record-breaking eighth GNT In Tuesday’s round of 16 in the Mini-Spingold championship for Chip. Knockout Teams II, the No.1 squad led by Alex The Martels were married in 1982, the year of Lovejoy tied the No. 16 captained by Victor Hsu, Chip’s first GNT win. The format back then 131-131. IN the playoff, however, Hsu prevailed included a round of zonal playoffs to determine the 32-0 to advance. teams that would advance to the NABC, and the Dana Berkowitz’s No. 2 squad was walloped playoff happened to be the day after their wedding. by Peter Boyd-Bowman’s No. 15 team 233-124. The newlyweds had barely said, “I do” before they Eric Hendrickson’s No. 10 squad staged the were on a plane to Los Angeles for the zonal only comeback of the round. Trailing by 31 IMPs match. after the first quarter, they tied No. 7 Kenneth Chip and Jan began playing together in the Hopke’s team by the end of the thirds set, and Continued on page 4 went on to win 96-76. Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Wednesday, July 29 4:30 - 7 p.m. Junior players: Don’t miss the Junior Lounge 9 a.m. - Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education for Junior players (under 26) are invited to the Junior Lounge, bridge directors to increase their skills. Part 2 of 2. Fee: an informal get-together, on Wednesday, July 29, from 4:30 $15. Room: Taft. to 7 p.m. (between the afternoon and evening sessions). 4:30 - 7 p.m. Youth players: Don’t miss the Youth Lounge Meet old friends, make new ones, and meet some terrific, Youth players (under 26) are invited to the Youth Lounge, top-level players and mentors to talk about bridge. The an informal get-together, on Wednesday, July 29, from 4:30 meet-up will be held in the Taylor Room, located on the to 7 p.m. (between the afternoon and evening sessions). Mezzanine Level near the Thurgood Marshall Ballroom. Meet old friends, make new ones, and meet some terrific, top-level players and mentors to talk about bridge. The Friday, July 31 meet-up will be held in the Taylor Room, located on the 10 a.m. - Noon "Start to Play" lesson. Bridge lessons for beginners. Room: Mezzanine Level near the Thurgood Marshall Ballroom. Thurgood Marshall E. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Washington DC daily in Exhibit Thursday, July 30 Hall B. 9:45 am Lisa Berkowitz An Intro to Defensive Signals Wednesday, July 29 6:45 pm Ellen Kent Simple is Better 9:45 am Phillip Alder Basic Defense Signals Friday, July 31 6:45 pm Gary King Making Close Decisions: 9:45 am Leslie Shafer Bidding With No Points! Big Score Impact 6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett The Learning Curve LATE NIGHT/ENTERTAINMENT All entertainment will take place in the Thurgood Marshall Ballroom. 11:15 pm-12:30 am : Final of the Wagar Women's Knockout Wednesday, July 29 Teams (note change) 10:30 pm-Midnight Popcorn and Cracker Jack Friday, July 30 11:15 pm-12:15 am Alain Nu: Mentalist and Magician 10:30 pm-Midnight Ice Cream Bars and Fruit Bars Thursday, July 30 8 pm til , Pianist (note change) 10:30 pm-Midnight Cheddar Cheese and Apple / Cinnamon Soft Pretzels

Be sure to New Enhancement to ACBL bans electronic stop by the Tournament ACBL Web Site: NABC devices in national events Information Desk Top Winners Directory The ACBL Board of Directors approved a and get your official Are you curious about who has placed first or comprehensive ban on second in past North American Bridge Washington DC electronic devices for all Championship events? You can put your curiosity NABC t-shirt national level events, but not to rest by using a new search feature that is now regional or Intermediate before you leave! available on the ACBL web site. This new feature Newcomer contests: Men’s and Women’s styles— allows you the ability to search either by event or Electronic devices, excluding health related lots of sizes, royal blue and navy last name. equipment, capable of sending or receiving $15 for Adults • $12 for Youth Go to the ACBL web site home page at communication, including but not limited to, www.acbl.org and click “NABC Winners’ headphones, earphones, cellular phones and Directory,” located on the left-hand side of the minicomputers: (1) shall not be allowed in the page, to start taking advantage of this new feature. playing areas, adjacent hallways, restrooms or Life Master News accessible break areas; and (2) shall not be used during a session. Billie Kathleen Brown of Evansville IN soon These restrictions shall apply to all pairs, will be the proud owner of a new gold card, Stone’s Throw will offer a limited a la carte team members, captains, coaches, recorders and having become a Life Master playing in a compact menu, in addition to a dinner buffet: kibitzers and shall apply throughout any actual knockout teams at the Summer NABC. Wednesday, July 29 playing session or segment. Two other Evansville players helped Brown Soup Of The Day A violation of this policy shall result in a earn her rank change: partner was Bev Chicken Parmesan disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs Nikolajewski and teammate Nancy Gaunt. Their Apple Scented Pork Loin at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A fourth was Mary Ann Bond of Fargo ND. Spaghetti and Meatballs second offense shall result in disqualification from Allan Tushman of West Bloomfield MI Honey Glazed Carrots the event for the pair/team. crossed the 1000-point barrier and is now a Silver Mashed Sweet Potatoes Kibitzers violating this policy shall be Life Master. He went over in the knockout teams, Chef’s Selection of Desserts removed from the playing area for the remainder playing with Bernie Weiss (his partner) and Lillian (1) Soda or Iced Tea of the session. Range, both of New Orleans, and Julius $15.95 + tax Participants in the following contests will be Rosenfield of River Ridge LA. reminded not to approach the playing area with a Susan Appel Bass of Chicago is now a Life personal electronic device in their possession, No phones Master, having earned her gold card in the even if the device is turned off: all flights of the Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar Monday-Tuesday bracketed knockouts, playing , the von Zedtwitz, Bruce communication equipment may not be operated or with Ellen Gabriel, also of Chicago; Joyce Joseph and Young Life Master Pairs, the Spingold operable in the playing area during a session of of Glencoe IL and Debbie Thomas-Howie of Knockout Teams, both Mini-, the Wagar play at NABCs except for health-related Toronto. equipment or by permission of the director-in- Women's Knockout Teams, the Truscott/USPC charge of the tournament or event. Masterpoint disclaimer Senior Swiss Teams, the Wernher Open Pairs, the For NABC+ events, no electronic devices NABC+ Fast Pairs, the Mixed Board-a-Match may be taken into the playing area. More Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are Teams, the Open Swiss Teams and the National information on the policy regarding NABC+ subject to change because of score changes or 199er Pairs. events is on this page. corrections. Therefore, the masterpoint awards as shown are also subject to change.

Got a story for the Daily Bulletin? Send it to [email protected] Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS balanced distribution and a Takeout doubles and stopper in your opponent’s opening bid suit. Opening By Leslie Shafer 1NT does not promise a You’re getting ready to open, but your RHO stopper in every suit; opens the bidding first. If you choose to enter however, overcalling 1NT this auction, you definitely requires a are no longer the stopper in their suit. opener. You can 1) So what happens if you make a takeout don’t have the proper hand double, 2) to do 1, 2 or 3 above? Pass. in a good five-card Yes, I hear you muttering or longer suit or 3) “But ... but ... I have 14 overcall 1NT. HCP, I have to do 1. Takeout something with this hand!” Doubles. Many No, you don’t. You would I/N players think always open with that that you can make hand, but there is only one a with any opening hand. This is opener per deal and RHO far from the truth. A takeout doubler must be has already opened. Players short in the opponent’s opening bid suit; have who push with the wrong three or four cards in all the unbid suits; and shape just because they have high-card strength equivalent to an opening have an opening hand are hand. The doubler is asking his partner to name actually not trusting their the suit, so the doubler usually ends up being the partner to re-open the dummy. This is why we allow a takeout doubler auction if it’s dying out at a to count shortness in his evaluation of strength. It low level. It’s an insult. might be 10 HCP with a singleton in RHO’s bid The only reason they keep suit! playing with you is because 2. Overcall a good five-card (or longer) they don’t know how badly suit. We’d prefer you to have a decent looking they’ve been insulted. suit with a few honors in it. After all, if partner I hear you continuing ends up as opening leader, he’ll be leading your to mutter .... “But I know insulting practices, they’ll refuse to play with bid suit. The uglier your suit, the more HCPs you he won’t come in. I have to bid because I know you again. will need as a backup. Remember, be careful he won’t.” Okay, so maybe your partner has a Leslie Shafer is the editor of “Bridge what you ask for because sometimes you get it. blind spot. Maybe over lunch or dinner you Students ‘R Us,” a national bridge newsletter One-Level Overcall Requirements: Just a discuss it with him (definitely not in the middle specifically for Intermediate and Novice players. good five-card suit is enough. of a game). Tell him what you need him to do You may subscribe by sending your name, Two-Level Overcall Requirements: Good and why it will help your partnership’s results. address, phone number and payment of $25 for a five-card suit and opening hand strength. Partner needs a chance to do his job and quit six-issue subscription to Leslie Shafer, 331 3. Overcalling 1NT. Usually 16-18 points making you do it for him. Besides, one day Market Street East, #154, Gaithersburg, MD (although an excellent 15-count might sway me), you’ll be fortunate enough to play with a more 20878. Visit her website at advanced player, and if you continue with these www.bridgeteacher.com.

appears to have nine: six hearts, two clubs and with the jack, South still has 10 tricks: six Thinking bridge one diamond. An extra trick or two might be hearts, one diamond, two clubs and one club By Eddie Kantar secured by ruffing clubs in dummy. in dummy. Counting losers, South has two spade losers Sometimes with two losers to ruff, it is right ♠ Dlr: North J 8 5 4 and two possible club losers. Nothing can be to ruff the first one high and the second one low, ♥ Vul: E-W Q 8 done about the spade losers, but the club losers particularly if there is a danger of an early ♦ A J 9 5 4 can be ruffed in dummy. overruff. ♣ A6 Are there problems? There are always ♠ ♠ AQ 2 K 10 9 6 problems. If the first club is ruffed low and East Top I/N masterpoint ♥ ♥ 2 J 5 4 3 overruffs and returns a , South winds up ♦ ♦ Q 8 7 6 K 10 3 losing four tricks: two spades, the overruff and winners ♣ ♣ Q 10 8 7 2 J 3 eventually a club. 1 17.63 Margaret Matheson, Glen Allen VA ♠ 7 3 To avoid this embarrassment, declarer should 2 17.63 Rebecca Bray, Glen Allen VA ♥ A K 10 9 7 6 ruff the third club with the ♥Q and the fourth 3 16.27 Carol Gibboney, Latrobe PA ♦ 2 club with the ♥8. If the fourth club is overruffed 4 16.27 Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA ♣ K 9 5 4 5 12.95 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA 6 9.94 Rick Gannon, Atlanta GA West North East South 7 9.94 Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 1♦ Pass 1♥ 8 9.79 Jason Holderness, Upper Falls MD Pass 1♠ Pass 3♥ 9 9.79 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA Pass 4♥ All Pass Caddie Kurt 10 8.92 Mary Kelley, Plymouth MA Winsler of 11 8.92 Paul Kelley, Plymouth MA : ♣7. Centerville VA 12 8.83 Suzanne Kilczewski, Potomac MD Bidding commentary: South’s jump rebid of was the most 13 8.81 Cindy Reid, Rochester NY 3♥ is not forcing. It shows six or seven hearts popular person 14 8.81 Jenny Carr, Christchurch with 9-11 HCP. North has a minimum opening in the 15 8.66 John Gerretsen, Kingston ON bid, but he has three wonderful cards for South, Intermediate/ 16 8.66 Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON two aces and the ♥Q, a card worth its weight in Newcomer 17 8.51 Sue Holbert, Evanston IL game on gold facing serious length. North has a no-brainer 18 8.47 Albert Stolpe, Fairfax VA ♥ Tuesday raise to 4 . Aces and a fitting honor(s) in afternoon as he 19 8.38 Michael Mahony, New York NY partner’s long suit(s) are just what the doctor handed out York 20 8.32 Richard Banks, Tampa FL ordered. mint patties. 21 8.18 Maxine Penn, Potomac MD Defensive commentary: When there are 22 8.16 Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA three bid suits, lead the unbid suit if no other lead 23 8.03 Jack Schiff, Rockville MD stands out. 24 8.03 Peter Schiff, Potomac MD Play commentary: Counting tricks, South 25 7.79 Roxanne King, Houston TX Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Martels on anything from a trump stack to a , is In search of an overtrick already legendary.) Continued from page 1 Elliott Sternlicht of New York City reported West led a club and declarer won with the on a nice bit of declarer play by his partner, Alan king and played a spade to the ace, West dropping Lechner, also of New York City. Lechner, South, GNT about 10 years ago and placed second in the king. Declarer crossed to dummy with a club made an overtrick in 4♥ on this deal from the 2006. They’ve won two other national titles as and played a spade to the 9, 10 and jack. West Daylight Open Pairs (hands rotated). partners and are the only married couple to have cashed the ♠Q, but was then awkwardly placed. ♠ 8 7 3 won both the GNT and the He cashed the ♥A and exited with a heart to ♥ A K 9 5 (1988). Their system is a natural two-over-one declarer’s queen. Confident that West was ♦ 10 6 structure with a weak 1NT opener, 3=3=2=5, declarer played a diamond to dummy’s ♣ A 7 6 5 openings and what Chip calls “mainstream” queen. East could win, but then had to play a red ♠ J 10 9 5 ♠ K 4 2 gadgets. He says their bidding style is fairly suit, to his considerable disadvantage. As you ♥ 10 ♥ Q 6 3 2 aggressive. might imagine, plus 530 was a complete top. ♦ A7 4 ♦ J 8 5 2 Chip, who grew up in Urbana IL, is a On this deal from the second session of the ♣ Q J 8 4 2 ♣ 10 3 computer science professor at the University of final, Jon posed a problem for the defenders, ♠ AQ 6 California Davis campus. He says it’s sometimes which they failed to solve: ♥ J 8 7 4 difficult to fit bridge into his work schedule, but Dlr: East ♠ A7 2 ♦ K Q 9 3 the NABC dates usually match up well with Vul: E-W ♥ A K 4 2 ♣ K 9 university breaks, so he rarely misses a big ♦ J 10 3 West North East South tournament. He also plays in the team trials and a ♣ J 7 5 Sternlicht Lechner few regionals a year, plus an occasional sectional ♠ Q 10 9 8 6 4 ♠ 5 3 1NT when he and regular partner want to ♥ 10 ♥ 7 Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ get in some extra practice. ♦ A Q 7 6 2 ♦ K 9 8 Pass 4♥ All Pass Originally from Chicago, Jan is a retired ♣ 6 ♣ K Q 10 9 8 4 3 The opening lead of the ♠J went to the ♠3, attorney who is now chief operating officer of the ♠ K J king and ace. Lechner led a club to dummy’s ♣A, United States Bridge Federation. She organizes the ♥ Q J 9 8 6 5 3 then the ♦10 to his queen and West’s ace. West ACBL team trials to choose international ♦ 5 4 exited with a spade to the queen, and Lechner now representatives and created the USBF web site ♣ A2 cashed the ♣K and ♦K and ruffed a diamond in (www.usbf.org). She also sets up the vugraph dummy. broadcasts on Bridge Base Online and works as a West North East South A club from dummy now gave East an tableside operator, entering all the bids and plays. Gordon Sveindal uncomfortable choice. He pitched the ♦J, South The Martels have a long history of giving back 3♣ 3♥ ruffed with the ♥4 and led a heart to dummy’s to the game. Chip is a former coach of the U.S. Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ ace. He then led dummy’s last club and East All Pass Junior team and currently acts as a mentor and ♠ pitched again (the 4), while Lechner ruffed with When South overcalled, North found an coach for Junior pairs who are practicing online. ♥ the 8. The end position was: excellent way to get his hand over, and on another Besides her volunteer work for USBF, Jan is also ♠ 8 day it might have led to a good slam being involved with ACBL youth programs. She was in ♥ K 9 reached. South’s modest collection meant that charge of the Youth Trials at this tournament and ♦ declarer’s target was simply to try and find a way was often interrupted during the GNT event to ♣ to make an overtrick. handle details. ♠ ♠ 9 West led the ♣6, and declarer won with the Chip and Jan each have multiple national ♥♥ Q 6 3 ace, crossed to dummy with a trump and played championships and Chip has five world titles. ♦♦ the ♦J. They’re widely regarded as two of the nicest ♣ ♣ Q J From East’s point of view, playing the king people in , so it’s no surprise that ♠ 6 would be a big mistake if declarer held ♦A-x and they’re so compatible at the bridge table. Still, they ♥ J when he played the nine (upside down), West won experience the same highs and lows as other ♦ 9 with the queen. married couples who play as partners. ♣ “Playing with a spouse can be difficult because Now the spotlight was on West. Imagining Lechner now led the good ♦9 and pitched you have so much invested in the relationship,” that East held ♦98x, it seemed essential to switch dummy’s ♠8. East had to ruff and lead into says Jan. “It heightens the need to be ‘perfect’, to a spade, trying to set up a trick in that suit dummy’s ♥K9 to give Lechner his 11th trick. even though we all know it’s unfair to expect that before declarer could establish a trick in from any partner.” diamonds. That gave declarer the extra trick he Chip agrees. “We really get along well away Challenging the experts was looking for along with nearly all the from the table, so we don’t feel as much stress as matchpoints. some couples might,” said Chip. Jon Sveindal is a regular commentator on Just in case you think East-West should have They admit that they do have disagreements BBO (he also happens to be a top-class player) got this right, when Zia played the contract in about each other’s bridge decisions. “Chip is a and he was involved in a couple of interesting identical fashion, his opponents also failed to great partner … most of the time,” said Jan. “On deals during the course of the Life Master Pairs. solve the problem, which is not often the case the few occasions when he’s yelled at me, I know The first, from the second semifinal session when your names are Jeff and Eric. it’s because he thinks we’re doing well.” saw him face off against another Scandinavian Chip offers a good-natured rebuttal: “The part star, Sweden’s Peter Fredin, fresh from winning about the yelling could be a bit of an exaggeration. the European Open Pairs Championship. notice ♠ Between a husband and wife, just a raised eyebrow Dlr: North 7 3 Each player must have an ACBL convention ♥ can sometimes be interpreted as a ‘yell’.” Vul: None K 9 8 card filled out and on the table. Please note that ♦ Jan says that’s why she prefers playing behind Q 10 5 3 other types of convention cards, such as the WBF ♣ screens when Chip is her partner. “I don’t want to A K 10 2 convention card or homemade cards that do not ♠ ♠ see or even feel those little expressions from the K Q J 9 2 sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, ♥ ♥ other side of the table,” she laughs. AJ 3 7 6 5 4 2 are not acceptable substitutes. The Martels are looking forward to more ♦ 8 4 ♦ A J 7 6 opportunities to play as partners after Chip retires ♣ J 6 5 4 3 ♣ Q 8 in a few years. Until then, they plan to keep ♠ A 10 8 6 5 4 Goodwill Message ♥ Q 10 playing together in the Grand National Teams and Have you said “thank you” to a during ♦ K 9 2 rooting for each other when they enter events with this NABC? The caddies pick up slips each round ♣ 9 7 other partners. during pair games and West North East South Their advice for other bridge-playing couples: move boards during team Fredin Gordon Gottlieb Sveindal “When there are outside frictions in a games —- despite players’ 1♦ Pass 1♠ relationship, a bridge argument can be the last best efforts to hide the Pass 1NT Pass 2♠ straw,” said Chip. “It’s important to go into a slips and the boards! 3♣ Pass Pass 3♠ session feeling good about each other so you can A word of thanks will Dbl All Pass handle the strain of the inevitable disagreements brighten their day, and When North missed the opportunity to collect and bad results.” yours, too. an easy 500 by doubling 3♣, South naturally took “You have to keep reminding yourself that the push to 3♠. Sensing blood, West doubled. (In your partner is not just your husband, but your best Chairman, Goodwill Committee friend. It sounds corny, but it’s so true,” says Jan. Europe, The Fredin Double, which can be based Daily Bulletin Page 5

