Friday, March 16, 2018 Volume 61, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Shrive wins 10K KO English duo lead In the 2017 version of the 10K Knockout final,Al Silodor Shrive and company lost to England’s Simon Cope and Peter Crouch topped Viktor Anikovich’s team. the qualifying round in the . Cope This year, Shrive prevailed, and Crouch scored 66.23% in the first qualifying 112–60. session and 60.80% in the second to grab the lead “I have a better team this going into today’s two-session final. Their carryover year,” said Shrive, noting is 329.86 matchpoints. his lineup was three players In second with a carryover of 319.70 are Texans from last year’s squad and Michael Heymann of Fort Worth and Ellen Hessel of three new players. San Antonio. Shrive played with Third place is occupied by Norwegians Fredrik Don Dalpe, Michael Ranis, Helness and Odin Svendsen with 297.85. Anthony Barre, Saul Gross One hundred eighty-two pairs qualified for the and Juan Castillo. Anikovich final. played with David Pelka, Alan Daniels and Bob and Ellen Kent, all winners in Cappelletti-Mason set Kansas City, though they Winners of the 0–10,000 Knockout: Juan Castillo, Saul Gross, Anthony were down a man. Barre, Michael Ranis, Don Dalpe and Al Shrive. pace in Women’s Shrive led all the way, going up 32–8 in the continued on page 5 Allison Cappelletti of Delray Beach FL and Gerrianne Mason of Crossville TN posted the best score in the opening round of the Smith Women’s Pairs. The pair posted a 54.74% game in the first Start small, play big final session and a nice 66.58% game in the second Canadian youth playing in top events to start today’s final – featuring the top-scoring 52 Jacob Freeman was dancing in the Grand pairs – with a carryover of 61.08. Ballroom Thursday night. The 17-year-old from In second with 49.01 are Tobi Sokolow and Toronto had just found out he’d qualified for the Claudette Hartman of Austin TX. second day of a national event for the third time this The current third-place pair are Brits Sally tournament. Brock and Fiona Brown who have a carryover of Jacob started playing bridge when he was 5. He’d 48.58. been playing online poker and watching his dad play on BBO. His dad didn’t want him playing poker, so Jacob switched to bridge. A year later he was playing Gupta stuns ‘Pepsi’ online with a fellow Torontonian who didn’t know his age but was impressed enough to invite him to dinner. in Vandy Rd. of 16 “My mom got on there and said, ‘He’s 6.’” The most remarkable result in yesterday’s Olivia Laufer, a student at the same high school Vanderbilt action was the match between the No. 8 who started a bridge club with him there, didn’t seed, led by Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola, and the No. 9 officially learn bridge until she was 7. But she can seed captained by Vinita Gupta. The Gupta squad still claim an earlier start than him because she’d was trailing by 53 IMPs after three quarters, but been going with her parents to club games since she rallied in the final set – which they won 84-27 – to Martin Zhao and Jacob Freeman have been was an infant. When she learned to talk, her first playing together since last summer’s Wernher win the match by 4 IMPs. words were “partner bid 2NT.” Open Pairs. continued on page 5 As recently as a couple years ago, Jacob and continued on page 9 Limerick Contest Searching for early Life Masters St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, and By Paul Linxwiler in honor of the event, the Daily Bulletin is holding In the 80-year history of the ACBL, more than “Is there a Limerick Contest. Submit your bridge-related 109,000 members have achieved the rank of Life anyone out there limericks to NABCDailyBulletin@acbl. Master, beginning in 1936 with Hall of Famer David with a lower org or the Daily Bulletin office, Bruce, Life Master No. 1. Life Master Room 407 in the Marriott. Richard Troxel of Hendersonville NC is ACBL number and is The deadline is today at Life Master No. 823. The 85-year-old earned his still ‘vertical’?” 6:30 p.m. The top three Life Master gold card in 1955 at age 23. Recently, he asks. submissions will be published in however, Troxel has been on the hunt for living Everyone who earns the rank of Life Master Saturday’s issue. players who made LM before he did. receives a gold card from the ACBL. Years ago, these cards were engraved with the player’s name, the year the rank was achieved, and the Life Master number. Goodwill Message Today, the LM number has been replaced with the ACBL player number (with the first digit “promoted” Remember: It’s nice to be important, but it’s to a letter to signify the honor), and players learn of more important to be nice. their LM number with a congratulatory letter that Sandy DeMartino, Chair accompanies the card. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee Troxel’s name appeared in the Life Master list of the March 1955 issue of The Bulletin. (Note it was not a new LM list, but rather the entire list of all ATTENDANCE LMs. In 1955, the list was short enough that it could through Thursday be published in a single issue.) Richard Troxel, 1960 and today, along with his continued on page 7 LM gold card from 1955. 7956 tables Page 2 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. Friday, March 16 10 am-2 pm Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room 403) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Saturday, March 17 Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change. 9:15 a.m. David Legrow

Friday, March 16 Sunday, March 17 9:15 a.m. Bruce Lang Smith Echo TBA Peter Pender Memorial . (Room TBA) 6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett Learning Curve

HOSPITALITY Late night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, enjoy individual pizzas.