treated us with respect. If lesser players had the suited slam try in clubs rather than look for a Called up from same good manners, the ACBL would probably spade fit. Our teammates play Flannery, so they the minors retain a lot more members. were never in the auction and the opponents bid As North, you hold the cold club slam. By Bob Lafleur ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ You are playing in the United States Senior A Q 6 4 AK J 8 4 3 K 5 4, Although we had a slim lead at the half in our Bridge Championship to select the teams to vulnerable versus not. first match and were within 15 IMPs early in the represent the USA in the in Sao West North East South second half of our second match, we were ♥ Paulo, Brazil. 1 knocked out on Tuesday. Congratulations to USA1 ♠ ♦ As North, vulnerable versus not, you pick up Pass 1 Pass 2 (Dan Morse, , John Solodar, Paul ♠A 10 9 ♥A Q 6 5 2 ♦K 9 2 ♣A5, Pass ? Swanson, Fred Hamilton and Arnold Fisher) and and the bidding goes: Are you going to jump to 3NT or make a to USA2 (Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Mark West North East South fourth-suit game force in clubs and possibly look Lair, David Berkowitz, and Danny Pass 1♣ for a diamond slam? Gerstman). Pass 1♥ Pass 1NT Before getting to the answers, here are a few Condolences to the Meltzer, Kasle and Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ more problems. As North, vulnerable versus not, Schwartz teams, who were knocked out by 1 IMP, Pass ? you hold 1 IMP and 4 IMPs, respectively. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 2♦ was new-minor 5 A Q 10 7 K 10 4 J 9 6 4 2. Special kudos to Neil Chambers and John forcing, and 2♥ showed West North East South Schermer, who were double-dummy perfect ♠ three-card support in a Pass Pass 3 3NT against us. There was some great bridge, and I minimum . Pass ? thoroughly enjoyed being involved both as a With your 17 high-card Do you agree with North’s first pass, and player and vugraph operator. points, are you going to assuming you do, what if anything do you do The author lives in Las Vegas NV. sign off in game, try for now? slam or just bid it? Finally, as North, both sides vulnerable, you Spingold While you think about hold Continued from page 1 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ that, this is how we got to A K 7 4 7 6 4 K J 8 6 4 3. West North East South the trials. During the Cayne was playing with , 2♦ 2NT broadcast of the women’s trials on Bridge Base Italian world champions Alfredo Versace-Lorenzo Pass ? Online in May, I discovered that the Senior trials Lauria and Polish stars Krzysztof Martens- In your methods, 3♠ is a relay to 3NT, after were scheduled to be held at the JW Marriot Las . which you can describe a hand with slam interest Vegas, five miles from my home. I called Jan The other high seed to fall was No. 9 Jim with one or both minors. George, a longtime friend and occasional partner, Mahaffey, who saw a 20-IMP lead after three to see if she was interested in playing. Jan agreed quarters disappear as the squad Answers that it would be fun, if a bit expensive, but for outscored them 54-18 in the last set. On the first hand you held various reasons, everyone we tried to line up as Rigal is playing with Robert and Shane ♠A 10 9 ♥A Q 6 5 2 ♦K 9 2 ♣A5 teammates declined. Blanchard, Jeff Aker, Glenn Milgrim and Alex If you cuebid 2♠, partner, holding Before going on, here is another hand. As Ornstein. Mahaffey played with , ♠K 5 ♥K 7 3 ♦A 8 6 3 ♣K J 10 7, South, you hold , Jacek Pszczola, Fu Zhong and Jie Zhao. will bid 3♦, and you will get to an easy 6♥, ♠8 ♥K 6 5 3 ♦K 5 ♣A Q 7 6 5 2, Other top seeds had it easy, although the Nick bid and made at both tables. no one vulnerable, and the bidding goes: Nickell squad trailed at the half against Moorthy West North East South Kirubakara but won the third quarter 60-6 and the 1♣ On the second hand you held ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ fourth quarter 39-3. 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ Pass 8 K 6 5 3 K 5 A Q 7 6 5 2 ♦ Pass 6♦ Pass ? and partner jumped to 6 . Partner held ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ World Transnational Do you pass or bid seven? Three prime cards A5 A7 A Q J 10 9 4 3 K 8. and a stiff make this a super 12-point hand. Thirteen top tricks, but neither table bid the Open Teams Given that we couldn’t find teammates, I grand. Even if you didn’t qualify in a team trials, you contacted Jan Martel and volunteered to be a On the third hand, you had can play in the world championships scheduled this ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ vugraph operator for the trials. Saturday morning, 8 3 2 J 10 8 5 4 K 10 Q 9 6 year for Sao Paulo, Brazil. July 4, fewer than 48 hours from the start, I got a and partner held The World Transnational Open Teams will take ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ call from Roberta Epstein, a good friend and a K Q 9 5 —- A Q 6 5 A K J 10 2, place during the second week of the tournament, fine player. A team had been forced to withdraw so there are nine easy tricks in notrump and which runs from Aug. 29 to Sept. 12. The when its captain had been hospitalized. Would we various roads to a club game as well. Transnational teams will begin on Monday, Sept. 7. be interested in filling in with Roberta and her The format will be Swiss teams, 10-board matches husband Mark? The only downside was that Jan On the fourth hand, when you held for 15 qualifying rounds. The knockout phase, ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ and I hadn’t played in some time, but we were A Q 6 4 AK J 8 4 3 K 5 4, starting with quarterfinals, will begin Thursday, excited to be in. partner held Sept. 10. The event will conclude on Saturday, Sept. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ You are back in the North seat and hold 10 9 6 5 4 3 2 A K 9 7 A6. 12. ♠8 3 2 ♥J 10 8 5 4 ♦K 10 ♣Q 9 6, My aggression got us to a 30% slam, but there Players in good standing with their national vulnerable versus not. was no magic and we lost 13 IMPs. Later in the bridge organizations are eligible to participate. There ♦ West North East South same match, the opponents reached 6 with are no country quotas, and teams may be made up of ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Pass Pass Pass 1♣ A 10 8 6 4 A A K 7 5 K Q 4 players from any countries. Pass 1♥ Pass 2♦ opposite Registration will be open through the start of the ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Pass 3♣ Pass 3♠ K 7 9 8 5 3 J 8 6 4 J 6 3 tournament, subject to availability. Players Pass ? I think this is less than 10% to make, but the eliminated from the , Venice Cup or ♦ With only 6 HCP, do you bid 3NT, 4♣, 4♦ or Q was doubleton, spades broke 3-3 and the slam Senior Teams will be eligible to play in the TNOT. 5♣? came home. Entries may be sent to The World Bridge When I started playing duplicate in 1962, Federation, 40, rue François 1er, 75008 Paris – there were no bracketed, flighted or stratified When you held France. You may also e-mail ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ events and no Swiss teams. You played against 5 A Q 10 7 K 10 4 J 9 6 4 2, [email protected]. everyone, and besting an expert made a great story partner had Sao Paulo is one of the most populous cities in ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ and perhaps a fraction of a masterpoint. A K 8 3 K 6 5 3 A6 K Q 10, the world with more than 17 million inhabitants. One of my greatest memories was having and there are 12 tricks in hearts, clubs or There are more than 70 shopping malls, 12,000 ♠ Edgar Kaplan say to me after the second half of a notrump. At the other table, East opened 2 , restaurants featuring cuisines from around the world. knockout match, “Congratulations and good luck holding There are also many cultural attractions. The ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ in the next round. I can’t imagine that our Q J 9 6 4 2 9 4 J 9 7 2 A, tournament will take place at the Transamerica teammates could have matched your results.” In leaving room for both players to show values, Hotel, a five-star property located near the most fact, we lost by about 5 IMPs, but his graciousness so the slam was reached. important business, shopping and gourmet eating was something I have always treasured. areas of the city. The hotel has free Internet access The world-class players we faced in the trials When you held (wifi and intranet). There are two restaurants, a bar, ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ displayed that same characteristics. We were the A K 7 4 7 6 4 K J 8 6 4 3, tennis courts, soccer field, three-hole golf course, lowest seed, and I was the least-accomplished partner held jogging lane, fitness center, heated pool, dry sauna ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ player on the team, but everyone was friendly and J 8 A Q 9 2 A 10 5 A 10 9 7, and steam rooms, pool tables, etc. and 6♣ is easy. I should have made a single- For information about reservations, visit the hotel’s web site: www.transamerica.com.br. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

East was sure her partner was looking for a Closed Room A walk on the heart control and she went on to 6♠. West North East South Wagar side Of course, on a club lead, slam is 50% as Moss Caley Jackson Lee declarer has to , but South tried the ace of Pass Mark Horton ♦ ♥ The inspiration for our title comes from the hearts and a heart and declarer was soon claiming, 1 Pass 1 Pass ♦ 1956 novel by Nelson Algren, A Walk on the Wild plus 980 and 10 IMPs to Jackson. 1NT Pass 2 (1) Pass ♥ ♣ Side. It is most often quoted as the source for I recall that many years ago, 2 Pass 3 (2) Pass ♦ Algren’s “three rules of life,” one of which is ran a series of articles by Alan Hiron on the 3NT Pass 4 (2) Pass ♠ ♥ ♥ “Never play cards with a man called Doc.” meaning of 5 in this type of situation. The clue 4 Pass 5 Pass ♥ As far as I am aware, none of the players here was that if West had held a heart control, she 6 All Pass featured in this report from the first-round match would have been able to bid it over 3NT. (1) Game forcing. between Jackson and Caley is called Doc, but it is (2) Cuebid. ♠ fair to say that from time to time I might have Dlr: East AK Q For my money, East bid too much. On a good ♥ benefited from the arrival of a medicinal brandy. Vul: Both K J 7 6 day you might make a slam, but this wasn’t it. ♦ The deals come from the second set, which K 10 2 South cashed the ace of spades and in due course ♣ began with Caley ahead 58-20 IMPs. AQ 4 scored the king of diamonds, +50, handing 11 ♠ ♠ (Ray Lee was kind enough to supply the 8 4 3 7 2 IMPs back to Caley. ♥ ♥ bidding and play records from the Open Room.) 10 5 A Q 8 4 ♦ Q 6 5 3 ♦ J 9 8 4 Dlr: East ♠ A5 ♣ ♣ ♥ Dlr: West ♠ 10 9 5 2 J 10 7 2 9 8 6 Vul: None 10 5 ♠ ♦ Vul: Both ♥ 8 7 2 J 10 9 6 5 A K 8 3 ♥ ♣ ♦ 10 2 9 3 2 J 10 5 3 2 ♦ ♠ ♠ ♣ Q J 4 3 A7 6 4 K J 10 2 ♣ ♥ ♥ ♠ 8 6 4 ♠ A K 7 3 K 5 3 J 2 A K 8 6 4 3 ♦ ♦ ♥ 10 9 6 ♥ A K Q J 5 Open Room J 9 7 5 2 10 6 ♣ ♣ ♦ J 7 6 5 3 ♦ K Q 9 8 West North East South A K Q 6 7 ♠ ♣ A2 ♣ — Wexler Heitner Bryant Gates Q 9 8 7 3 ♥ ♠ Q J Pass Pass Q 9 7 ♣ ♠ ♦ ♥ 4 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 (1) Q 4 ♥ ♣ ♦ A4 Pass 2NT Pass 3 9 8 4 ♠ ♣ K 10 9 8 7 6 5 Pass 3 Pass 3NT Open Room ♣ ♦ In the Open Room, East-West got no higher Pass 4 Pass 4 West North East South ♠ than 4♥, so that looked like an opportunity for Pass 4 All Pass Wexler Heitner Bryant Gates ♥ Jackson to close the gap. (1) Three controls (A = 2; K = 1). 1 Pass 1NT Pass ♥ ♥ Closed Room North-South established their spade fit, 2 Pass 3 Pass ♥ West North East South exchanged cuebids and then subsided in game. 4 All Pass ♥ ♠ Moss Caley Jackson Lee Just as well, as West led the 10, which held South led the 3 and North took the ace and Pass Pass 2♣ Pass declarer to ten tricks and plus 620. played three rounds of diamonds. Declarer ruffed ♥ 2♦ Pass 2♥ (1) Pass Closed Room with the 6 and South overruffed. In due course, 2♠ Pass 3♠ Pass West North East South declarer ruffed a spade in dummy, but she ruffed 4♣ (2) Pass 4♦ Pass Moss Caley Jackson Lee low, and North overruffed and played another ♥ 4♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass Pass Pass diamond, promoting South’s Q, down three, ♣ ♦ (1) Kokish relay. Pass 2 Pass 2 minus 150. ♥ (2) Cuebid. Pass 2NT Pass 3 Closed Room ♠ When East bid 3♠, she was showing hearts Pass 3 Pass 3NT West North East South ♣ ♦ and spades, but for some reason West forgot, Pass 4 Pass 4 Moss Caley Jackson Lee ♥ ♥ leading to a hopeless slam. It cost 13 IMPs. Pass 4 Pass 4NT* 1 Pass ♦ ♥ ♥ It’s not so easy to reach a slam after an Pass 5 Pass 5 1NT (1) Pass 2 Pass ♦ ♠ ♥ opening 2♣, especially 6♦, but there is one very Pass 6 Pass 6 4 All Pass easy route if East decides to open at the one level. All Pass (1) Semi-forcing. ♦ After 1♥- 1NT; 3♦ - 4♦, East can use the grand 2 promised some values and then South If you presented the South hand as a lead slam force and then settle for 6 ♦. transferred to spades. There followed some problem, I guess the majority would vote for a cuebids, but after North’s 4♥, South, with such spade, while a few would opt for the ♦Q. Either ♠ Dlr: North ♠ 5 2 poor trumps, should have settled for 4 , as if would have worked better than South’s actual ♣ Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 8 5 North had been able to go on over that South choice of the 9. Declarer took three rounds of ♦ 7 6 3 could expect slam to be good. the suit, discarding her losing diamonds, and ♣ 9 8 7 2 Having discovered that North held three played a spade, North went in with the ace (if she ♠ ♦ ♠ AQ ♠ K J 8 7 4 3 “aces” plus the Q and the K, South bid the plays low and South wins the trick with the queen ♥ 7 2 ♥ K 10 6 doomed slam, one down and minus 100. 12 more and returns a spade, North can win and play a ♦ K Q J 8 4 ♦ A IMPs for Jackson. club, ruffed and overruffed, but then declarer ruffs ♣ A Q 6 5 ♣ J 10 4 the spade exit with dummy’s jack and survives) ♠ ♠ 10 9 6 Dlr: South 8 7 6 4 3 and played a club, ruffed and overruffed. South ♥ ♥ A J 4 3 Vul: None 10 5 3 2 exited with a spade and declarer won, cashed the ♦ ♥ ♥ ♦ 10 9 5 2 6 A, ruffed a spade with the J, ruffed a diamond ♣ ♣ K 3 10 6 5 and claimed the rest for plus 450 and 12 IMPs. ♠ ♠ ♥ ♥ Open Room K 2 J 9 Notice that if the position of the Q and 10 ♥ ♥ West North East South K 9 7 A Q J 6 4 had been reversed, declarer’s line of play would ♦ ♦ Wexler Heitner Bryant Gates Q J 10 9 2 A8 5 have been deservedly punished, as North would ♣ ♣ Pass 1♠ Pass K 7 3 AQ 2 have overruffed and played a club, promoting a ♠ 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass A Q 10 5 trump trick for South. ♥ 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass 8 ♦ ♠ 5♠ All Pass K 7 4 3 Dlr: West 10 7 2 ♣ ♥ West intended her bid of 5♠ to ask for a heart J 9 8 4 Vul: E-W 9 8 7 4 ♦ control, but East thought it was asking for good Open Room J 10 9 ♣ trumps. When South elected to lead a low heart West North East South J 10 5 ♠ ♠ declarer made all the tricks, plus 510. Wexler Heitner Bryant Gates 9 8 6 3 K Q J 4 ♥ ♥ Closed Room Pass J 6 5 3 2 Q 10 ♦ ♥ ♠ ♦ ♦ West North East South 1 Pass 1 1 7 6 K Q 5 ♠ ♥ ♣ ♣ Moss Caley Jackson Lee Dbl (1) 3 4 All Pass Q 9 8 4 3 2 ♠ Pass 1♠ Pass (1) Three-card heart support. A5 ♥ 2♦ Pass 2♠ Pass South’s overcall made sure East-West stopped AK ♦ 3♣ Pass 3NT Pass at a safe level and declarer scored an easy plus A 8 4 3 2 ♣ 5♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass 450. A K 7 6 Daily Bulletin Page 7

Open Room East will discard a club on the second round MONDAY MIDNIGHT KO West North East South of diamonds. West will win the trick with the ♦K 9 Tables 2.88 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Tammy Wexler Heitner Bryant Gates and exit with a club. When you cross to dummy Pepper - Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Andrew Garnett, Pasadena FL Pass Pass 1♠ Dbl with a trump, East will ruff the third round of 2.02 2 Scooter Campbelle, ; Zachary Brescoll, Pass 2♥ Pass 3♦ diamonds, leaving you with two spade losers and Versailles KY; Robert Glickman, Seattle WA; Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL Pass All Pass only 10 tricks. 1.15 3/4 Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Garth Yettick, 3♦ did not present any problems, declarer The plan that makes the contract on this Denver CO; McKenzie Myers, Portland OR losing two diamonds, a spade and a club, plus 110. layout is ingenious. At trick two, you must cash 1.15 3/4 Elizabeth Kros, Fort Lauderdale FL; Barbara Closed Room the ♣A, then cross to dummy with a trump to the Jur, Warren MI; Gloria Lanzalone, Mount Laurel NJ; Joseph Phillips, Queensbury NY West North East South 10 and lead the ♦Q. Moss Caley Jackson Lee Suppose first that East ruffs. After overruffing, MONDAY MIDNIGHT KO Pass Pass 1♣ Dbl you will draw East’s last trump when you cross 9 Tables ♥ ♥ 2.88 1 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Pass 1 Pass 2NT back to dummy to the K. Next you will lead the , Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA All Pass lead the ♦J and discard the ♣K from hand. 2.02 2 Michael Hart - Merna Hart, Crofton MD; 2NT also proved to be easy enough. Declarer If West takes this with the ♦K, as long as you Gerry Wildenberg, Rochester NY; Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY ♦ ♦ 1.15 3/4 Cable, ; Tony Ames II, Minnetonka MN; won the second spade and played the A and a have kept the 8, a diamond return will give Olivia Shapiro, Highland Park IL; Stephen Lynch, Maspeth NY diamond. East cashed a spade and then switched dummy two tricks. So West will win and play a 1.15 3/4 Mark Levine, Alexandria VA; Robert Morris - to a club. Declarer won with the ace, cleared the club. If it is a low one, the ♣10 wins and you can Dianna Gittelman, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX diamonds, and when East played another club she claim. If he plays the ♣Q, you will discard a TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 1 put up the king for plus 150 and an IMP. spade, leaving West with no winning option. 16 Tables Notice that 3NT can be made. After winning A variant comes when West ducks the ♦K. Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; with the ♠A, declarer plays a low diamond to the Then you will continue with the ♣J and discard a Rudi Cataldi, Rolling Hills CA; Paul Lindauer Jr, Varna IL ♣ vs jack. East wins and can cash two spades, but spade from hand, forcing West to win the Q . He Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary declarer wins the next trick, cashes the top clubs, will have to continue with the ♦K to avoid Grossack, Newton MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA crosses to dummy with a club and takes diamond immediate surrender, but you will counter by finesse. There is still an to the South hand throwing another spade from hand. Then he will Barry Harper, Regina SK; Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Robert Porter, Henderson NV that overcomes the possible blockage in diamonds. have to give the lead to dummy for your 11th vs Cary lost the half 55-32, but still led by 15 trick. William Higgins - Nancy Sachs - Amitabh Raturi, Cincinnati OH; IMPs, 90-75. When East correctly discards on the second Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH heart, declarer follows the general idea already TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 2 It’s easy to see outlined, throwing the ♣K. If West takes the trick, 16 Tables he is endplayed into leading a club next, and how Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Rye NY; John Babb, Scottsdale By to cope with any eventuality has been discussed in AZ; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA ♠ vs Dlr: East 8 6 3 the previous paragraph. You will make seven ♥ Anita Pettus, Winchester KY; Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Xiao Vul: N-S K 10 trumps, two diamonds, the ♣A and the two minor- (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON; Claude Henin, Ottawa ON ♦ Q J 10 8 4 suit winners left in dummy. ♣ J 10 2 ♦ James Mullen, Oak Island NC; Allen Smith, Southport NC; If West ducks the Q, you continue with the Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA ♣J. If East does not ruff this, West wins and faces vs ♠ 9 7 5 the unsolvable dilemmas already discussed. If East Blanche Eaton - David Eaton, Livingston NJ; George Weber - ♥ Jan Weber, Hamburg NJ A Q J 9 8 5 2 does ruff the ♦J, you will overruff and cross to ♦ A dummy with a trump to lead the ♣J, which gives ♣ TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 3 AK West no winning option. 16 Tables This plan makes the contract whenever the Doug Dey - C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Peter Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; John Marriott III, Cary NC West North East South straightforward play does, but it fails when East ♠ ♥ vs 4 5 began with a 7=3=1=2 shape and a doubleton ♣Q, Thomas Rice - Janet Rice, Cleveland OH; James Stahl - Linda All Pass but as that occurs only two times in seven, the Stahl, Chagrin Falls OH After some thought, West leads a fourth- recommended approach should be adopted as the highest ♦6. You play low from dummy and East Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; David overwhelming favorite. Wilmington, Eureka CA; Suzy O’Connor, Sanford FL follows with the ♦2 and you win the ace. Given vs that West has a void in spades, what is the best Candy Greenway, Frederick MD; Eddie Conner - Robert Knuff, plan to make your contract? Specifically, will your Monitoring Chambersburg PA; H Phillip Davis, Fayetteville PA plan cope with East having an original 7=3=1=2 At this and future North American TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 4 distribution? Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ 15 Tables events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Marilee Van Arsdale, Oak Hill VA; Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Don will be recorded and will be available for later Norsworthy - Joan Norsworthy, Germantown TN Solution vs If East has two or three diamonds, the play official inspection and review. Alvin Daigle Jr - Gene Luckey - Merrie Edelston - Jane Melby, will be straightforward. Simply cross to dummy By general monitoring of the session and Atlanta GA with a trump to the 10 and lead the ♦Q. If East participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of Thomas Arnold - Carol Arnold - John Stewart - Jackie Stewart, produces the king, you will ruff and cross back to information that may be useful in determining facts Basking Ridge NJ dummy with a trump to the king and attempt to and settling issues arising from some types of vs throw two spade losers on diamond winners. So, ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please Frederick Nislow - Judith Nislow, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Janet Berman, Chevy Chase MD; Susan Aronson, West Palm Bch FL under these circumstances, the contract will summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. succeed as long as East at least one club and no This procedure is intended to assure everyone TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 5 more than two trumps. that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 12 Tables The contract will also succeed under similar will not be tolerated. Eric Beard, Washington DC; Lydia Sweet, Paradise Valley AZ; Jose Porres, Rockville MD; Steve Graves, Olney MD constraints on East’s distribution when West has vs the ♦K. West will win the trick and, as no return Entries Brandon Harper - Alice Harper, Winter Park FL; Geoffrey Webb, can hurt you, you will make 11 tricks: seven in Kelowna BC; Ryan Miller, Tampa FL All North American championships with no trumps, at least two in diamonds and two in clubs. upper masterpoint limitation: $20 Sue Ann Harris - Carolyn Fox, Winston Salem NC; Bea Eisen - The trouble with this plan occurs when East Yetta Bregman, Toronto ON (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play has a singleton diamond and three trumps, as vs in NABC+ events.) when this is the full deal: Richard Wessman - Elizabeth Nash, Potomac MD; Annapurna Other North American championships: $17 Satpathy, Montgomry Vlg MD; Carol Elfant, Philadelphia PA ♠ 8 6 3 (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play ♥ K 10 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO in these events.) ♦ Q J 10 8 4 BRACKET 1 Regional championships: $16 for ACBL 8 Tables ♣ J 10 2 members, $18 for all others Liam Johnstone - Julian Wernick, Birmingham England; Jon ♠ — ♠ A K Q J 10 4 2 Downing, Solihull England; Ian Kidger, Reading England All other events: $15 for ACBL members, ♥ 6 ♥ 7 4 3 vs ♦ ♦ $17 for all others. William Schelstrate - Lionel Larriva, Tucson AZ; Paul Simon, K 9 7 6 5 3 2 Arlington MA; Paul Truesdale, Peabody MA ♣ Q 9 8 6 5 4 ♣ 7 3 ♠ 9 7 5 ♥ A Q J 9 8 5 2 ♦ A ♣ AK Page 8 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO BRACKET 2 8 Tables TOURNAMENT APPEALS Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alan Korpi, Wellesley MA; John Abrenica, Seaford NY; William Quinn, Ellsworth WI In order to keep the The committee discovered that North and vs bridge public informed of South had prepared their convention cards Gerald Lackner, San Rafael CA; Senta Kurschel-Lackne, Austria appeals results in a timely separately, but both of them had correctly Austria; Brigitte Premitzer, Graz Austria; Andrea Muliar, Vienna Austria fashion, the NABC Daily completed the section regarding "Sandwich" Bulletin staff publishes notrump. George Blake - Beryl Blake, Bound Brook NJ; Gertrude Kivett - write-ups. Every effort is South did not believe they were playing Janet McCaffrey, Lebanon NJ made to ensure that these reports are accurate and "system on" over a "Sandwich" notrump as vs Darleen Bates - James Cunningham, Durham NC; Brenda complete. However, before they are published in the opposed to a direct 1NT overcall. Woodman, Mount Pearl NL; Ken Schooff, Chapel Hill NC NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. The Decision: Where there is a potential conflict between a mistaken bid and a mistaken TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO explanation, the laws instruct the director and BRACKET 3 APPEAL CASE 4 8 Tables committee to assume misinformation unless there Ginny Noe, N Arlington NJ; Sylvia Baker, Hackensack NJ; Mary Subject: Misinformation is clear evidence to the contrary. Here there was Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ Event: von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs such evidence. The partnership had clearly vs Session: Second qualifying Gerald Tietz - Pamela Tietz, Naperville IL; Ellie Fox, Fort Myers completed their convention cards in identical FL; Norman Cannon, North Ft Myers FL Andy Kaufman fashion. ♠ vs Board 22 A 9 8 6 3 The committee had the option of assuming Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; Mary Brown, Golden Valley ♥ Vul: E-W J 10 that despite their identical cards that they were not MN; William Drake, Minneapolis MN; John Crouch, Edina MN ♦ Dlr: East Q 10 7 4 3 playing 1NT as strong but that seemed ♣ TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO J unreasonable. BRACKET 4 Jeffrey Smith David Sabourin The next question to address was whether 7 Tables ♠ ♠ K Q 5 South's 3♠ bid (which appeared odd in the context Don Kahn, San Francisco CA; Lloyd Hanford, Rancho Mirage ♥ ♥ CA; Paul Fried - Gail Shinberg, Monroe Twp NJ 8 6 4 3 2 Q 9 of the partnership's methods) when coupled with ♦ ♦ vs AJ 9 K 8 6 5 the 1NT bid suggested that South might have been Mel Walger, Towson MD; Charles Wheeler - Lynn Wheeler, ♣ K 9 7 ♣ A Q 10 8 6 3 Miami FL; Robert Mintz, Nottingham MD expecting partner to have a two-suiter. It decided Mike Cassel that South's rationale for bidding 3♠ to show an ♠ TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONSOLATION KO J 10 7 4 2 invitational hand, as expressed to the committee, BRACKET 5 ♥ A K 7 5 made sense. The committee might not agree with 6 Tables ♦ 2 South's valuation but they could understand his Dee Kursh, Shaker Heights OH; Barbara Peterman, Moreland ♣ Hius OH; Judi Rosenthal, Pepper Pike OH; Barbara Markowitz, 5 4 2 thought process. Cleveland OH West North East South Since the committee could find no reason to vs ♣ 1 (1) Pass adjust the score, it next looked at the question of Assunta Gerretsen - John Gerretsen, Kingston ON; Ronny Baker, ♥ ♠ Riverwoods IL; Glorya Spero, Highland Park IL 1 1NT (2) Pass 3 (3) procedural penalties. It addressed the regulations Dbl Pass Pass Pass in force at this event. There were no special NABC Insider 6 (1) Two or more clubs. conditions for this event. (2) Strong. While each partnership is expected to know its The Insider was walking through the Marriott (3) After a 1NT opening or a direct 1NT Ballroom the other day at game time and noticed own methods, the committee concluded that N-S overcall, Stayman. had a bidding accident and got lucky, but had that at 7:33 the game was underway. Our ♠ Final contract: 3 doubled by committed no infraction . tournament staff does an amazing job of running ♠ South.Opening lead: K. The committee sympathized with E-W, but it these NABCs. In the Summer, Sol and Doug run Table result: Made three, N-S plus 530. the whole tournament with assistance from could see no reason to adjust the score or award a Director ruling: At the table: 3NT by West, procedural penalty. The table result of 3♠ doubled directors from all over North America. When you making three, E-W plus 600. On screening: 3♠ consider they do not know who will be playing by South making three, N-S plus 530 was doubled by South making three, N-S plus 530. reinstated for both pairs. until they actually show up to buy an entry, it is ♠ Committee ruling: 3 doubled by South The appeal was considered to have merit. quite a feat to have almost 300 tables in one room making three, N-S plus 530. seated and playing less than three minutes after DIC: Henry Cukoff The Facts: The director was called at the end Committee Members: Aaron Silverstein the posted start time. Sol and Doug juggle a staff of the auction. Before he doubled 3♠, West asked of 60-plus, 10 or more playing rooms, 1000 (chair), Eugene Kales, Ed Lazarus, Abby Reich South the meaning of 1NT and received the and Barry Rigal standing tables and make it look easy. The response that it was strong. He asked North what Services crew makes sure everything is ready to 3♠ was and got the response "no agreement." play; the money guys dole out Bridge Bucks; the The partnership had an agreement that 3♠ was Convention card reminder other support staff support; the caddies get the minor suit Stayman and a strong game force over Each player is required to have a convention supplies in place and keep the boards and scores a 1NT opening and also (perhaps) over 1NT in card filled out legibly and on the table throughout moving; the hotel supplies thousands of chairs and direct seat, but had not discussed this auction. a session. Both cards of a partnership must be about a billion gallons of water; the directors keep East stated that he would have bid 2♣ over identical and include the first and last names of the game moving, settle disputes, post the scores 1NT if he had known that the 1NT was takeout. each member of the partnership. and do a myriad of other things to keep things The Ruling: The director judged that there If a director determines that neither player has running smoothly; the Bulletin Boys report the was misinformation and per Laws 21B1(a) and 12 a substantially completed card, the partnership results. To the untrained eye – and the Supreme C adjusted the result to 3NT by West making three, may play only the ACBL Yellow Card and may claims the Insider’s eye is as untrained as any – it E-W plus 600. use only standard carding. This restriction may be is truly an amazing thing. Hotel people comment The Appeal: In screening, N-S produced lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round that they have never seen anything like it. Players identical pre-printed convention cards that showed after convention cards have been properly from other parts of the world tell us that the staff that a 1NT overcall by an unpassed hand was prepared and approved by the director. Further, the accomplishes things that would not even be strong and that by a passed hand showed the other partnership will receive a 1/6 board matchpoint considered elsewhere. Give the directors an extra two suits. Therefore, the screening director penalty for each board played, commencing with smile and an additional “Thanks” today – they are changed the ruling back to the table result. E-W the next round and continuing until the restriction working incredibly hard to give you the best appealed that decision. is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at experience possible. E-W felt that their opponent's accident had the discretion of the director. The Insider has reports that the table count in robbed them of the chance for a normal result. If the director determines the partnership has Washington will exceed expectations – you can They did not understand why South would bid 3♠ at least one substantially completed convention always tell when things are going well when the over 1NT when over a strong 1NT that call would card but has not fully complied with ACBL attendance box appears on the Bulletin cover this be both minors and forcing. regulations, the director may give warnings or early in the tournament. The Supreme C sends South meant 3♠ as invitational - he did not assign such penalties as he deems to be word down that he is happy. Boss Baum was think that it could be minor-suit Stayman after appropriate under the circumstances. spotted at the bridge table yesterday. These are all clubs have been bid. The objective of these warnings and penalties good things, made possible by your support of the N-S is an occasional partnership. They had not is the encouragement of full compliance with game, the ACBL and this NABC. The Insider discussed this sequence in their pre-session ACBL regulations. hopes you are having a great time and that you discussion. North had simply forgotten their keep playing through the final session on Sunday. agreement. In most partnerships, North plays 1NT Thank you for coming. in this sequence as unusual. Daily Bulletin Page 9

FRIDAY-TUESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 1 21.5 Tables 16 Tables ABC 31.64 1 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Paul 4.85 1 1 1 Scott Gorsuch, Oakland CA; Virginia Grogan, Irvine CA 64.09% Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 3.64 2 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 61.05% 22.15 2 Steven Gaynor - Jean Boettcher - Wayne 3.19 3 2 2 Lila Panahpour, London Swiw England; Susan Brawn, McLean VA 60.71% Gergen, Minneapolis MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 2.05 4 Constance Hoechstetter, Coraopolis PA; Richard Finberg, 12.66 3/4 Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Jennifer Pittsburgh PA 60.12% Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA; 2.39 5 3 Eunice Patton - Christine Biggs, Bloomington IL 58.85% Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Alan Hayman - Andrea Hayman, New York NY 1.79 6 4 3 Richard Wan, Point Pleasant NJ; Victor Huebner, New Port Richey FL 58.33% 12.66 3/4 Alfred Tuckman - Joel Levy, Monroe Township 1.68 5 Jean Valentine, Arlington VA; Lucille Davis, Melbourne FL 56.55% NJ; Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL; Martin Singer, New City 1.11 6 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 53.87% NY 1.35 4 Ginger Gomprecht, Baltimore MD; Jane Grad-Antupit, South Orange NJ 52.98% 1.01 5 Patsy Fitzpatrick, Piedmont CA; Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA 51.79% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 1.03 6 Trevor Joike - Rebecca Joike, Rockford IL 51.70% 24.68 1 Susan Bass - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON; Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL TUESDAY MORNING 5/20/50 PAIRS 17.28 2 Steven Blomstedt - Deborah Purbrick - Andrew 13.0 Tables Purbrick, West Chester PA; Diane Carroll, Bala Cynwyd PA ABC 9.87 3/4 Paul Simon - Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA; 2.42 1 1 Lynne Groff, McLean VA; Sarah Raynor, Winston Salem NC 60.23% Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Paul Truesdale, Peabody MA 9.87 3/4 Tammy Pepper, Raleigh NC; Matthew Mallory, 1.82 2 2 Gwenyth Conners - Gary Conners, Rochester NY 59.09% San Diego CA; Judy McDonald - Ronald McDonald, Henderson 1.19 3/4 Barbara Levine, Bethesda MD; Maxine Penn, Potomac MD 57.01% NV 1.19 3/4 Sandra Reavey, McLean VA; David Lindley, Alexandria VA 57.01% 0.67 5/6 Marlene Gross, McLean VA; John Carle, Springfield VA 56.44% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 3 0.83 5/6 3 1 Harp, Alexandria VA; Beth Fricano, Arlington VA 56.44% 16 Tables 0.62 4 Ina Smith-Tornberg - Mary Ann Goldenson, Potomac MD 55.49% 20.72 1 Lorraine Hinds, White Plains NY; William Wood, Jr, Hartsdale NY; Rosemarie Letourneau, Amagansett NY; 0.62 5 2 John Metzler, McLean VA; Ken Casey, Falls Chruch VA 53.98% Rich Letourneau, Bonita Springs FL 0.46 3 Danae Triantis - Enid Cheng, Chevy Chase MD 52.84% 14.50 2 Nancy Donaldson, Beverly MA; Sandy Sloan - Judith Harrington, Ipswich MA; Patricia Anderson, Melrose MA TUESDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS 8.29 3/4 Dale Dallaire, Aldie VA; Judith Mannschreck, 23.0 Tables Virginia Beach VA; Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Key FL ABC 8.29 3/4 Timothy Hill, Wellesley Hills MA; Marcia 4.66 1 1 1 Nancy Wanicur, Potomac MD; Vivian Pollock, Chevy Chase MD 66.07% White, Lakeville MA; David Pimental, Dartmouth MA; Emerita 3.06 2/3 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 63.65% Hayward, Leonardtown MD 3.06 2/3 William Woodward, Fairfax VA; John Menzel, Arlington VA 63.65% 2.80 4 2 2 Eva Vorndran, Great Falls VA; Victoria Miller, Chevy Chase MD 61.01% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 4 1.47 5 Mary Edge, Alexandria VA; Betty Taff, Springfield VA 60.42% 16 Tables 16.81 1 Michael Deverin, Bowie MD; Linda Smith, 1.48 6 Axaybabu Dave, Saline MI; Rekha Dave, US 59.52% Gambrills MD; Gerald Marcovsky, Annapolis MD; Steven Dunn, 2.10 3 Ann Brewster, Rochester NY; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 58.85% Severna Park MD 1.57 4 Joyce Bladen, Laytonsville MD; Elizabeth Colton, Gaithersburg MD 57.74% 11.77 2 Paul Haselbush, Fredericksburg VA; Richard 1.34 5 3 Joan Talley - Mary Levine, Chattanooga TN 56.04% Kekic, Colonial Beach VA; Larry Kennedy, Mansfield OH; Gerald 1.33 6 Alan Walter, Gaithersburg MD; Betti Goodman, Silver Spring MD 55.06% Schrader, Fredericksbrg VA 1.00 4 Diane Cohen, Mc Lean VA; Jo Ann Hutchison, Annandale VA 54.17% 6.72 3/4 Dennis Kovach - David Logan, Palmetto FL; Susan L’Heureux - Richard Slater, Alexandria VA 0.75 5 Kenneth Duggin, Alexandria VA; Robert Hollohan, Arlington VA 52.98% 6.72 3/4 Theresa Andino - Raphael Schreiber, 0.89 6 Suzanne Kilczewski, Potomac MD; Daisy Smith, Silver Spring MD 52.38% Tallahassee FL; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL; Neema Thakrar, Enola PA FRIDAY-TUESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 72.50 Tables / Based on 25 Tables MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables 8.58 1/2 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 128.91% 14.18 1 Michael Schuller, Belle Mead NJ; David 8.58 1/2 Alan Lechner, New York NY 128.91% Wampler, Bowie MD; Roman Kaluzniacki, Columbia MD; John 7.62 3 Dan Emmons, Fairfax VA 126.49% Rothschild, Elkridge MD 8.54 4/5 Victor Huebner, New Port Richey FL 124.49% 9.93 2 David Mead - Kathleen O’Toole, Derwood MD; 8.54 4/5 Richard Wan, Point Pleasant NJ 124.49% Jane Frost, White Bear Lake MN; Thomas Din, Rockville MD 4.85 6 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 123.89% 5.67 3/4 Jack De Vivo, Brookeville MD; Alexander Gottesman, North Bethesda MD; James Metzger, Chevy Chase 3.11 7 Bruce Thiher, Minneapolis MN 119.70% MD; Alfred Liepold, Silver Spring MD 5.67 3/4 Joseph Seubert, Mineral VA; Elizabeth Hayes, TUESDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS No Palm Beach FL; Bob Caudell, Louisa VA; Joe Kube, Orange 69.5 Tables / Based on 68 Tables VA ABC 25.84 1 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 64.78% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 19.38 2 Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Kingston PA 62.78% 11.62 1 Thomas Danford, Bellaire OH; Brett Orban, 14.54 3 Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA; Seymour Baden, Gaithersburg MD 62.41% Martins Ferry OH; Sally Mallett - Gary Mallett, N Martinsvlle WV 14.46 4 1 1 Michael Stevens - Harry Marsh, Waltham MA 62.03% 8.13 2 Roy Sandstrom, Clearwater FL; Karen 8.61 5 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ 59.94% Schmautz, Largo FL; Richard Wan, Point Pleasant NJ; Victor 7.38 6 Mita Banerjee, Bethesda MD; Marie Creisher, Derwood MD 59.19% Huebner, New Port Richey FL 4.65 3/4 Dorothy Whalin - Roy Whalin, Miami FL; 6.46 7 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 59.09% Russell Craft, Smiths Fl Bx Bermuda; Dee Craft, Smith’s Bermuda 10.85 8 2 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 58.71% 4.65 3/4 Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON; Fred Lopp, 5.17 9 Linda Rothstein, New York NY; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 58.52% Greensboro NC; Emily Shen, Cambridge MA; Vincent Koon Kam 4.70 10 Sandra Levine, New York NY; Patricia Hirsch, Boynton Beach FL 58.10% King, Somerville MA 4.31 11 Rolf Paul, Needham MA; Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 58.05% 3.98 12 Cordelia Menges - Ted Newman, New York NY 57.58% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 7 13 Tables 8.13 13 3 Isaiah Shalom, W Brookfield MA; Eugene Barrack, Washington Twp NJ 57.10% 8.59 1 Mel Walger, Towson MD; Jane Reifler - Ronald 3.45 14 Eileen Niesen - Mary Lou Hughes, Huntington Bh CA 56.72% Reifler, Baltimore MD; Robert Mintz, Nottingham MD 6.10 15 4 William Higbee - Colleen McCabe, Madison WI 56.58% 6.01 2 Stanley Hurwitz, Chevy Chase MD; Charles 3.04 16 Bernard Oetjen, Mc Lean VA; Madan Nanda, Reston VA 56.44% Pierce, New York NY; Judy Braddy, Lady Lake FL; Deanna Larus, 2.87 17 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 56.25% Chapel Hill NC 5.75 5 2 Bruce Stargatt, Wilmington DE; Thomas Hughes, Rockland DE 56.06% 3.44 3/4 Stephen Montague, Chantilly VA; Ronald Ozarka, Herndon VA; Roberta O’Neill - Terrence O’Neill, Bluffton 4.31 6 3 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 55.71% SC 3.62 7 Kathrine Loh, Vienna VA; David Loken, Mc Lean VA 55.30% 3.44 3/4 Patricia Teplitz - Marvin Teplitz, Decatur GA; 3.24 8 4 Gerald Cunha - Rosalind Juo, Walnut Creek CA 54.83% Dolores Dodi Ballard, Brielle NJ; John Sherwood, Orinda CA 2.76 9/10 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 54.45% 2.76 9/10 5 Dorothy Russell, St Simons Is GA; John Flynn, Rockville MD 54.45% MONDAY - TUESDAY KO BRACKET 8 12 Tables 2.41 11 Varghese George, Martinez GA; Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA 53.50% 5.04 1 Daniel Recht, Cambridge MA; Samuel 2.80 6 Michael Gottesman, Falls Church VA; Silas Wasserstrom, Lichtenstein, Belmont MA; Zizhuo Wang, Palo Alto CA; Zhuo Washington DC 53.41% Wang, Philadelphia PA 3.53 2 Michele McClellan, Nags Head NC; Cordellia Scruggs, Arlington VA; Sharon Herron, Kitty Hawk NC; Joyce Stone, Southern Shrs NC 2.02 3/4 Elizabeth Waldron, Ocean Isl Bch NC; Sue Sandidge, Ocean Isle NC; Pamela Bank, Ocean Isle Beac NC; Kathryn Weyers, Fairfax Station VA 2.02 3/4 Hugo Van Dyke, Brooklyn NY; Christopher Rivera, Rockville Centr NY; Stephen Lynch, Maspeth NY; Ludmila Antonova, New York NY Page 10 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 1 HAWTHORN SIDE SERIES 13 Tables 31.5 Tables Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA; Peder Langsetmo, Minneapolis ABC MN; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA; Jeffrey David, Rutland MA vs 6.37 1 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 69.82% Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Witold 5.31 2 1 1 Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA; Laura Rassbach, Westminster CO 63.66% Turant, 92-432 Lodz Poland; Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Jan 3.98 3 2 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Gayle Davis, Haverford PA 61.34% Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland 2.99 4 3 2 Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH; James Wisman, Washington DC 61.19% 2.02 5 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 60.63% Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY; Victoria 1.51 6 Steve Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; K Chandramouli, Washington DC 60.42% Gromova, Moscow 117296 Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Catherine D’ovidio - Danielle Gaviard, 2.24 4 3 Lynne Beresford, Fort Washington MD; Jackie Jones, Apopka FL 57.84% vs 1.60 5/6 4 Beth Lasky, New York NY; Ashok Sethi, San Diego CA 57.64% William Higgins - Amitabh Raturi - Nancy Sachs, Cincinnati OH; 1.47 5/6 James Misner - Elaine Misner, Wilton CT 57.64% Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 1.20 5 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 55.56% 1.15 6 Simeon Prager - Michael Sherberg, Olivette MO 54.94% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 2 13 Tables Andy Anderson - Curley Anderson - Catherine Walsh - Thomas TUESDAY AFTERNOON 50-20-10 PAIRS Walsh, Saskatoon SK 11.0 Tables vs ABC Al Blinder, Torrance CA; Tarun Badiani, Middlesex England; Bob 2.21 1 1 1 Marilyn Batra, Farfax VA; Anne Toto, Reston VA 66.96% Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 1.66 2 Sheryl McEwan - Margaret Mastran, Reston VA 64.29% Bruce Thiher, Minneapolis MN; Hope Watts, Bethesda MD; Lucy 1.24 3 Richard Weiser - Mary Ann Goldenson, Potomac MD 59.52% McCoy, Annandale VA; Jane Shaw, Hanover PA 1.17 4 2 2 Linda White, Chebeague Islnd ME; Douglas Reese, Vieques PR 58.93% vs 0.88 5 3 Yasmin Jiwa, Washington DC; Elizabeth Blondell, Behtesda MD 57.14% Rita Rosenberg, Monroe Township NJ; Bonnie Britton, Staten 0.55 6 Robert Rich - Rhonda Rich, Bethesda MD 55.06% Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY; Arnold Kohn, Monroe NJ 0.66 4 3 Randy Pan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jason Miller, Tampa FL 54.17% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 3 12 Tables 0.49 5 Reina Lerner, Silver Springs MD; Sharona Sapoznikow, Potomac MD 51.19% Reisha Berkowsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Gail Levy, Melville NY; 0.37 4 James Leach, Bethesda MD; Joel Havemann, Washington DC 50.00% Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL vs TUESDAY AFTERNOON 300-200-100 PAIRS Benjamin Stauss, Silver Spring MD; John Glynn, Bethesda MD; 33.5 Tables Jeffrey Kosnett, Gaithersburg MD; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI ABC Alan Breed, Mc Lean VA; Barb Hincken, Alexandria VA; Marjorie 6.22 1 1 1 Maxine Penn - Suzanne Kilczewski, Potomac MD 68.71% Gazzola, Arlington VA; Joan Mitchum, Springfield VA 4.67 2 2 Carol Gibboney - Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA 65.18% vs 3.50 3 Axaybabu Dave, Saline MI; Rekha Dave, US 63.39% Lillian Range - Bernie Weiss, New Orleans LA; Julius Rosenfield, 2.69 4 3 Charles Allport - Sandra Allport, Annandale VA 62.80% River Ridge LA; Allan Tushman, West Bloomfield MI 2.02 5 4 Nancy Mapes - Diane Ringstad, Glen Rock NJ 62.20% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 4 1.88 6 5 2 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 60.42% 16 Tables 1.20 6 Neal Cooper, Gainesville VA; Robert Dorosin, Fairfax VA 60.12% Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Melissa Luo, North York ON; Chen Zhou, 1.41 3 Marty Schindler, Jupiter FL; Richard Moss, Rockville MD 58.38% Basking Ridge NJ; Zhijun Zhong, 1.05 4 Tom Piper - Karen Piper, N Huntingdon PA 57.48% vs 0.79 5 Peter Schiff, Potomac MD; Jack Schiff, Rockville MD 56.55% Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; David Crausen - Shona Donovan - 0.59 6 Roy Robson, Arlington VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA 54.46% Mark Donovan, Kingston ON

Marlys Moholt, Silver Spring MD; Kathryn Kiley, Reston VA; Mari TUESDAY EVENING B-A-M TEAMS McColl, Herndon VA; Elizabeth Crenshaw, Birmingham AL; 42 Tables Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD ABC vs 8.68 1 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen Trendafilov - Dwayne Hoffman, Manassas Park VA; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville , Varna Bulgaria 20.00 TN; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Adam Reiter, Israel Israel 6.34 2/3 1 Raphael Schreiber - Theresa Andino, Tallahassee FL; Sandra TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 5 Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Beavercreek OH 17.00 16 Tables 5.70 2/3 Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch Amy Blecher - Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY; Elaine McClure, FL; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL 17.00 Newtown CT; Susan Santisi, Boca Raton FL 4.76 4 2 Carl Gutschick - Anita Gutschick, Arnold MD; Charles Ward - vs Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Karl Barth, Drexel Hill PA; Robert Peggy Ward, Richmond VA 16.50 Levey - Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 2.41 5/6 Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY; Matthew Heuser - Jill Ohlson, Lexington KY 16.00 Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker 3.57 5/6 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; Sonja Smith, North Heights OH; Victor Vertes, Cleveland OH; Marlene Zinamon, Granby CT; David Rock, Westfield MA 16.00 Beachwood OH 2.67 4 Gerald Tietz - Pamela Tietz, Naperville IL; Thomas Smith, Jr, vs Kimberly Davis, Millwood VA; Anna Murray, Winchester VA; Newport News VA; Peter Haglich, Virginia Beach VA 14.00 Carolyn Borus, Denver CO; Robert Fischbein, Short Hills NJ 2.01 5 Joseph Seubert, Mineral VA; Bob Caudell, Louisa VA; Elizabeth Hayes, No Palm Beach FL; Joe Kube, Orange VA 13.50 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 6 1.32 6/7 Paul Haynes, Boulder CO; Katelin Yates, Erie CO; Margaret Jones, 16 Tables Breckenridge CO; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 13.00 Jan Fischer - Diane Palmer - Rita Sorgi - Carolyn Kish, San Diego 1.32 6/7 Sung Mae Bleck - Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Dinesh Doshi, Evans CA vs GA; Varghese George, Martinez GA 13.00 Shauneen Hutchinson, Greenville DE; Gail Everett - Cindy 2.05 1/2 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Richard Wedgewood - Jay Gibbons, Rowland, Wilmington DE; Melissa Jessup, Chadds Ford PA Washington DC; Laurice Malouf, Chevy Chase MD 12.50 2.05 1/2 Tobi Bear - Susan Klaber, Oakton VA; William Gurley, Arlington VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 12.50 Daily Bulletin Page 11

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS Logan West, Yorktown VA; Bud Hampshire, Poquoson VA; Daniel 25.0 Tables Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL ABC vs Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON; Claude Henin, 12.25 1 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 62.95% Ottawa ON; Susan Eastman, Delmar NY 9.19 2 Edwin Lewis III, Bolton CT; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA 61.61% 6.89 3 Shirley Presberg - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 59.18% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 7 6.49 4 1 1 Shirley Duhl, Floral Park NY; Natalie Mackler, Highland Park IL 57.44% 16 Tables 4.08 5 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 56.99% Monique Laurendeau, Montreal QC; Cecile Rodier, Saint- 4.87 6 2 Marlene Mandell - Seymour Mandell, Southfield MI 56.85% Hyacinthe QC; Diane Smith, West Linn OR; Tina Isaacson, Portland OR 3.06 7 Jane Thurman, Laurel MD; Linda Smith, Annapolis MD 56.40% vs 3.65 3 Anita Pettus, Winchester KY; Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON 54.23% Richard Goad - Tamah Goad, Lake Charles LA; Nirmala 2.74 4 Sandra Berg, Mt Holly Spgs PA; Janet Dence, Cabin John MD 52.38% Chintapalli - Prasad Chintapalli, Apex NC 2.01 5/6 Darleen Bates, Durham NC; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 51.49% 3.05 5/6 Roma Chandra, Silver Spring MD; Shlomit Rind, San Mateo CA 51.49% Jordan Leibman - Joan Leibman, Indianapolis IN; Lester Zabronsky, Bellmore NY; Alan Zabronsky, Boynton Beach FL 2.97 2 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Richard Wedgewood, Washington DC 47.26% vs 2.23 3 Peter Galbraith - Catherine Hess, Honolulu HI 47.21% Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; 2.03 4 Gunilla Dybvik, Ed Sweden; James Lynch, Fairfax VA 45.83% Megan McLemore, Athens GA; Patrick Corn, Lexington Park MD

TUESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 8 45.0 Tables 16 Tables ABC Jon Wendelken, Akron OH; Flo Hinshaw, Ashland OH; Katy 19.25 1 Steven Zlotnick - Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 63.14% Moyer - Donald Moyer, Silver Lake OH 14.44 2 1 Mark Friedlander - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL 61.62% vs Joyce Currie, Mc Lean VA; Jim Wildey, Annapolis MD; Nancy 10.83 3 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; John Veltri, Bradenton FL 60.66% Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 8.12 4 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 59.78% 6.42 5 Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC 59.54% Terry Mitchell, Reston VA; Mehmet Goncer, Jacksonville FL; 5.50 6 Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Nancy Kalow, New York NY 58.41% Albert Dimillio, Leesburg VA; William Pruiett, Lansdowne VA 8.19 7 2 Janet McCaffrey - Gertrude Kivett, Lebanon NJ 58.09% vs 6.14 8 3 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 58.01% Alan Gross, Cherry Hill NJ; Michele Saland - Stephen Kalstein, Philadelphia PA; Estelle Bogart, Penn Valley PA 3.94 9/10 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 57.77% 4.61 9/10 4 Mike Frosch, Bethesda MD; Ellie Clark, Vienna VA 57.77% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 9 3.50 11 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 57.21% 16 Tables 2.96 12 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 56.41% David June - Carol June, Raleigh NC; Edwin Porter - Mary Porter, 5.93 5 1 Neil Goldstein, New York NY; Jill Gilbert, Toledo OH 54.81% Calgary AB 3.12 6 Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Brian Howard, Bradenton FL 53.69% vs Mary Jo Whitehead, Binghamton NY; Caroline Polo Traverso - 4.45 7 2 Parween Yunus, Alexandria VA; Sulaiman Ghaussy, Fairfax VA 53.45% Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 2.43 8 Tom Kaufmann, Pine Brook NJ; Martin Lesh, Montville NJ 53.37% 3.34 3 Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA; Ronald Morris, Santa Barbara CA 52.72% Nancy Briggs, Blowing Rock NC; Virginia Schwerin, New York 2.50 4 Kimberly Whipple, Lake Forest IL; Kenny Horneman, NY; Nancy Paul, Lake Forest IL; Lynn Bayman, Valapariso IN Charlottesville VA 50.96% vs Virginia Kuhn - Melody Owen - Sandy Anzilotti, Wilmington DE; 1.87 5/6 William Coleman - Jane Coleman, Cincinnati OH 48.64% Joan Hughes, Rockland DE 1.84 5/6 Frank Hatten, Potomac MD; Paul Hatten Jr, Vero Beach FL 48.64% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 10 TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS 16 Tables 16.0 Tables Luigi Calicchia, Farmington UT; Robert Poriss, South Ogden UT; ABC Chen Li - Jolyon Bloomfield, Ithaca NY 3.67 1 1 1 Onorica Luculescu, Arlington VA; Alina Galaszewska, Alexandria VA 62.88% vs 2.75 2 2 George Moehringer, Monroe Twp NJ; Asish Sengupta, North Ike Oren, Alexandria VA; Georgette Weiss - George Schropp, Fort Brunswick NJ 59.85% Washington MD; Alan Gordon, Mc Lean VA 2.06 3 Marilyn Mendelson, Portsmouth VA; Linda Mathias, Windsor VA 59.09% Samuel Litzenberger, Hellertown PA; Clara Glassman, Delray 1.65 4 3 2 Gayle Tomasetti - Rose Marie Sanders, Springfield VA 57.77% Beach FL; J J Jayaraman, Washington DC; Loretta Westler, 1.24 5 4 Christy Wiegel - Jeffrey Wiegel, Wilsonville OR 56.63% Philadelphia PA 0.92 6 Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Jean Murphy, Key Largo FL 55.11% vs 0.93 5 Earline Sloan, Mays Landing NJ; Linda Sargent-Pizagno, Jack Baugh - Patricia Baugh, Voorheesville NY; James Scheirer - Northfield NJ 53.27% Mary Ann Scheirer, Princeton NJ 0.70 6 Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT; Mary Ann Hudecki, Cincinnati OH 52.84% 1.07 3 Janine Corwin, Brookline MA; Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA 52.24% 0.80 4 Marilyn Batra, Farfax VA; Anne Toto, Reston VA 50.76% Rise and shine TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 SWISS TEAMS By Barry Rigal 16 Tables ABC ♠ K Q J 10 4 3.67 1 1 Tom Piper - Karen Piper, N Huntingdon PA; Carol Gibboney - ♥ Q 5 3 Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA 68.00 ♦ J 10 7 5 2.75 2 Louis Coccodrilli, Rockville MD; Nathan Wolf, Bethesda MD; ♣ A Stella Perry, Alexandria VA; Lois Simms, Lincolnshire IL 56.00 ♠ 8 3 2 ♠ 9 6 2.06 3 Iris Gregory, Starkville MS; James Wesson Gregory, Carthage MS; ♥ ♥ Gunilla Dybvik, Ed Sweden; James Lynch, Fairfax VA 54.00 9 7 6 4 A 10 2 ♦ ♦ 2.00 4 2 1 Lynne Groff - Ricki Kanter, McLean VA; Sarah Raynor, Winston K Q 3 2 A4 Salem NC; Rebecca Hudecek, Great Falls VA 51.00 ♣ 9 4 ♣ K 10 8 6 5 3 1.50 5/6 3 2 Pat Teer - Bill Teer, Fairfax VA; Kenneth Marshall, Winchester ♠ A7 5 VA; Al Sullivan, Dale City VA 49.00 ♥ K J 8 1.02 5/6 Bobby Patton - Eleanor Patton, Lawrence KS; Sally Knight - Anne ♦ 9 8 6 Knott, Houston TX 49.00 ♣ Q J 7 2 1.12 4 Ronny Baker, Riverwoods IL; Glorya Spero, Highland Park IL; Both tables did the right thing in the auction Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Patricia Mitchell, Washington DC 39.00 on this deal from the Senior Swiss, but a slight HAWTHORN SIDE SERIES difference in the declarer’s trick-two tactics earned 42.0 Tables the John Swanson team a game swing. ABC The North-South pairs at each table did well 6.91 1/2 Shirley Lee, Los Angeles CA; Rosalind Dixon, Silver Spring MD 62.02% to land in 3NT after North opened 1♠ and East 6.91 1/2 Espen Erichsen, London England; Lila Panahpour, London Swiw overcalled 2♣. At least that game had chances! England 62.02% When Rich Oshlag was East, his wife Mary 5.92 3 1 1 Leo Zelevinsky, Sharon MA; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 61.86% ♣ ♣ 3.33 4 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 60.74% led the 9. Declarer won dummy’s A and ♥ 3.89 5/6 2/3 Elaine Weintraub - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 60.42% advanced the Q. Rich ducked, won the next 3.89 5/6 2/3 Zachary Wasserman, Ann Arbor MI; David Banh, Annandale VA 60.42% heart and cashed the ♦A and ♣K, then led his 2.50 4 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 58.33% other diamond. Down one. 1.87 5 Charles King, Bethesda MD; Theodore Wilkinson, Washington DC 57.37% At the other table, declarer Sid Brownstein 1.40 6 Adele Weisbord, Cherry Hill NJ; Barbara Hoffman, Voorhees NJ 57.21% won the ♣A and played a low diamond from 2.39 2 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 55.93% dummy at once. Can you blame East for ducking? 1.79 3 Craig Olson, Arlington VA; Michael Lawrence, Bethesda MD 55.45% I can’t, and now the diamond blockage meant the 1.35 4 Jeffrey Krader, Philadelphia PA; Joan Warren, Bryn Mawr PA 54.97% defenders could cash only four of their five tricks. 1.68 5 Peggi Kenny - Harry Kenny, Marlin TX 54.81% 1.18 6 Stephen Montague, Chantilly VA; Ronald Ozarka, Herndon VA 51.60% Page 12 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE S 83 Tables vs Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las , Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Schenectady NY; Michael Polowan, New York Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Andrew NY; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; George Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia Mittelman - , Toronto ON vs Victor Markowicz, Boca Raton FL; Shalom Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Zeligman, Bat-Yam 5 Israel; Julian Klukowski, Holmdel NJ; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA; Steve Warsaw Poland; Victor Melman, Scarsdale NY; Weinstein, Andes NY; , Davis CA; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Roald Lew Stansby, Dublin CA Ramer, Amsterdam vs 1071T Netherlands Romain Zaleski - Jean Quantin - Albert Faigenbaum - Dominique Pilon, Paris France; Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Franck Multon, Nice France; Marc Bompis, Bourg Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; , Tampa La Reine France FL; , Clearwater Bch FL; , Dallas TX Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Mike Becker, vs Boca Raton FL; Espen Lindquist, Trondheim Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Laurie Kranyak, Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Fulvio Bay Village OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Fantoni, Rome Italy; , Roma Italy Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL vs Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Roger Lee, Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Arcadia CA; Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner- Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Welland, New York NY David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc vs Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; , Houston TX; Bertrand Gignoux, St Leger En Yve France; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Antonio Sementa, Parma Laurent Thuillez, Villiers St-Fre France; Jean- PR 43100 Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy Michel Voldoire, Paris France; Philippe Cronier, vs France; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard Weinstein, Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Sarasota FL; - , New Netherlands; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Ishmael York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Billy Delmonte, Sydney Australia Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA

1. Lynch 236 64. Rogall 74 1. Lynch 33. Pettis 91 32. Markowicz 32. Markowicz 143

17. Saxe 148 48. Ao 158 7. (48.) Ao 16. Siwiel, npc 49. Becher 100 16. Siwiel, npc 110

9. Mahaffey 123 56. Rigal 139 9. (56.) Rigal 24. Hampton 41. Durrin 156 24. Hampton 205

25. Bathurst 124 40. Koneru 104 25. Bathurst 8. O’Rourke 57. Hopkins 123 8. O’Rourke 129

4. Meltzer 177 61. M. Bloom 79 4. Meltzer 29. Gignoux 36. Kahn 45 29. Gignoux 126

20. Robinson 191 45. Adams 162 20. Robinson 13. Gordon 52. Caldwell 139 13. Gordon 142

12. Jacobs 142 53. Fudor 88 12. Jacobs 44. (21.) Allegaert 44. Tse 161 21. Allegaert 140

28. Schermer 184 37. Narasimhan 98 28. Schermer 5. Garner 60. Hajdu 97 5. Garner 266 Daily Bulletin Page 13

E SPINGOLD KNOCKOUTS John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Gary Cohler, vs vs Miami FL; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Hailong Ao, Herndon VA; Jian-Jian Wang, Egypt; Jim Krekorian, New York NY; Drew Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Clarksville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Casen, Las Vegas NV , Bloomington NY; , David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Alan vs New York NY; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Frederic Wrang, Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; , CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Srikanth Stockholm 1 Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Singer Island FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Kodayam, Fremont CA; Bryan Maksymetz, Sweden; Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; , Garibaldi Highl BC Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Stockholm Sweden Poland John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, vs vs Evanston IL; Fred Gitelman - , Las Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York Barry Rigal - Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, Vegas NV; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric NY; Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Mark New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Glenn Greco, Philadelphia PA Feldman, Hoboken NJ; , Reading Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Alex Ornstein, Roslyn vs R Great Britain; Tom Townsend, London W9 1sd Heights NY Andrew Stark - Franco Baseggio, New York NY; England Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; JoAnna Stansby, Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ; Joshua Parker, Dublin CA; Irina Ladyzhensky - Alexander Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Ricco Van Columbus OH; William Pollack, Basking Ridge Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Ron Rubin, NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Norberto Bocchi, Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Matt vs Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Granovetter, Michael Levinson, Daly City CA; Paul McDaniels, Spain; Chris Compton - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX Cincinnati OH Richmond CA; Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley vs vs CA; Michael Crawford, San Diego CA Edmund S W Tse, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Arend Bayer, Berkeley CA; Han Peters, Stony Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Samuel Wan Siu Brook NY; Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto CA; Victor Kau, Hong Kong; David Yik-Keung Chan, 78 Chubukov, San Francisco CA Bonham Road Hong Kong Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Gunnar Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; Piotr Venice FL; Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Las Vegas NV; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Zakopane Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Iceland Mragowo Poland

2. Nickell 166 63. Kirubakara 94 2. Nickell 31. (34.) Kaplan 34. Kaplan 138 31. Efraim 78

18. Berg 119 47. Bayer 131 18. (47.) Bayer 15. Jansma 50. Humphreys 108 15. Jansma 168

10. Onstott 184 55. Rajkumar 145 10. Onstott 23. Marcinski 42. Barrett 173 23. Marcinski 189

26. Morse 94 39. Greenberg 203 26. (39.) Greenberg 7. Strul 58. Gipson 135 7. Strul 176

3. Cayne 140 62. Levinson 141 3. (62.) Levinson 30. Rogoff 35. S. Bloom 107 30. Rogoff 149

19. Rosenthal 150 19. Rosenthal 46. Rayner 109 14. DeKnijff 51. Ramos 105 14. DeKnijff 128

11. Diamond 93 11. Diamond 54. Potts 78 22. (43.) Stark 43. Stark 144 22. Hollman 109

27. Zaleski 117 27. Zaleski 38. DeFalco 105 6. Fleisher 59. Caprera 79 6. Fleisher 128 Page 14 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE MINI-SPINGOLD I (0- 59 Tables / Based on 64 Tables McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Garth Yettick Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Roselyn Teukolsky - Saul Teukolsky, Ithaca - Peggy Ware - Spencer Jones - Jon Brandon, Marianna AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; NY; Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal Denver CO; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga Michael McGuire, Hernando MS NY GA vs vs David Rogers, Southern Pines NC; Molly Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Fay Teal, O’Neill - Rosemary Boden - Bella Ionis, Ft Kitchener ON; Hindupuram Sriharsha, Orillia Brian Johnston, Toronto ON; Nick Stock, Lauderdale FL ON; Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Amal Dasgupta, North Vancouver BC; Peter Hambly, Hanover Wilmington DE ON; Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Unionville ON Leonard, Ypsilanti MI; Steve Aarons, Toronto Chuck Krueger, Kings Mountain NC; Sally vs ON; Tom Greer, W Hollywood CA; John Chapleau, Tampa FL; Tom Miller, Centerville Bill Begert - Randi Adelman - Peter Clark - Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY OH; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Craig Jess Jurkovic, New York NY vs Satersmoen, Huber Heights OH; Steven Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Reuschlein, Middleton WI Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Natalie Bassil, Glickman, Las Vegas NV; David Sokolow, vs Boston MA; Joe De Gaetano, Atkinson NH; Austin TX; Sam Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Matt Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA; Lenore Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA Meckstroth, Gainesville FL Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Teresa Boyd, vs Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Danville CA Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Rebecca Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Doug Herron - Anspach - Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Peter Bonfanti, New York NY; Peter Morse, James Melville, Springfield IL; Steve Stewart, Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN North Vancouver BC Shawnee Msn KS; Don Croysdale, Elm vs Grove WI; William McFall, New Berlin WI Patrick Williams, Greenbrier TN; Owen Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Kevin vs Lynch, Huntsville AL; Diane Walker, Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Owen Lien, Hickory Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, Gaithersburg MD; Kenton Schoen, Falls NC; Jon Rice, Raleigh NC; David Grainger, San Francisco CA; Adam Parrish, Cincinnati Church VA; Thomas Greene, Nashville TN Etobicoke ON OH; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA vs Ed Judy, Iowa City IA; Douglas Dye, Gary Helman, Syosset NY; David Fleischer, Gary Westfall, Brampton ON; Roman Klein - Wyndmoor PA; Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Alexandria VA; Carl Gueli - Lydia Betz, Andrew Firko, Oakville ON; Ringo Chung, Robert Rubinstein, New York NY Great Neck NY Mississauga ON vs vs

1. Tuekolsky 166 32. Lee11 92

1. Tuekolsky 16. (17.) Cable

16. Youngerman 85 17. Cable 126

8. Williams 103 25. Judy 113

8. (25.) Judy 9. (24.) Clayman

9. Ozias 85 24. Clayman 137

5. Westfall 94 28. Myers 149

5. (28.) Myers 12. Humphreys

12. Humphreys 123 21. Lavee 121

4. Melville 88 29. Donner 104

4. (29.) Donner 13. Kleinplatz

13. Kleinplatz 125 20. Einberg 113 Daily Bulletin Page 15

0-5000) KNOCKOUT TEAMS How low can you go? By Barry Rigal Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, John Klayman, Haymarket VA; Thomas Albany NY; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie Lavender, Arlington VA; Barry Spector, ♠ AQ 9 FL; Keith White, Fort Myers FL Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, ♥ K 8 3 2 Albuquerque NM ♦ K J 9 5 Hank Youngerman, Jacksonville FL; Hal vs ♣ 8 2 Hindman, Annandale VA; Fletcher Thompson, Teresa Ozias, Dallas OR; Dick Mc Cluer, ♠ K 7 6 3 2 ♠ — Annapolis MD; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Vancouver WA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; ♥ 9 5 ♥ A Q 7 6 Doug Levene - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL James Abbott, Grosse Pointe MI ♦ 3 ♦ A Q 8 4 2 ♣ ♣ vs K Q 9 6 3 A J 10 5 ♠ Lorraine Cable, New York NY; Lew Robert Glickman, Seattle WA; Marc J 10 8 5 4 ♥ J 10 4 Gamerman, Westwood MA; Adam Grossack, Glickman, Woodland Hls CA; Seth Cohen, ♦ 10 7 6 Newton MA; Donald Caplin, Waltham MA Stamford CT; Richard Gertner, Ossining NY ♣ 5 4 vs Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Gloria Tsoi, The action at our table was undistinguished on McLendon, New York NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Arlington MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham this deal from the second semifinal session of the Honolulu HI; Sondra Blank, Saint-Laurent MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA Life Master Pairs. It involved an accident in QC; Samantha Nystrom, Victoria BC counting high-card points, which landed my vs partner, East, in a contract of 3♣. On a diamond lead, East merely crossruffed, Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Adam eschewing the heart finesse. After cashing the red Meyerson - Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA; aces and ruffing spades in his hand, declarer came down to a two-card ending that saw North left C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA with the ♣8 2 and South with the ♣5 4. Dummy had the ♣K, the only trump left for declarer’s side. Walter Bell, Orefield PA; David Kresge, At this point, North, Walter Johnson, Spinnerstown PA; Dennis Thompson, Lake announced that he planned to unblock his ♣8 and Hiawatha NJ; Barry Cohen, Voorhees NJ accomplish the feat of winning trick 13 with the vs ♣2. As dummy, I leaned over and checked Doug Evan Markowitz - Jared Markowitz, New Simson’s hand (South) and told Walter, “Not on York NY; Tom Menges, Raleigh NC; George my watch!” With the powerful ♣5 4, Simson had Horak, Cary NC; Jackie Thompson, Silver to overtake Johnson’s ♣2 at trick 13. So close … Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY At the other table, Roy Welland was North, and in an atypical flight of fancy (yeah, right …), he opened the North cards with a natural 1♣. Nobody saw any reason to disturb this, so it became the final contract. East led the ♦A, and the play unfolded similarly to the line at our table. East gave his 3. Glickman 107 partner a diamond ruff and West led a heart to the 30. Duran 108 queen for another ruff. Then ♥A, a fourth 3. (30.) Duran diamond ruffed by dummy and overruffed by 14. (19.) Whipple West, spade ruff, heart ruff, spade ruff, heart ruffed in dummy and over-ruffed, spade ruff. East 14. Biswas 119 now cashed the ♣A and Welland, who was down 19. Whipple 165 to the ♣8 2, took advantage of the opportunity to unblock his ♣8. Finally, the mighty ♣2 came into its own to win trick 13.

6. Johnston 139 27. Begert 121 Artel Bridge 6. Johnston 11. Markowitz Designs 11. Markowitz 167 22. Bell 87 Your local MABC bookseller Presents a book signing by Mel Colchamiro “How You Can Play Like an Expert — 7. Johnson 108 26. Connolly 104 Without Having to be One” Wednesday, July 29 7. Johnson 10. Jones at 6:15 p.m. Special offer: 10. Jones 143 23. Rogers 128 Buy two or more books, get 10% off Visit our booth on the

2. Krueger 99 lower level in front 31. Roman 118 of Exhibit hall C.

2. (31.) Roman 15. (18.) Shaye

15. Helman 55 18. Shaye 149 Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE MINI-SPINGOLD II (0-1500) KNOCKOUT TEAMS 61 Tables Michael Bodell - Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA; Jack Bierig - Donald Schramek, Chicago IL; Victor Hsu, Waldwick NJ; Ted Wilson, Airmont Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; Robert Forster - Thomas Crawley, Ellicott City MD; Bruce NY; Paul Fagan, Suffern NY; Sandy Johnson, Ho Jonathan Ullman, New York NY; Laura Rassbach, Bengtson, Park Ridge IL Ho Kus NJ Westminster CO vs vs 6.00 9/16 Mark Koenigsberg, Weehawken Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Giorgia Botta, Rome 00189 Italy; Peggyann NJ; Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger - Ruth Meyer, Cambridge MA; Randall Rubinstein, Cincinnati Klein, New York NY; Andrew Dubay, New York NY OH; Argenta Price, San Francisco CA Voorheesville NY; Barry Ko, Berkeley CA 6.00 9/16 Jack Bierig - Donald Schramek, Chicago IL; Thomas Crawley, Ellicott City MD; Eric Hendrickson - Matthew Bribitzer-Stull - Jennifer Gu - Belinda Gu, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Bruce Bengtson, Park Ridge IL Jason Bribitzer-Stull, Minneapolis MN; Andy Portley, San Francisco CA; Jonathan Pines, 6.00 9/16 Howard Liu, Naperville IL; Gideon Caranicas, St Paul MN Berkeley CA Tan, Denver CO; Paul Lenoble, Freeport NY; Lew vs vs Kroll, Plainview NY Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro Howard Liu, Naperville IL; Gideon Tan, Denver 6.00 9/16 Giorgia Botta, Rome 00189 Italy; NC; John Marriott III, Cary NC; Charles Hudson, CO; Paul Lenoble, Freeport NY; Lew Kroll, Peggyann Klein, New York NY; Andrew Dubay, Raleigh NC Plainview NY Voorheesville NY; Barry Ko, Berkeley CA 6.00 9/16 Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Julie Zucker - Nat Zucker, East Brunswick NJ; Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD; Murat Berk, Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA; Randall Carl Noller - Robert Finkelstein, Reston VA Potomac MD; Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Rubinstein, Cincinnati OH; Argenta Price, San vs Richard Wissing, Columbia MD Francisco CA Mark Koenigsberg, Weehawken NJ; Ofra Blonder vs - Diane Winiger - Ruth Meyer, New York NY

1. Lovejoy 3. Berard 22 81 93 131 (0) 24 48 72 108

16.Hsu 14.Bierig 30 66 94 131 (32) 40 54 68 99

3. Berard 1. (16.) Hsu 6. (11.) Zucker 8. (9.) Bodell

9. Bodell 44 77 110 154 11. Zucker 43 104 148 192 8. Botta 44 60 91 105 6. Koenigsberg 11 23 43 51

5. Grabiner 7. Hopke 45 97 136 189 41 54 71 76

12. Miller 10.Hendrickson 43489 132 12 36 71 96

7. (10.) Hendrickson 2. (15.) Boyd-Bowman 5. Grabiner 4. Gu

15. Boyd-Bowman 13. Liu 72 116 178 233 18 51 80 107 2. Berkowitz 4. Gu 22 45 74 124 37 72 134 155

Bid Box Alerts and Announcements They were second in When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that the Truscott USPC players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the Senior Swiss Teams: same time. Bill Wisdom, Tom Rutledge, Robert When making an announcement, use the Bitterman and Jerry announcement word —- such as “transfer” —- and Helms. tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or announces a bid should make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or announcement has been made. Daily Bulletin Page 17

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE WAGAR Summer NABC 2002 – a look back WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS Here are some more outstanding deals that 14 Tables Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, were played at the NABC in Washington seven Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Renee Pennington NJ; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Val years ago. Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Pam Wittes, Venice Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL; Betty Ann Kennedy, CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Shreveport LA; Cindy Bernstein, Memphis TN Haste makes waste Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; , vs Dallas TX Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Susan Miller, By Henry Bethe vs Boca Raton FL; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; It is usually fruitless to ask an expert how to Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; , Austin Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Martha bid a freak hand, but occasionally one occurs on TX; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Janice Katz, Hinsdale IL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns which the right actions can be demonstrated. One Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Jill Meyers, FL thing about bidding freaks scientifically is that is Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Lake Ariel PA usually pays to take things slowly so that the entire picture can come out. In a knockout team game, you hold: ♠ — ♥A J 4 3 2 ♦A K J 8 6 4 3 ♣A. Your side is not vulnerable, the opponents are, and the auction starts (at both tables) pass by partner and pass. What would you open? Even though the hand qualifies both on honor strength 1. Dinkin, npc 3. Joel and playing strength, 2♣ is probably wrong 38 67 117 144 52 91 147 188 because you will have to rebid 3♦ and then 4♥, 8.(9.) Schaeffer and you are at a high level without much 6. Hampton information. 36 79 120 179 25 29 63 74 Indeed, at both tables this hand opened 1♦. The next hand overcalled 1♠, partner bid 2♣ and right-hand opponent passed. At both tables, this hand bid 2♥ and LHO bid 2♠, pass, pass back to you. This auction is quite revealing. Partner has shown 10 or more points, but did not bid 2NT, did not double 2♠ and did not rebid 3♣. So, partner should have some length and some high-card 1. (9.) Schaeffer 3. Joel strength where you want it, namely in the red 4. Berkowitz 2. Quinn suits. Also, not surprisingly, partner doesn’t have real diamond support, but doesn’t have four hearts either. Given all this, what would you bid? At the other table they chose 4♥, which ended the auction. At our teammates’ table, this hand chose 3♥, however, which drew a raise to 4♥. That left the strong hand in a position to offer a choice of slams by bidding 6♦. Partner took the preference to 6♥ holding: ♠J 5 3 ♥K Q 5 ♦7 5 ♣K J 10 5 3. Notice the effect of going slower and giving 5. Jackson 7.(8.) Fireman 21 45 71 W/D 26 60 81 95 yourself more time to find out relevant information. Also, notice the gain from having it 4. Berkowitz 2. Quinn be your bid when the auction reached 4♥. 59 112 130 52 75 86 115 Actually, 6♦ is a better contract, but when hearts were 3–2 and diamonds were not 4–0 offside, 6♥ also made. Kantar Quiz #4: ♠ J ♥ 10 9 4 SIDE SERIES 4 ♦ K Q J 3 118.50 Tables / Based on 40 Tables ♣ A K 10 6 2 14.00 1 Cory Hand, Cypress CA 120.57% 9.19 2/3 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 119.28% ♠ K Q 10 2 9.19 2/3 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 119.28% ♥ K Q 8 7 6 5 5.91 4 James Wisman, Washington DC 118.88% ♦ A 4.67 5 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 116.82% ♣ 6.98 6 Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT 114.54% 9 5 3.59 7/8 Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 111.49% West North East South 3.59 7/8 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA 111.49% 1♦ 1♠ 2♥ 2.95 9/10 Michael Lawrence, Bethesda MD 109.14% Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT 2.95 9/10 Craig Olson, Arlington VA 109.14% Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ 2.24 11/12 Charles King, Bethesda MD 108.99% All Pass 2.24 11/12 Theodore Wilkinson, Washington DC 108.99% Continued on page 18 Page 18 Daily Bulletin

West leads the ♠9. East wins the ♠A and QUALIFIERS IN THE WERNHER OPEN PAIRS returns a spade, West playing the 3. Plan the play. Carryover 1 Brian Gunnell, St Augustine FL; John Brady, Jacksonville FL 195.59 Kantar’s answer: 2 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 183.07 The danger is that East will win the first heart 3 Marijan Word - Bob Ayers, Covington GA 181.41 and lead a third spade, allowing West to make the 4 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jonathan Ohliger, El Cerrito CA 168.76 ♥ ♥ 5 Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 164.44 J. There is no recourse if West has J 3 2, but as 6 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 162.40 least you can protect against J–x. 7 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 159.23 ♠ J 8 Elliot Itkin, Lovettsville VA; Grace Lloyd, Southampton NY 155.37 ♥ 10 9 4 9 James Sandefur, Arlington VA; Larry Moran, Bowie MD 154.92 ♦ K Q J 3 10/11 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 151.20 ♣ A K 10 6 2 10/11 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Daniel Boye, Victor NY 151.20 ♠ 9 3 ♠ A 8 7 6 5 4 12 Stan Schenker, Reston VA; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 149.53 ♥ J 3 ♥ A2 13 Edward Borodkin, Gambrills MD; Robert Graves, Burke VA 142.66 14 William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 134.81 ♦ 10 8 7 6 2 ♦ 9 5 4 ♣ ♣ 15 Edward Alcoff, Pittsburgh PA; Bijoy Anand, Jacksonville FL 128.43 J 8 7 3 Q 4 16 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 123.28 ♠ K Q 10 2 17 Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 122.88 ♥ K Q 8 7 6 5 18 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Daniel Koch, Chevy Chase MD 119.32 ♦ A 19 Richard Taylor - Robert Freed, Frederick MD 117.67 ♣ 9 5 20 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 116.93 Cash the ♦A at trick three, enter dummy with 21 Cheryl Angel - Jesse Reisman, Livingston NJ 113.53 a club and discard both remaining spades on the 22 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 112.53 23 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 110.59 diamonds. Now lead a heart. If East rises and 24 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 110.33 returns a spade, ruff high and cash the remaining 25 Sheng Li - Chieni Liao, New York NY 108.56 high heart, hoping to drop the jack. This play loses 26 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 107.50 if East has ♥A J x and is smart enough to play the 27 Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN 106.49 ace immediately. You can’t have everything. 28 David Abelow, Owings Mills MD; Alexander Weiss, Jacksonville FL 103.91 29 Frank Treiber III - Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 101.94 30 , Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 101.53 Insured by Meckwell 31 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 100.66 It must be nice to have Jeff Meckstroth and 32 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 94.74 Eric Rodwell as teammates. Most of us can only 33 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Michael Moss, New York NY 93.66 imagine the sense of security that it imparts to the 34 Jason Meyer, Silver Spring MD; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt MD 92.31 other members of the squad. The following deals 35 James Musumeci, Carbondale IL; Rick Bobrow, New York NY 92.01 36 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 91.18 are from the Grand National Teams: 37 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 90.88 ♠ Dlr: East A Q J 8 38 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 90.72 Vul: N–S ♥ J 10 5 39 Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 90.65 ♦ Q 6 40 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Alan Davis, Fremont CA 90.35 ♣ Q 9 8 5 41 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 90.04 ♠ 10 9 7 5 4 2 ♠ K 3 42 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 89.41 ♥ AQ 6 ♥ 8 43 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Tom Kniest, University City MO 88.98 ♦ 9 7 4 ♦ K J 8 5 3 2 44 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 88.17 ♣ ♣ 45 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 88.15 A J 6 4 3 46 Michael McNamara, White Plains NY; Marius Agica, New York NY 87.75 ♠ 6 47 Melanie Tucker - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 80.42 ♥ K 9 7 4 3 2 48 Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 80.30 ♦ A10 49 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 79.70 ♣ K 10 7 2 50 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 77.40 West North East South 51 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 77.35 Pass 1♥ 52 Cynthia Hinckley, Guayanabo PR; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY 75.86 1♠ 2♠ 3♦ 4♥ 53 James Greer - Maeve Lucey, New Canaan CT 75.01 54 Richard Underwood, Voorheesville NY; Stephen Paskin, Cohoes NY 74.74 All Pass 55 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Shelly Dunietz, New York NY 70.18 ♣ West leads the A and switches to a diamond. 56 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 70.07 You play low from dummy and East inserts the 57 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 69.24 jack. You win the ace and decide to go all out to 58 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 67.24 make the contract by taking the spade finesse in 59 Maurice De La Salle - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 66.34 order to use the ♠A for a diamond discard. 60 Kevin Barnes, Washington DC; Danijel Zenko, Bethesda MD 66.30 Unfortunately, East wins the ♠K, gives West a 61 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Brett Adler, Westport CT 61.79 club ruff, wins the diamond return and plays 62 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Patty Barnett, Gainesville FL 61.38 63 Nadia Koch, Copenhagen Denmark; Laurie Shapka, Red Deer AB 60.66 another club. 64 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 56.93 So, you’re down three. Feel bad? Don’t. You 65 Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA 56.83 just won 11 IMPs. How? At the other table, your 66 George Bloomer - Judith Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 55.85 insurance — the boys from Meckwell — defended 67 Michael Abramson, Montclair NJ; Todd Zimnoch, Fallston MD 52.94 the same contract in the same manner, but they 68 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 52.63 decided to double, so they were plus 800. 69 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 50.99 The next deal, you hold as West: 70 , Stony Brook NY; Margo Sinclair, New York NY 50.50 ♠A J 10 7 5 4 ♥10 4 3 ♦6 3 ♣4 3. 71 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 49.83 72 Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC; Barton Bloom, Clayton NC 48.54 The bidding goes 1♣ on your left, pass from ♦ 73 Carlos Pellegrini - Clara Gaist Klein, Buenos Aires Argentina 48.01 partner, 1 on your right. You decide to exercise 74 Cris Barrere, Berkeley CA; John Hadreas, Santa Rosa CA 48.00 restraint and pass. LHO rebids 1♥, partner passes 75 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX 47.29 again and RHO bids 1♠, Alerted as an artificial 76 Bart Cirker, Manhassett NY; Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY 45.19 force. Now, lets’ say you decide to yield to 77 Ellen Glynn - John Glynn, Annandale VA 44.82 temptation and double — just to help partner out 78 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 44.41 in case he’s on lead, mind you, because he needs 79 Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA; Vandana Vidwans, Burlingame CA 42.75 all the help he can get. 80 Robert Boyd - Carole Grob, Alexandria VA 42.69 81 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ 41.09 But things take an unpleasant turn, as LHO 82 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 40.68 redoubles and this is passed back to you. You 83 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 40.42 sheepishly pass and the opponents proceed to 84 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 40.38 make nine tricks without breaking a sweat. Here’s 85 Doris Staubi, White Plains NY; Lawrence Christianson, Thornwood NY 40.23 the full layout: 86 Pascale Gaudreault, Chicoutimi QC; Martine Lacroix, Montreal QC 38.78 Dlr: North ♠ Q 9 3 87/88 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 38.61 87/88 Bob Pfeiffer, Chesapeake VA; Tracy Brines, Suffolk VA 38.61 Continued on page 19 89 Larry Ascher - Diana Tenery-Ascher, New York NY 37.90 90 Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 37.37 91 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 37.33 92 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Sherry Jackson, New York NY 37.26 Daily Bulletin Page 19

93 Thomas Rozinski, Jackson Heights NY; Grigoriy Blekherman, Blacksburg VA 35.71 Vul: E–W ♥ A K 8 2 94 Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY; Muffie Gur, Leonardo NJ 35.14 ♦ 4 95 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Melih Ozdil, New York NY 32.85 ♣ A K Q 10 6 96 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 32.78 ♠ A J 10 7 5 4 ♠ 2 97 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 30.75 ♥ 10 4 3 ♥ J 9 7 6 5 98 Ethan Kotkin - Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 29.50 ♦ ♦ 99 Terry Currie - Robert Morris, Houston TX 28.26 6 3 10 9 8 7 2 100 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Philip Waldman, Dix Hills NY 27.42 ♣ 4 3 ♣ 8 5 101/103 William Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 27.02 ♠ K 8 6 101/103 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 27.02 ♥ Q 101/103 Mark Lavine - Eugene Fisher, Potomac MD 27.02 ♦ A K Q J 5 104 Jeff Luo - Peter Wang, North York ON 26.66 ♣ J 9 7 2 105 John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; Don Liu, Hulls Cove ME 26.61 You’re minus 920. Feel bad? Don’t. You just 106 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 25.74 won 2 IMPs. How? Meckwell bid to the laydown 107 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON 25.52 108 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 25.27 6NT for plus 990. 109 Buddy Hano - Joann Hano, York PA 24.54 110 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN 23.71 111 Gila Guttmann, Boca Raton FL; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 22.88 Non-material squeeze 112 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 21.64 — part 2 113 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; , Scottsdale AZ 20.40 114 Marvin Talish - Sandra Talish, Port Washington NY 19.98 By Barry Rigal 115 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Tony Petronella, North Kingstown RI 18.09 Because the Daily Bulletin has already 116 Burt Hall, Mechanicsvlle VA; Lynn Rose-Hall, Mechanicsville VA 17.75 featured one non-material squeeze, here’s a 117 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Susan Wexler, New York NY 17.70 second. Ian Boyd had his chance, but blew his 118 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 16.65 opportunity. In the spirit of true contrition, here is 119 Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD; Samuel Phillips, Saint Augustine FL 12.95 his penance for the Daily Bulletin. 120 Chris Benson, Le Roy IL; Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 12.53 ♠ 5 4 121 Martin Dickau - Ellen Dickau, Carlisle MA 12.04 ♥ 8 3 122 Tadashi Teramoto - Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 10.05 ♦ 123 Heather Cutting - Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 9.69 A Q 10 3 124 Kevin O’Brien, Arlington VA; Francesco Parisi-Presicce, Springfield VA 9.64 ♣ Q 8 7 3 2 125 Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 9.22 126 Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY; Joan Dziekanski, New York NY 8.29 ♠ Q J 8 3 127 Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 6.22 ♥ K 5 2 128 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Carolyn Sessler, Waltham MA 4.26 ♦ K 9 7 5 129 Ruth Potter, Bethesda MD; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 0.65 ♣ AK 130 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 0.00 West North East South TRUSCOTT / USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS Pass 3♥ 3NT 50 Tables / Based on 100 Tables All Pass 100.00 1 Michael Ledeen, Chevy Chase MD; Benito Garozzo, Rockland DE; Lea Dupont, Boyd was South. On the auction shown, Boyd Palm Beach FL; Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV 127.18 ♠ 75.00 2 Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC; Jerry Helms - got the lead of the 9 which he won in hand. Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 124.00 Because West appeared to have five or more 56.25 3 Andrew Stayton, Newark DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA; Jeff Ruben, spades to the A–K–10–9 and one heart, the clubs Wilmington DE; William Muir, Kansas City MO 118.82 might be expected to split. Boyd played for this 44.44 4 Ed Lazarus - Richard Baum, Baltimore MD; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia and went down, even though East produced the ♣J PA; Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ 115.27 40.00 5 Stanley Ruskin - Herbert Sachs, Pittsburgh PA; Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson 10 on the first two rounds of the suit. OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH; Bruce Keidan, Lakewood Ranch FL 112.27 If instead of cashing all the clubs you take the 36.36 6 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI; Mel Colchamiro, ace and king and then run diamonds to finish in Merrick NY; Richard Budd, Portland ME 111.36 dummy, West has to keep two clubs and thus 33.33 7 Robert Sartorius - Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; George Tornay Jr, either has to let go his heart (in which case he gets Palm Beach Gdns FL; Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ 110.95 30.77 8 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Richard DeMartino, endplayed with either black suit) or to pitch a Riverside CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 109.82 spade winner. Then, declarer simply plays a low 28.57 9 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Lyle Poe heart. East can win and play a spade through, but Jr, Ellicott City MD; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 109.05 because the defense only has three spades to cash, 26.67 10 John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; declarer takes the last two tricks. - , Memphis TN 108.50 25.00 11 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 104.50 Triple squeeze without 23.53 12 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Fred King, Falls Church VA; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; the count Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 104.27 22.22 13 Stephen Lucas - Lesley Decker Lucas, Woodbury NY; Laura Brill - Rick By Alan Truscott Goldstein, White Plains NY 103.23 Mark Molson took full advantage when his 21.05 14 Jim Foster - Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, opponents failed to find the optimum defense on Hixson TN 98.91 this deal: 20.00 15 Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ; Tom Reid, Gilbert AZ; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio ♠ TX; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 96.45 Dlr: South AK 7 19.05 16 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA; Donald Baker, Hinton WV; Vul: Both ♥ 10 9 7 3 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL 94.18 ♦ K Q 10 6 3 18.18 17 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Martin Graf, Chevy ♣ 8 Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Hanover PA 92.68 ♠ Q 10 9 8 3 2 ♠ 6 17.39 18 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA; Gene ♥ ♥ Simpson, San Rafael CA; Michael Shuman, Pasadena CA 92.14 Q J 8 4 AK 6 16.67 19 Albert Ross, Guilderland NY; Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY; Judy Fox - ♦ — ♦ 9 7 5 4 James Fox, Virginia Beach VA 91.77 ♣ K 10 6 ♣ A Q J 9 7 16.00 20 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Michael Halvorsen - John Seng, Champaign IL; ♠ J 5 4 Dick Benson, Le Roy IL; Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; Robert Kuz, St ♥ 5 2 Andrews MB 91.55 ♦ 15.38 21 , Los Angeles CA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Arno Hobart, A J 8 2 Markham ON; Martin Kirr, Toronto ON 91.41 ♣ 5 4 3 2 14.81 22 Peter Bisgeier - Robert Gordon, Northport NY; James Gingrich Jr, Lansdale West North East South PA; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 90.00 Pass 14.29 23 Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; John Solodar, 2♠ Dbl Pass 2NT (1) Palm Beach Gdns FL; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 89.95 ♣ ♦ 13.79 24 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Frank Mastrola, Pass 3 Dbl 3 Swansea MA; Walter Spiewak, Wake Forest NC 89.68 Pass Pass Dbl All Pass 13.33 25 Jack Feagin Jr - Claudia Feagin, Atlanta GA; John Potter, Panama City FL; (1) . Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 88.95 West led a club to East’s ace, and East 12.90 26 Jon Sveindal, Bergen Norway; James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Ron Feldman, switched to his singleton spade, won in dummy Redondo Beach CA; Robert Schwartz, San Pedro CA 87.86 12.50 27 Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT; Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Melvin with the king. Molson found out about the Marcus, Waltham MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 87.50 diamond situation when he cashed the ♦K. He 11.94 28/29 Stephen Castellino, Fremont CA; Bonnie Beardsley, Milpitas CA; Jack Clinch, San Jose CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 87.18 Continued on page 20 Page 20 Daily Bulletin switched to a heart, and East was surprised to win 11.94 28/29 Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; R Jay the trick with the 6. Another club would have been Becker, New York NY; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 87.18 best for the defense at this point, but East returned 11.43 30 P Drew Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI; Martin ♦ Hirschman, Southfield MI; Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI 86.68 a trump. Molson took his A and gave up another 11.11 31 Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; John Jones, heart to East. He fired back another trump to Hacienda Hgts CA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA 83.18 dummy’s 10, and Molson ruffed a heart. Declarer 10.81 32 Roger Lord - Richard Riezman, Saint Louis MO; Chester Johnson, Chicago ruffed a club leaving this position: IL; Reginald Chapman, Ft Washington MD 82.77 ♠ A7 10.53 33 , Barnet VT; Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL; Mark Lair, ♥ Canyon TX; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 82.27 10 10.13 34/35 Joseph Trapani, Hydes MD; Suellen Poland, Pikesville MD; Tom Cogan, ♦ Q Annapolis MD; Ron Sukoneck, Wilmington NC 81.77 ♣ — 10.13 34/35 Paul Johnson III - Lee Johnson, Four Oaks NC; Jerzy Zaremba - Josef ♠ Q 10 ♠ — Blass, Chapel Hill NC 81.77 ♥ Q ♥ — TODDY GOSS & KAY MEEKS OPEN PAIRS ♦ — ♦ 9 This report is a correction from this event which ended Sunday. ♣ K ♣ Q J 9 88.0 Tables ♠ J 5 ABC ♥ — 28.19 1 Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; Ruth Potter, Bethesda MD 61.77% 18.50 2/3 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 60.34% ♦ — ♣ 18.50 2/3 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Raymond Raskin, King of 5 4 Prussia PA 60.34% ♦ Molson led the Q, and what could West do? 11.89 4 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA 60.18% He couldn’t throw a spade — both spades would 9.40 5 James Greer, New Canaan CT; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 60.10% be good. He couldn’t throw a heart — North’s 8.05 6 Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ 60.02% ♥10 would be good. His only hope was to ditch 12.40 7 1 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON 58.89% the ♣K. But Molson was ready for that — he led 6.26 8 Catherine Teltscher, London United Kingdom; William Coyle, dummy’s heart to West’s queen, and West had to Glaasgow United Kingdom 58.81% lead away from this ♠Q 10 to give Molson plus 5.64 9 Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA; Bonnie Dropkin, West Palm Beach FL 58.80% 5.13 10 Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA; Vandana Vidwans, Burlingame CA 58.33% 670 on the board. West had been caught in a triple 4.70 11 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Thomas Simon, Yonkers NY 58.19% squeeze without the count. 4.34 12 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 58.11% This was worth 13 IMPs when Molson’s 4.03 13 Zerelene Jones, Lafayette LA; Susan Meyers, Mt Kisco NY 58.09% teammates made 3♠ at the other table. 3.76 14 Julian Laderman - Ivan Petrovic, Bronx NY 57.93% 9.30 15 2 Marc Glickman, Woodland Hls CA; Robert Glickman, Seattle WA 57.85% 3.36 16 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 57.53% 3.13 17 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 57.45% 2.97 18 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 57.37% 6.98 19 3 1 Bin Liang, Fremont CA; Foster Geng, San Francisco CA 57.21% 5.23 4 2 Robert Forster - Jonathan Ullman, New York NY 56.01% 4.13 5 3 John Montgomery, Arlington VA; Srinivas Kachibhatla, Reston VA 55.61% 3.54 6 4 Stanley Sterenberg - Laura Schisgall, New York NY 54.47% 3.10 7 Audrius Mizeikis, Denver CO; Joanna Chau, Arvada CO 54.33% 3.21 8 Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 54.16% 2.50 9 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; David Bryant, San Francisco CA 53.93% 2.52 5 Michael Schuller, Belle Mead NJ; David Wampler, Bowie MD 53.77% 1.67 6 Frances Brown - Paul Hogue, Hot Springs AR 51.60%

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 63.39% 1 1 Marlene Mandell - Seymour Mandell, Southfield MI 61.31% 2 Edwin Lewis III, Bolton CT; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA 59.23% 2 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Blum, Atlanta GA 58.63% 3/4 1 1 Shirley Duhl, Floral Park NY; Natalie Mackler, Highland Park IL 57.44% 3 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 56.25% 3/4 Wrus Kristiansen, Virginia Beach VA; Susan Bowles, Va Beach VA 57.44% 4 2 1 Gunilla Dybvik, Ed Sweden; James Lynch, Fairfax VA 50.89% 5 Jane Thurman, Laurel MD; Linda Smith, Annapolis MD 55.65% 5 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 50.60% 2 Sandra Berg, Mt Holly Spgs PA; Janet Dence, Cabin John MD 54.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Anita Pettus, Winchester KY; Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON 58.76% 1 Shirley Presberg - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 62.42% 2 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 57.74% 2 1 Roma Chandra, Silver Spring MD; Shlomit Rind, San Mateo CA 55.95% 3 2 Darleen Bates, Durham NC; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 53.57% 3 Harry Tudor - Barbara Wallace, Miami FL 52.98% 4/5 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 51.91% 4/5 2 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Richard Wedgewood, Washington DC 52.26% 4/5 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; James Brown, Coldstream BC 51.91% 4/5 Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC 52.26% 1 Sandra White - Mary Ann Morrow, Fairport NY 48.76% 3 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Jose Porres, Rockville MD 46.30%

TUESDAY EVENING B-A-M TEAMS SECTIONS OOO QQQ AB C 1 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen Trendafilov - Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 20.00 2 1 Raphael Schreiber - Theresa Andino, Tallahassee FL; Sandra Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Beavercreek OH 17.00 3 2 Carl Gutschick - Anita Gutschick, Arnold MD; Charles Ward - Peggy Ward, Richmond VA 16.50 4 Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY; Matthew Heuser - Jill Ohlson, Lexington KY 16.00 5 Dick Kemmerer, Peoria IL; Juliette Kaplan - Eva Messro, Boca Raton FL; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 14.50 6 3 Gerald Tietz - Pamela Tietz, Naperville IL; Thomas Smith, Jr, Newport News VA; Peter Haglich, Virginia Beach VA 14.00 7/8 4 Paul Haynes, Boulder CO; Katelin Yates, Erie CO; Margaret Jones, Breckenridge CO; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 13.00 7/8 Alfred Tuckman - Joel Levy, Monroe Township NJ; Martin Singer, New City NY; Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL 13.00 9 5 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Richard Wedgewood - Jay Gibbons, Washington DC; Laurice Malouf, Chevy Chase MD 12.50 6/7 David Vendittis, Rockville MD; Harriet Glazer, Pikesville MD; Ed Bernstein, Boynton Beach FL; Ferne Walpert, Baltimore MD 12.00 6/7 Michael Hart - Merna Hart, Crofton MD; Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY; Gerry Wildenberg, Rochester NY 12.00 SECTIONS PPP RRR AB C 1 Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL 17.00 2 1 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; David Rock, Westfield MA 16.00 3 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 15.00 4 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Liam Johnstone - Julian Wernick, Birmingham England; Ian Kidger, Reading England 14.50 5/6 2 Joseph Seubert, Mineral VA; Bob Caudell, Louisa VA; Elizabeth Hayes, No Palm Beach FL; Joe Kube, Orange VA 13.50 5/6 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; John Schwartz, Plano TX; Carol Rushman-Meili, Thiensville WI; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 13.50 7 3 Sung Mae Bleck - Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA; Varghese George, Martinez GA 13.00 8/10 4/5 Eva Shaffer, Harrisonburg VA; Julia Brown, Vienna VA; Elaine Sellman - John Hamilton, Annandale VA 12.50 8/10 4/5 1 Tobi Bear - Susan Klaber, Oakton VA; William Gurley, Arlington VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 12.50 8/10 Theodore Spak - Jody Ledford - Ana Messiry, Miami FL; Lynda Shourds, Miami Springs FL 12.50

TUESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Nancy Kalow, New York NY 60.42% 1 Richard Wieland, Falls Church VA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.41% 2 David Binney, Seattle WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 57.21% 2 1 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Lords Valley PA 55.93% 3 1 1 William Coleman - Jane Coleman, Cincinnati OH 55.29% 3 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 54.17% 4 Caroline Pascoe, Sarasota FL; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 53.85% 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 52.88% 5 Jim Kirkham - Corinne Kirkham, Leawood KS 53.37% 5/6 2/3 Bruce Bucklinger, Burke VA; Steven Rothman, Alexandria VA 52.40% 6 2 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH 52.88% 5/6 2/3 Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Brian Howard, Bradenton FL 52.40% 3 Carol Traub - David Traub, Baltimore MD 52.72% 1 Dale Sanders, Washington DC; Guillaume de Decker, Chevy Chase MD 49.36% 4/5 2/3 John Garcia - Stuart Terry, Isle of Palms SC 49.20% 2 Paul Kimmel - Ramona Rhoades, Ft Washington MD 49.20% 4/5 2/3 Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 49.20% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Steven Zlotnick - Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 66.35% 1 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 62.98% 2 1 Mike Frosch, Bethesda MD; Ellie Clark, Vienna VA 59.13% 2 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; John Veltri, Bradenton FL 59.46% 3 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 58.17% 3 Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC 57.69% 4 2 Harriet Smith, Shreveport LA; Sarah Dyer, Huntersville NC 57.05% 4 Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY; Cynthia Colin, New York NY 57.37% 5 3 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Arlington TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 55.13% 5 Carleton Lett, New York NY; Rachael Moller, Brooklyn NY 57.05% 6 Joan Asheroff, Melville NY; Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 53.04% 6 1 Mark Friedlander - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL 56.73% 4 Miles Kitzler - Jack Moss, Silver Spring MD 51.92% 2 Patricia Bassman, Maple Glen PA; Fern Herman, Langhorne PA 47.76% 1 Phyllis Brandes - Carol Nogi, Clarks Summit PA 47.28% 3 1 Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA; Ronald Morris, Santa Barbara CA 46.63% 2 Maureen Duke, Suffolk VA; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY 46.63% 2 Kimberly Whipple, Lake Forest IL; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 44.39% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 61.86% 1 1 Janet McCaffrey - Gertrude Kivett, Lebanon NJ 66.83% 2 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ 56.25% 2 2 1 Parween Yunus, Alexandria VA; Sulaiman Ghaussy, Fairfax VA 65.06% 3 1 1 Neil Goldstein, New York NY; Jill Gilbert, Toledo OH 55.13% 3 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 59.78% 4 2 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 54.33% 4 3 William Palmer, Brooklyn NY; John Babb, Scottsdale AZ 54.49% 5/6 Paul Cuffe, Fripp Island SC; Alice Rouse, Virginia Beach VA 53.85% 5 Frank Anshen, Setauket NY; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 52.72% 5/6 Dom Di Felice, Denver CO; Santosh Gangwal, Cary NC 53.85% 6 Thomas Corlett, Waco TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX 51.92% 3/4 2/3 Barbara Dempsey - Carol Ducret, Old Greenwich CT 48.08% 4 Jean Marx, Chevy Chase MD; Jerry Falconett, Silver Spring MD 48.40% 3/4 2/3 Bea Eisen - Yetta Bregman, Toronto ON 48.08% 2 Susan Friedman - Rita Distenfeld, New York NY 47.60% Daily Bulletin Page 21

TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Onorica Luculescu, Arlington VA; Alina Galaszewska, Alexandria VA 62.88% 1 1 George Moehringer, Monroe Twp NJ; Asish Sengupta, North Brunswick NJ 59.85% 2 Marilyn Mendelson, Portsmouth VA; Linda Mathias, Windsor VA 59.09% 2 2 1 Gayle Tomasetti - Rose Marie Sanders, Springfield VA 57.77% 3 Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Jean Murphy, Key Largo FL 55.11% 3 3 Christy Wiegel - Jeffrey Wiegel, Wilsonville OR 56.63% 4 2 Robin Sanders - Jyoti Sachdev, New York NY 52.46% 4 4 Earline Sloan, Mays Landing NJ; Linda Sargent-Pizagno, Northfield NJ 53.27% 5 3 Richard Banks - Ella Banks, Tampa FL 51.70% 5 5 Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT; Mary Ann Hudecki, Cincinnati OH 52.84% 6 Ruth Woods, Fort Washington MD; Ann Seeboth, Clinton MD 50.95% 6 2 Janine Corwin, Brookline MA; Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA 52.24% 4 2 Marilyn Batra, Farfax VA; Anne Toto, Reston VA 50.76% 3 David Moed - Barbara Moed, Lake Worth FL 50.57%

HAWTHORN SIDE SERIES 4 OF 4 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION M EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Shirley Lee, Los Angeles CA; Rosalind Dixon, Silver Spring MD 62.02% 1/2 1/2 Elaine Weintraub - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 60.42% 2 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 58.65% 1/2 1/2 Zachary Wasserman, Ann Arbor MI; David Banh, Annandale VA 60.42% 3 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Bob Gorsey, Bedford MA 57.85% 3 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; James Relihan, Tampa FL 57.21% 4 1 1 Peggi Kenny - Harry Kenny, Marlin TX 54.81% 4 3 1 John Adams, Alexandria VA; David Snyder, West Roxbury MA 51.28% 5 2 2 Stephen Montague, Chantilly VA; Ronald Ozarka, Herndon VA 51.60% 5 4 2 Kathy Hunter, New Vernon NJ; Dorothy Carpenter, Westport CT 50.96% 6 Flo Goldman, Franklin Square NY; Richard Ferrin, Washington DC 50.80% 6/7 Tom Moore, Keller TX; Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK 50.64% 3 Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL; Darleen Bates, Durham NC 50.32% 6/7 John Pruitt - Cherrolyn Woolwine, Naperville IL 50.64% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Leo Zelevinsky, Sharon MA; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 61.86% 1 1 Veronica Peacock, Vancouver BC; Cory Hand, Cypress CA 56.57% 2 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 60.74% 2 2 1 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 55.93% 3 2 Charles King, Bethesda MD; Theodore Wilkinson, Washington DC 57.37% 3 Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT 53.21% 4 3 Adele Weisbord, Cherry Hill NJ; Barbara Hoffman, Voorhees NJ 57.21% 4 3 Karen Copeland, Raleigh NC; James Creech Jr, Benson NC 52.72% 5 Nie Lih Kalat, White Plains NY; Edward Spear, Bangor ME 56.09% 5 Lois Scott, Carmel IN; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 52.40% 6 4 2 Craig Olson, Arlington VA; Michael Lawrence, Bethesda MD 55.45% 6/7 4/5 2 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 51.28% 6/7 4/5 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA 51.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 58.33% 1 Espen Erichsen, London England; Lila Panahpour, London Swiw England 62.02% 2 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, Lecanto FL 56.73% 2 E Hale, Rolla MO; Daniel Williams, Denver CO 59.46% 3 2 Ester Bean, Florence MA; Amanda Chohfi, Jupiter FL 55.77% 3 Arnold Selig, Philadelphia PA; Geoffrey Webb, Kelowna BC 54.01% 4 3 1 Jeffrey Krader, Philadelphia PA; Joan Warren, Bryn Mawr PA 54.97% 4 1 Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD; Kiyomi Shiba, Vienna VA 53.85% 5 4 Suzanne Hand - John Hand, Cypress CA 51.44% 5 2 Richard Eisenman Jr, Milford NJ; Mary Eisenman, Dunkirk MD 50.48% 6/7 Faye Baker - Ann Blohm, Houston TX 50.48% 6 Robert Michaud, Saint David ME; Jean Monette, Ottawa ON 49.68% 6/7 Marlene Case - Kathryn Filor, Stony Point NY 50.48% 3 David Watson - George Caley, Winchester VA 48.56% 4 Dale Shepherd - Jody Castillo, Lexington VA 46.47% 1 Marilyn Macdiarmid, Moncton NB; Bill McNichol, Riverview NB 46.31%

FRIDAY-TUESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 5OF5 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Scott Gorsuch, Oakland CA; Virginia Grogan, Irvine CA 64.09% 1 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 61.05% 2 2 Eunice Patton - Christine Biggs, Bloomington IL 58.85% 2 1 1 Richard Wan, Point Pleasant NJ; Victor Huebner, New Port Richey FL 58.33% 3 3 2 Trevor Joike - Rebecca Joike, Rockford IL 51.70% 3 Fay Teal, Kitchener ON; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 53.11% 4 4 Allan Sitterson - Irish Grandfield, Leesburg VA 51.65% 4 2 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 50.64% 5 Richard Higgins, Gallup NM; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 51.45% 5 3 2 H. Tyler Franks - Christopher Marks, Richmond VA 50.17% 4 John Thorpe, Monument CO; Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR 50.04% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Constance Hoechstetter, Coraopolis PA; Richard Finberg, Pittsburgh PA 60.12% 1 1 1 Lila Panahpour, London Swiw England; Susan Brawn, McLean VA 60.71% 2 1 Jean Valentine, Arlington VA; Lucille Davis, Melbourne FL 56.55% 2 Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 56.55% 3 2 1 Ginger Gomprecht, Baltimore MD; Jane Grad-Antupit, South Orange NJ 52.98% 3 Michael Flader, Eagan MN; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 54.46% 4 3 2 Patsy Fitzpatrick, Piedmont CA; Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA 51.79% 4 2 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 53.87% 3 Jennifer Nisenoff, Vienna VA; Stuart Rachels, Tuscaloosa AL 51.49% 2 Robert Catlett, Silver Spring MD; Clyde Lantz, Savage MD 50.89%

TUESDAY MORNING 5/20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Lynne Groff, McLean VA; Sarah Raynor, Winston Salem NC 60.23% 1 1 Gwenyth Conners - Gary Conners, Rochester NY 59.09% 2 Barbara Levine, Bethesda MD; Maxine Penn, Potomac MD 57.01% 2 Sandra Reavey, McLean VA; David Lindley, Alexandria VA 57.01% 3 Marlene Gross, McLean VA; John Carle, Springfield VA 56.44% 3 2 1 Linda Lee Harp, Alexandria VA; Beth Fricano, Arlington VA 56.44% 4 Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL 55.87% 4 3 Ina Smith-Tornberg - Mary Ann Goldenson, Potomac MD 55.49% 5 2 1 John Metzler, McLean VA; Ken Casey, Falls Chruch VA 53.98% 5 Sheryl McEwan - Margaret Mastran, Reston VA 51.70% 2 Susanne Wellford - Lindsay Eakin, Washington DC 51.52%

TUESDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Nancy Wanicur, Potomac MD; Vivian Pollock, Chevy Chase MD 66.07% 1 William Woodward, Fairfax VA; John Menzel, Arlington VA 63.65% 2 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 63.65% 2 1 Ann Brewster, Rochester NY; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 58.85% 3 James Wesson Gregory, Carthage MS; Iris Gregory, Starkville MS 53.45% 3 2 Joyce Bladen, Laytonsville MD; Elizabeth Colton, Gaithersburg MD 57.74% 4 2 Carol Gibboney - Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA 53.39% 4 Joanne Smith, Westmont NJ; Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 57.14% 5 3 Asish Sengupta, North Brunswick NJ; George Moehringer, Monroe Twp NJ 51.19% 5 3 1 Joan Talley - Mary Levine, Chattanooga TN 56.04% 2 Paul Kelley - Mary Kelley, Plymouth MA 51.11% 4 Frank Stagl - John Mecholsky Jr, Gainesville FL 54.59% 2 Lois Haggerty, Belmont MA; Marguerite Verani, Ipswich MA 47.07% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Eva Vorndran, Great Falls VA; Victoria Miller, Chevy Chase MD 61.01% 1 Axaybabu Dave, Saline MI; Rekha Dave, US 59.52% 2 Mary Edge, Alexandria VA; Betty Taff, Springfield VA 60.42% 2 1 Alan Walter, Gaithersburg MD; Betti Goodman, Silver Spring MD 55.06% 3 2 2 Diane Cohen, Mc Lean VA; Jo Ann Hutchison, Annandale VA 54.17% 3 2 Robert Dorosin, Fairfax VA; Neal Cooper, Gainesville VA 53.87% 4/5 3/4 Cathryn Brown, Coldstream BC; Janet Williams, Houston TX 52.98% 4/5 3/4 Mary Viereck, Mc Lean VA; James Edmonds, Arlington VA 52.38% 4/5 3/4 Kenneth Duggin, Alexandria VA; Robert Hollohan, Arlington VA 52.98% 4/5 3/4 1 Suzanne Kilczewski, Potomac MD; Daisy Smith, Silver Spring MD 52.38% 2 Susan Lowe, Lakewood CO; Carey Lowe-Curry, Littleton CO 51.49%

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS FIRST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 61.55% 1 1 1 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 62.88% 2 Sandra Levine, New York NY; Patricia Hirsch, Boynton Beach FL 60.42% 2 Lynne Cook, Riverview MI; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN 58.52% 3 1 Isaiah Shalom, W Brookfield MA; Eugene Barrack, Washington Twp NJ 57.95% 3 2 William Higbee - Colleen McCabe, Madison WI 57.20% 4 2 1 Carolyn Becraft, Burke VA; Susan Slattery, Alexandria VA 57.20% 4 3 2 R Ornitz - Robert Ornitz, Delray Beach FL 54.73% 5 Linda Rothstein, New York NY; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 55.49% 5 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 53.98% 6 3 2 Dorothy Russell, St Simons Is GA; John Flynn, Rockville MD 53.60% 6 4 Peter Rice - Judy Rice, Loveland OH 51.52% 4 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Toronto ON 52.65% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Marcia Schloss, New York NY; Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gdns FL 57.39% 1 Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA; Seymour Baden, Gaithersburg MD 63.83% 2 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ 54.36% 2 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 56.82% 3 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 53.41% 3 1 Jane Miller, Arlington VA; Gail Ginsburgh, Bethesda MD 55.49% 4 Herb Dunn, Miami Beach FL; Gerald Fox, Napa CA 52.46% 4 Rolf Paul, Needham MA; Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 54.92% 5 1 1 Larry Shaw - Richard Stone, Princeton NJ 52.27% 5 Phyllis Mory - Mario Mory, Los Angeles CA 54.73% 6 2 2 Martha Barze - Ron Barze, Atlanta GA 50.38% 6 Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA; Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA 52.46% 3 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 50.19% 2 Jay Gould - Luetta Gould, New York NY 47.73% 3 1 Holly Wills, Vienna VA; Nancy Loomis, Annandale VA 45.64% 2 Jan Woolfrey - Allen Woolfrey, Mississauga ON 45.45% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 63.26% 1 1 1 Michael Stevens - Harry Marsh, Waltham MA 65.91% 2 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Peter Hughes, Alexandria VA 59.85% 2 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 60.23% 3 2 Brian Mahony - Florence Mahony, Redding CT 56.25% 3 Allen McRae, Portland ME; Laura Lipman, Augusta ME 58.14% 4 Stanley Roth, New York NY; Alvin Galland, Hastings-On-Hud NY 53.41% 4 Eileen Niesen - Mary Lou Hughes, Huntington Bh CA 56.25% 5 3 Carlene Garrigus, Alexandria VA; Gordon Youngwood, Potomac MD 52.84% 5 2 2 Gerald Cunha - Rosalind Juo, Walnut Creek CA 52.46% 6 Jan White, Luthvle Timon MD; Rhona Tabor, Baltimore MD 52.27% 6 William Rosenthal, New York NY; Jonathan Levine, Jackson Heights NY 50.57% 1 Angela Cacciatore, Midlothian VA; Mary Cacciatore, Washington DC 50.95% 3 Neil Selvin, Great Falls VA; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 49.62% 2 Farideh Makhzani, Centreville VA; Francine Donahue, Arlington VA 45.83% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Betty Levin - James Sampson, New York NY 57.58% 1 Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Kingston PA 65.91% 2 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 56.06% 2 Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL; Judy Cardin, Chesterfield MO 64.02% 3 A Brooks Harris - Margaret Harris, Berwyn PA 54.55% 3 1 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 57.95% 4 1 Nola Simon, Irvine CA; Lillian Richmond, Huntington Bh CA 53.22% 4 Cordelia Menges - Ted Newman, New York NY 53.98% 5 2 Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON; Molly Cusano, Hobe Sound FL 52.46% 5 2 1 Donald Maclean - Joe Potter, Ottawa ON 52.27% 6 Eileen Theimer, Olney MD; Barbara Shaw, Laurel MD 52.08% 6 Arlene Levy, Menlo Park CA; Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA 50.57% 3 1 Ellen Kanarek - Michael Kanarek, Princeton NJ 51.70% 3 2 Michael Gottesman, Falls Church VA; Silas Wasserstrom, Washington DC 49.24% 4 Koko Soderberg, Columbia MD; Edie Dockray, Villanova PA 51.52% 2 Nancy Steele - Jane Myers, Rehoboth Beach DE 49.81%

Room only rate Don’t miss the from $131.50 The Bermuda Regional Banquet Fly home on per person, per night A first-class bridge vacation! January 23 to 29, 2010 January 30 Make this the year you come . . . For information: • Cocktail parties and evening entertainment • Lively Farewell Banquet and Dance Stop by the Bermuda desk near the vendors floor at the Marriott • Traditional afternoon tea All at no extra cost and with hotel rates Visit us at www. bermudaregional.com or • Waterford Crystal Championship prizes lower than last year! Janecl ipper@email Tournamnet Chairman Jane and great Section Top prizes Cl ipper at [email protected] Page 22 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Lois Kittredge, Ambler PA; Morton Friedman, Lanham MD 57.58% 1 Robert Karlan, Great Neck NY; Honey Ellis, Roslyn NY 63.83% 2 Jeff Koltenuk, New Castle DE; Ronald Orr, Falling Waters WV 56.44% 2 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 59.66% 3 Terry Feetham, Bethesda MD; Mike Davila, Virginia Beach VA 54.92% 3 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 55.30% 4 James Sakr, Pittsford NY; William Foster, Rochester NY 53.60% 4 Mita Banerjee, Bethesda MD; Marie Creisher, Derwood MD 55.11% 5 Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria IL; Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL 51.70% 5 M Schuler, Alexandria VA; Benny Libster, Zoran Israel 52.65% 6 2 1 Howard Bender, Reston VA; Clifford Feldman, Vienna VA 50.38% 6 Lilian Scott, Delray Beach FL; Brian Greis, Boca Raton FL 52.27% 3 Mavis Walters, Washington Dc DC; Ellen Kelley, Washington DC 50.00% 1 Dave Naftaly, Columbia MD; Bernard Sachs, Pikesville MD 50.00% 2/3 1 Leo Zelevinsky, Sharon MA; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 47.54% 2/3 Michelle Lattman - Judy Lewis, New York NY 47.54%

TUESDAY STRATIFIED FAST PAIRS TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Harry Tudor - Barbara Wallace, Miami FL 59.52% 1 Edwin Lewis III, Bolton CT; Ed Lewis, Falls Church VA 63.99% 2 James Slinger - Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA 58.93% 2 - Anton Maas, Amstelveen Netherlands 60.71% 3 Jane Thurman, Laurel MD; Linda Smith, Annapolis MD 57.14% 3 1 1 Shirley Duhl, Floral Park NY; Natalie Mackler, Highland Park IL 57.44% 4 Dalia Kende - Charles Boteler Jr, Rockville MD 56.55% 4 2 H Phillip Davis, Fayetteville PA; Judith McGuire, Virginia Beach VA 56.25% 5 Shirley Presberg - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 55.95% 5 Katelin Yates, Erie CO; Paul Haynes, Boulder CO 53.87% 1 Mark Gospodnetic, Richmond VA; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA 53.57% 2 Roma Chandra, Silver Spring MD; Shlomit Rind, San Mateo CA 47.02% 3 Allan Sitterson - Irish Grandfield, Leesburg VA 44.64% 1 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Richard Wedgewood, Washington DC 42.26% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 68.15% 1 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 59.82% 2 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 58.33% 2 John Swanson - Selena Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 59.52% 3 1 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 53.87% 3 Marty Burman, Blue Bell PA; Arnold Selig, Philadelphia PA 56.55% 4 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 53.57% 4/5 1/2 1/2 Scott Gorsuch, Oakland CA; Clinton Gorsuch, Rowland Heights CA 50.89% 5 2 Marlene Mandell - Seymour Mandell, Southfield MI 52.38% 4/5 1/2 1/2 Peter Galbraith - Catherine Hess, Honolulu HI 50.89% 1 Gunilla Dybvik, Ed Sweden; James Lynch, Fairfax VA 40.77%

TUESDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 William Higbee - Colleen McCabe, Madison WI 55.96% 1 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 69.91% 2 Sandra Levine, New York NY; Patricia Hirsch, Boynton Beach FL 55.78% 2 Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA; Patricia Strand, 9 Mile Falls WA 54.05% 3 2 1 Glen Swann III, Richmond VA; Lily Chew, Kanata ON 53.35% 3 1 1 Mavis Walters, Washington Dc DC; Ellen Kelley, Washington DC 51.77% 4 3 Angela Arnone, Boca Raton FL; John Logan, Philadelphia PA 53.19% 4 James Sakr, Pittsford NY; William Foster, Rochester NY 51.67% 5 Allen Siegel, Westport CT; James Bridges, Penfield NY 52.95% 5 2 2 Howard Bender, Reston VA; Clifford Feldman, Vienna VA 51.52% 6 Audrey Marbach - Alice Miller, Silver Spring MD 52.58% 6 Kris Maillacheruvu, Peoria IL; Madhu Viswanathan, Champaign IL 50.56% 4 Col Anthony Russo - Judith Russo, Burke VA 51.49% 3 JoAnn Scata, Manchester CT; Marjorie Lennon, W Hartford CT 50.45% 2 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 48.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Bernard Oetjen, Mc Lean VA; Madan Nanda, Reston VA 63.07% 1 1 1 Michael Stevens - Harry Marsh, Waltham MA 58.14% 2 Rolf Paul, Needham MA; Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 61.17% 2 Eileen Niesen - Mary Lou Hughes, Huntington Bh CA 57.20% 3 Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA; Seymour Baden, Gaithersburg MD 60.98% 3 William Rosenthal, New York NY; Jonathan Levine, Jackson Heights NY 54.36% 4 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Carol Rushman-Meili, Thiensville WI 58.14% 4 2 2 Neil Selvin, Great Falls VA; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 53.98% 5 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 55.68% 5 Stanley Roth, New York NY; Alvin Galland, Hastings-On-Hud NY 53.22% 6 Phyllis Mory - Mario Mory, Los Angeles CA 52.27% 6 3 Sam Coleman, Falls Church VA; William Hohe, Alexandria VA 52.65% 1 1 Arun Guha - Roger Laumark, Silver Spring MD 51.70% 2 Janet Golkin - Victoria Lefrere, New York NY 48.86% 3 2 Cindy Zimmerman - Scott Rosenbush, Morristown NJ 45.83% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mita Banerjee, Bethesda MD; Marie Creisher, Derwood MD 63.26% 1 E Hale, Rolla MO; Timothy Smith, Kearneysville WV 60.61% 2 R Barkley Calkins - Glenda Calkins, Allendale NJ 59.47% 2 1 Varghese George, Martinez GA; Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA 60.23% 3 1 1 Gerald Cunha - Rosalind Juo, Walnut Creek CA 57.20% 3 Judith Argento - Raymond Depew, Kingston PA 59.66% 4/5 2/3 Linda Green, Westport CT; David Blackburn, Fairfield CT 54.92% 4 Samuel Mills Jr, Gainesville VA; John Ashe, Fairfax VA 58.71% 4/5 2/3 2 Jane Weiss - Bernadine Bonessa, Pittsburgh PA 54.92% 5 Betty Levin - James Sampson, New York NY 53.79% 6 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 54.17% 6 Eileen Theimer, Olney MD; Barbara Shaw, Laurel MD 50.76% 2 Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON; Molly Cusano, Hobe Sound FL 50.19% 3 1 Nancy Steele - Jane Myers, Rehoboth Beach DE 48.30%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Cordelia Menges - Ted Newman, New York NY 61.17% 1 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ 65.53% 2 1 1 Michael Gottesman, Falls Church VA; Silas Wasserstrom, Washington DC 57.58% 2 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 64.77% 3 Suzanne Durst, Katonah NY; Stephen Hess, Rehoboth MA 57.20% 3 1 William Fitch, Harrisonburg VA; James Stormes, Chevy Chase MD 54.73% 4 Edward Schwartz, Manassas VA; Richard Zerilli, Springfield VA 53.79% 4 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Teresa Thurman, Lakeport CA 54.17% 5 2 2 Laurice Malouf, Chevy Chase MD; Jay Gibbons, Washington DC 51.33% 5 2 1 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 52.46% 6 Arlene Levy, Menlo Park CA; Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA 51.14% 6 Herb Dunn, Miami Beach FL; Gerald Fox, Napa CA 50.38% 3 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 50.95% 3/4 Peter Salmon-Cox, Millersville MD; Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA 47.73% 3/4 Wendy Dewell, San Jose CA; Judith Clark, Santa Clara CA 47.73% 2 Constance Abell - Herbert Ehrmann, Los Angeles CA 46.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Kathrine Loh, Vienna VA; David Loken, Mc Lean VA 63.45% 1 1 1 Bruce Stargatt, Wilmington DE; Thomas Hughes, Rockland DE 67.42% 2 Jacqueline Kovacs, Andover MA; Lawrence Newman, Wellfleet MA 59.47% 2 Linda Rothstein, New York NY; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 61.55% 3 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 55.30% 3 2 Isaiah Shalom, W Brookfield MA; Eugene Barrack, Washington Twp NJ 56.25% 4 2 Michelle Lattman - Judy Lewis, New York NY 55.11% 4/5 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 55.30% 5 3 Janie Strauss, Northbrook IL; Judy Isenberg, Highland Park IL 53.03% 4/5 3 2 Dorothy Russell, St Simons Is GA; John Flynn, Rockville MD 55.30% 6 Richard Pekruhn - Pauline Pekruhn, Charleston SC 51.89% 6 4 Arthur Goldman - Myra Goldman, Delray Beach FL 50.57% 1 Leo Zelevinsky, Sharon MA; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 50.19%

HAWTHORN SIDE SERIES 3 OF 4 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION M EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Lynne Beresford, Fort Washington MD; Jackie Jones, Apopka FL 57.84% 1 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 69.82% 2 Mary Gordon Perkins, Sun City Ctr FL; Sary Hilte, Leerdam Netherlands 57.26% 2 1 William Grover, Phoenixville PA; John Grover, Washington DC 52.46% 3 2 Gerry Wildenberg, Rochester NY; Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY 56.16% 3 2 1 Joel Myers, Elkins Park PA; Carl Perchonock, Jenkintown PA 52.22% 4 3 2 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 51.39% 4 Sandra Schwalb, Potomac MD; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 49.80% 4 Susan Mullin, Naples FL; Sheila Middleton, Milton MA 51.16% 3 2 Sharon Rosendhal, Reston VA; Ruth Rosenberg, Falls Church VA 49.54% 4 Jo Rogan, Naples FL; Rita Peterson, Oak Brook IL 49.10% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 60.63% 1 1 1 Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH; James Wisman, Washington DC 61.19% 2 Patricia McDermott, Richmond VA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 59.19% 2 Sally Veauthier, Columbiana OH; Charles Coleman, Youngstown OH 57.65% 3 1 Lionel Larriva - William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ 56.71% 3 2 Eddie Conner - Robert Knuff, Chambersburg PA 54.01% 4 2 1 Simeon Prager - Michael Sherberg, Olivette MO 54.94% 4 3 2 Rebecca Joike - Trevor Joike, Rockford IL 52.25% 3 2 Stuart Danoff - Joan Danoff, Stamford CT 54.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Gayle Davis, Haverford PA 61.34% 1 1 1 Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA; Laura Rassbach, Westminster CO 63.66% 2/3 2/3 1 Beth Lasky, New York NY; Ashok Sethi, San Diego CA 57.64% 2 Steve Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; K Chandramouli, Washington DC 60.42% 2/3 2/3 James Misner - Elaine Misner, Wilton CT 57.64% 3 2 Joan Benesch - Bill Benesch, Washington DC 56.71% 4 4 2 Leo Soanes, Corona NY; John Clark, Chicago IL 53.01% 4 3 2 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 55.56%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 50-20-10 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Marilyn Batra, Farfax VA; Anne Toto, Reston VA 66.96% 1 Sheryl McEwan - Margaret Mastran, Reston VA 64.29% 2 2 Yasmin Jiwa, Washington DC; Elizabeth Blondell, Behtesda MD 57.14% 2 Richard Weiser - Mary Ann Goldenson, Potomac MD 59.52% 3 Robert Rich - Rhonda Rich, Bethesda MD 55.06% 3 1 1 Linda White, Chebeague Islnd ME; Douglas Reese, Vieques PR 58.93% 4/5 Ina Smith-Tornberg - Susan Weiser, Potomac MD 49.70% 4 2 2 Randy Pan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jason Miller, Tampa FL 54.17% 4/5 3 2 Linda Lee Harp, Alexandria VA; Beth Fricano, Arlington VA 49.70% 3 Reina Lerner, Silver Springs MD; Sharona Sapoznikow, Potomac MD 51.19%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 300-200-100 PAIRS TUESDAY 3 PM SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Carol Gibboney - Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA 65.18% 1 Axaybabu Dave, Saline MI; Rekha Dave, US 63.39% 2 2 Charles Allport - Sandra Allport, Annandale VA 62.80% 2 1 Neal Cooper, Gainesville VA; Robert Dorosin, Fairfax VA 60.12% 3 3 Marianne Hammer - Suzie Britton, Cape Coral FL 54.17% 3 2 Frank Stagl - John Mecholsky Jr, Gainesville FL 55.36% 4 Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Jean Murphy, Key Largo FL 53.87% 4 3 Reva Alban - Geraldine Landes, Long Beach CA 54.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 William Edwards, Nashville TN; Leslie Prizant, Chicago IL 58.07% 1 1 1 Maxine Penn - Suzanne Kilczewski, Potomac MD 68.71% 2 1 Alexander Frey - Helen Frey, Oceanside CA 54.04% 2 2 2 Marty Schindler, Jupiter FL; Richard Moss, Rockville MD 58.38% 3 2 1 Onorica Luculescu, Arlington VA; Alina Galaszewska, Alexandria VA 53.32% 3 3 Tom Piper - Karen Piper, N Huntingdon PA 57.48% 4 3 2 Mary Kelley - Paul Kelley, Plymouth MA 51.88% 4 4 Diane Gup - Alex Gup, Pensacola FL 50.60% 5 4 Diane Cohen, Mc Lean VA; Jo Ann Hutchison, Annandale VA 51.57% 5 David Soukup, Arlington VA; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA 49.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 60.42% 1 1 Nancy Mapes - Diane Ringstad, Glen Rock NJ 62.20% 2 2 Asish Sengupta, North Brunswick NJ; George Moehringer, Monroe Twp NJ 57.23% 2 Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Eleanor Schwartz, Annandale VA 56.08% 3 3 2 Peter Schiff, Potomac MD; Jack Schiff, Rockville MD 56.55% 3 Sue Holbert, Evanston IL; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 55.95% 4 Phyllis Isler - Morton Isler, Alexandria VA 55.61% 4 William Woodward, Fairfax VA; John Menzel, Arlington VA 52.00% 5 Roy Robson, Arlington VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA 54.46% 5 2 1 Kenneth Marshall, Winchester VA; Al Sullivan, Dale City VA 51.79% 3 Alan Skvirsky, Washington Dc DC; Jerome Gumbiner, Washington DC 51.49% 4 2 Michael Watts, Lanham MD; Sheila Kaplan, Washington DC 49.02%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; John Veltri, Bradenton FL 61.86% 1 Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO; Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 59.29% 2 Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC 61.38% 2 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 58.49% 3 1 1 Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA; Ronald Morris, Santa Barbara CA 58.81% 3 1 James Cunningham, Durham NC; Ken Schooff, Chapel Hill NC 57.21% 4 2 2 Kimberly Whipple, Lake Forest IL; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 57.53% 4 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 56.57% 5 Ronald Sutherland - Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 54.65% 5 Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Nancy Kalow, New York NY 56.41% 6 Roberta Magnus, Brooklyn NY; Cynthia Colin, New York NY 53.04% 6 2 Eva Katznelson, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Alan Katznelson, cote Saint-Luc QC 53.85% 3 Gloria Pilot, New York NY; Carol Willner, Larchmont NY 49.84% 3 Patricia Bassman, Maple Glen PA; Fern Herman, Langhorne PA 52.88% 4 Marilee Van Arsdale, Oak Hill VA; Dennis Farley, Washington DC 49.04% 1 John Garcia - Stuart Terry, Isle of Palms SC 47.12% Daily Bulletin Page 23

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 William Holt, Sewickley PA; Jose Cortina, Oakhill VA 64.90% 1 1 Mark Friedlander - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL 66.51% 2 1 Tom Kaufmann, Pine Brook NJ; Martin Lesh, Montville NJ 59.94% 2 Steven Zlotnick - Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 59.94% 3 Thomas Corlett, Waco TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX 55.45% 3 Donald Averbach - Miklos Gyimesi, Pittsburgh PA 57.05% 4 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL 52.88% 4 2 Mike Frosch, Bethesda MD; Ellie Clark, Vienna VA 56.41% 5 2 1 James Dresser, Alexandria VA; Aida Martinez, San Juan PR 52.72% 5 Frank Anshen, Setauket NY; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 54.97% 6 Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Barbara Zeichik, Las Vegas NV 51.60% 6 3 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Arlington TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 49.20% 3 Jean Marx, Chevy Chase MD; Jerry Falconett, Silver Spring MD 51.28% 4 1 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 48.88% 4 William Palmer, Brooklyn NY; John Babb, Scottsdale AZ 50.64% 2 Evelyn Goudy, Vienna WV; Stephanie Frank, Parkersburg WV 47.92% 2 Susan Friedman - Rita Distenfeld, New York NY 46.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Anita Burgis, Santee CA; Alana Shapley, Chula Vista CA 62.50% 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 62.66% 2 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 60.26% 2 1 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 61.70% 3 1 John Lowe III, Washington DC; Richard Allison, Fulton MD 55.29% 3/4 Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV; Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ 56.41% 4 2 Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Brian Howard, Bradenton FL 54.97% 3/4 Dom Di Felice, Denver CO; Santosh Gangwal, Cary NC 56.41% 5 3 1 Neil Goldstein, New York NY; Jill Gilbert, Toledo OH 54.49% 5 2 1 Frank Hatten, Potomac MD; Paul Hatten Jr, Vero Beach FL 52.88% 6 Michael Andrews, Fremont CA; Richard Veach, Laurel MD 54.01% 6 Dick Kemmerer, Peoria IL; Daniel Williams, Denver CO 51.12% 4 Mary Alice Brandt, Steubenville OH; Sylvia Camilli, Weirton WV 50.64% 3 2 Susan Melchner, New York NY; Iris Rosenblum, Palm Beach Grdn FL 50.96% 2 Sue Ann Harris - Carolyn Fox, Winston Salem NC 45.67%

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA BB CC EAST-WEST 1 Cheryl Angel - Jesse Reisman, Livingston NJ 60.12% 1 James Sandefur, Arlington VA; Larry Moran, Bowie MD 66.19% 2 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 58.76% 2 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Daniel Boye, Victor NY 60.53% 3 William Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 57.69% 3 Frank Treiber III - Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH 60.27% 4 Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC; Barton Bloom, Clayton NC 57.14% 4 Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 59.82% 5 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 56.68% 5 Marijan Word - Bob Ayers, Covington GA 57.84% 6 Joe Harris - Cindy Harris, Albuquerque NM 55.36% 6 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 57.64% 7 John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; Don Liu, Hulls Cove ME 54.30% 7 Chris Benson, Le Roy IL; Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 56.68% 8 Edward Alcoff, Pittsburgh PA; Bijoy Anand, Jacksonville FL 53.09% 8 Richard Taylor - Robert Freed, Frederick MD 56.33% 9 Marshall Baum, Highland Park IL; Serge Bondar, Wheeling IL 53.04% 9 Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL; Patty Barnett, Gainesville FL 55.47% 10 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Michael Moss, New York NY 52.48% 10 Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN 54.15% 11 Jennifer Swimmer, Toronto ON; Edith Maislin, Cote St-Luc QC 52.38% 11 Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 53.34% 12 James Musumeci, Carbondale IL; Rick Bobrow, New York NY 52.23% 12 Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 52.99% 13 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 51.87% 13 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 52.13% 14 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 51.62% 14 Ethan Kotkin - Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 51.57% 15 Stephen Swearingen - Ronald Spieker, Arlington VA 51.57% 15 Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY; Ira Ewen, New York NY 51.42% 16 Syed Abdul Hammed - Bonfilio Pereira, Mississauga ON 51.47% 16/17 Maurice De La Salle - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 51.21% 17 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 51.16% 16/17 Kathleen Fortney - Charles Fortney, Wheaton IL 51.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DD EE FF EAST-WEST 1 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 65.10% 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jonathan Ohliger, El Cerrito CA 62.72% 2 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Daniel Koch, Chevy Chase MD 63.77% 2 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 60.36% 3 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 62.73% 3 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ 59.41% 4 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 56.49% 4 Brian Gunnell, St Augustine FL; John Brady, Jacksonville FL 59.32% 5 Ronald Zucker, Washington DC; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 55.97% 5 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Shelly Dunietz, New York NY 57.76% 6 Melanie Tucker - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 55.72% 6 Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 57.73% 7 Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 55.68% 7 Michael McNamara, White Plains NY; Marius Agica, New York NY 55.70% 8 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 55.11% 8 Bob Feller, Guilderland NY; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 55.07% 9 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 54.79% 9 Doris Staubi, White Plains NY; Lawrence Christianson, Thornwood NY 54.90% 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 54.75% 10 Robert Boyd - Carole Grob, Alexandria VA 54.80% 11 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Melih Ozdil, New York NY 54.31% 11 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 54.57% 12 Edward Foran, Marietta GA; Donna Marks, Atlanta GA 54.08% 12 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 54.03% 13 Richard Underwood, Voorheesville NY; Stephen Paskin, Cohoes NY 53.96% 13 Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 53.93% 14 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Sherry Jackson, New York NY 53.68% 14 Stan Schenker, Reston VA; Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD 53.44% 15 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL 52.53% 15 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 53.38% 16 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 52.07% 16 William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 52.75% 17 John Rengstorff - Scott Levine, New York NY 51.66% 17 Gila Guttmann, Boca Raton FL; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 51.97% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GG HH II EAST-WEST 1 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 64.48% 1 James Greer - Maeve Lucey, New Canaan CT 63.85% 2 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 62.58% 2 Sheng Li - Chieni Liao, New York NY 62.50% 3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 59.61% 3 Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT; Lawrence Lau, Westport CT 59.29% 4 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 58.28% 4 Greg McKellar, Kingston ON; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 56.39% 5 Jason Meyer, Silver Spring MD; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt MD 56.57% 5 Edward Borodkin, Gambrills MD; Robert Graves, Burke VA 56.24% 6 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 55.85% 6 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Tom Kniest, University City MO 55.52% 7 Paul Morris, Brooklyn NY; Joan Dziekanski, New York NY 55.35% 7 Kevin Barnes, Washington DC; Danijel Zenko, Bethesda MD 54.95% 8 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Madi Drimmer, Sarasota FL 54.03% 8 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 54.83% 9 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 53.68% 9 Pascale Gaudreault, Chicoutimi QC; Martine Lacroix, Montreal QC 53.66% 10 Burt Hall, Mechanicsvlle VA; Lynn Rose-Hall, Mechanicsville VA 53.62% 10 Michael Abramson, Montclair NJ; Todd Zimnoch, Fallston MD 52.19% 11 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 52.73% 11 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; James Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 51.72% 12 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 51.87% 12 Cris Barrere, Berkeley CA; John Hadreas, Santa Rosa CA 51.71% 13 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 51.77% 13 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 51.56% 14 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON 51.64% 14 Terry Currie - Robert Morris, Houston TX 51.21% 15 Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 51.22% 15 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 51.13% 16 Arline Fulton, Englishtown NJ; Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 51.00% 16 David Abelow, Owings Mills MD; Alexander Weiss, Jacksonville FL 50.98% TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Thursday, July 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Thursday-Friday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd ExHall A $16 $18 Thursday, July 30, 10:30 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Thursday, July 30, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 National 199er Pairs 1-2 ExHall B North 4-6 $17 --- Thursday, July 30, 1 p.m. Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 3rd single ExHall C $16 $18 Thursday, July 30, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Marriott Ballroom Salon 1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Thursday, July 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 16 Maryland Room $20 --- WAGAR WOMEN'S KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F TBA $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round of 8 TBA $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 SF TBA $17 --- Screens, second session at 8 p.m. MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Richmond Bridge Association Thursday-Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Thursday, July 30, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Thursday, July 30, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single ExHall A $15 $17 Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 4th single ExHall C $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Thursday, July 30, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 24 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Wednesday, July 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st ExHall A $16 $18 Monday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd ExHall A $16 $18 Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 1st single ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday, July 29, 10:30 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Wednesday, July 29, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Stratified Daylight Swiss Teams 1-2 ExHall B North 4-6 $16 $18 Wednesday, July 29, 1 p.m. Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 1st single ExHall C $16 $18 Wednesday, July 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Delaware Room $20 --- SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 32 Marriott Ballroom $20 --- WAGAR WOMEN'S KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Maryland Room $20 --- Screens, second session at 8 p.m. 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round of 16 Marriott Ballroom $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round of 8 Marriott Ballroom $17 --- Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday, July 29, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Wednesday, July 29, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single ExHall C $15 $17 Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single ExHall C $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Wednesday, July 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB July 29-July 31. The LBC was originally Duplicate games are scheduled at 7:30 pm on the OF WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY organized to provide an opportunity for gay and second, fourth and (when applicable) fifth SIDE GAME SERIES lesbian bridge players in the DC area to play in a Wednesday of each month on Capitol Hill. For The Lambda Bridge Club (LBC) of hospitable environment, and membership is still more information, visit www.lambdabridge.org Washington is sponsoring the Side Game Series predominantly from the LGBT community.

BARON BARCLAY BRIDGE SUPPLIES Proud sponsor of the National Youth Open Pairs Tournament Special Book 30-50% Discount on All Books Signing Come to our desk to see demonstrations of Wednesday, July 29 the Bridge Mate Electronic Scoring System 6:30 p.m. Julian Laderman "A Bridge to Inspired and Play Bridge Dealer 4 Declarer Play" dealing machine. 2009 ABTA Book of the Year

Located outside Exhibit Hall C on the lower level • Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m. Last day: Thursday, July 30. Closes at 1 p.m.