2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m. Entertainment Please note that the shows each day vary Get your prize Philadelphia somewhat, so you might enjoy a repeat performance If you’ve won any strat of any event at all Sightseeing Tours if you saw Wednesday or Thursday’s shows. Players in Philadelphia, come See Philadelphia are welcome to come to any and all shows, but will to the Prize Desk on the – $20 discount tickets need a separate, day-specific ticket for each show. fifth floor (to the left of (usually $32) – with The show is at 11 p.m. on the fourth floor of the the escalators) and claim ACBL . Marriott. your prize. The Prize Get tickets at the Hotel Desk is open 8:30–10 Tour Desk in the lobby of the Marriott. the a.m., 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours on 12th Street outside Check cashing and 6:30–7:30 p.m. the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and hourly and Bridge Bucks thereafter. The check cashing and Last night for the Counterparts Bridge Bucks desk is located After the evening sessions tonight, enjoy a on the fifth floor of the Marriott 30-minute show by a cappella group Counterparts. across from Salon H. The desk Attention daylight players They are from the University of Pennsylvania hours are 9:30 to 10 a.m, and The coupons you receive at your games are good and they are amazing! The show combines bridge noon to 1 p.m. only the day they are given. If you try to use them on parodies with other tunes to enjoy. a later day, they will not be valid. to the Counterparts shows are free and open to all bridge players. There is no reserved Player memo stations At the Philadelphia NABC, player memo seating, but a ticket is required to guarantee a seat. stations may be found in the pre-function areas on Parking Tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk on Discounted parking tickets are available for two the fourth and fifth floors of the Marriott. the fifth floor of the Marriott, including on the day of nearby garages at the Information Desk. Players are asked to please keep these area free the show. The Information Desk is open daily at the 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert of clutter. Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day. following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., 12th & Walnut – entrance on the west side of 12th at Sansom Street – $12/day. These discounts have been arranged through Parkway Corporation. The Information Desk is open daily at the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then you can pay. If you are playing in the Convention Center, parking tickets will be available at the Partnership Desk one hour before each session. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS West North East South a likely nine-card Thinking bridge Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ spade fit (worth an By Eddie Kantar Dbl 2♠ Pass 4♠ automatic 2-point Signaling, loser-on-loser play, when not to All Pass upgrade) plus wild draw trumps. side suit distribution, : ♣K worth another 2 Dlr: West ♠ A 9 5 4 Bidding commentary: As North, the system points. The South Vul: None ♥ K Q J 2 opening is 1♦ with this hand pattern. This is the hand logs in at about ♦ A 5 3 only distribution one should have for a diamond 13 revalued points ♣ 7 4 opening with onlt three diamonds. A 1♦ opening and is worth a shot ♠ 7 ♠ Q 8 6 with this distribution occurs about 5% of the time at game. If 4♠ seems ♥ A 8 7 5 3 ♥10 9 6 4 1♦ is opened. As responder, assume your partner a bit rich for your ♦ J 10 2 ♦ K Q 7 has four or more diamonds when you hear partner blood, try 3♠. North, with a maximum, will raise ♣ K Q 10 9 ♣ J 8 2 open 1♦. Don’t play for exceptions! If you do, you to 4♠. ♠ K J 10 3 2 will be wrong 95% of the time! Defensive commentary: As East, assuming ♥ — West’s passed-hand shows 9-11 the lead of the king is from the K-Q and not ♦ 9 8 6 4 HCP with four cards, minimum, in the two unbid the A-K, tend to encourage holding the jack. ♣ A 6 5 3 suits. East is entitled to re-evaluate upwards with However, with your diamond holding, it is better to discourage in clubs (♣2) to encourage a shift to Shane and Rose Savage came from diamonds. Moncton NB to play in the North As South, fearing a diamond shift, win the American Pairs Flight C and stayed a few ♣A, cross to the ♠A and run the ♥K to West’s ace, more days to play in Gold Rush events. In discarding a diamond. Assuming West wins and between sessions, another player came shifts to a diamond, win the ace, discard your to the Bulletin office to praise Shane’s remaining two diamonds on the ♥Q and ♥J and sportsmanship for suggesting a director concede a club. The most you can lose after this call that he knew would disadvantage is maybe a spade trick. The idea is not to cash him. In addition to being good sports, the ♠K before the dummy is in clubs. If you the Savages are also comedians. “We’re do, and the player who wins your club exit may having a good time in Philadelphia. I wish my wife was playing a little better,” be able to cash the ♠Q, depriving you of a club Shane joked. Rose laughed and shot in dummy. Down you go. You could lose back, “If only I could tell you what his two clubs (instead of one) the ♥A and the ♠Q. Be sportsmanship is really like,” which careful about surrendering control (♠K) until earned a laugh in return. dummy is void in the suit you plan to ruff.

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HUGH ROSS WEDNESDAY ZIP KO SILODOR OPEN PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 9 Tables 4.05 1 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Pierre Dufour, 91.0 Tables Carryover Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC; Timothy 1 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire England; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 329.86 Hill, Wellesley MA 2 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 319.70 2.84 2 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Samuel Kuang, 3 Fredrik Helness - Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway 297.85 Elmhurst NY; Sam Amer, Montecito CA; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside 4 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ 287.62 NY 5 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 281.51 1.62 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Alexander 6 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 277.86 Frieden, Brookline MA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 7 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 272.47 1.62 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Douglas Kuschner, 8 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 270.17 Seattle WA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Owen Lien, Oak Park 9 Thomas Maccormac - John Connolly, Dublin Ireland 267.41 MI 10 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 246.70 11 Joao Barbosa - Paulo Sarmento, Portugal 242.25 TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO 8 Tables 12 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 237.89 21.85 1 Ginny O’Toole, Yarmouth Port MA; Chuck 13 Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL 237.45 Greenslit, Framingham MA; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA; Sol 14 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 236.29 Hartman, Brewster MA 15 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 235.47 15.30 2 Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA; Stephen 16 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 230.72 Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 17 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Terrence Rego, Mississauga ON 229.75 18 Robert Barrington - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 229.68 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 19 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 225.27 5 Tables 20 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 225.19 3.78 1 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, 21 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 213.37 Vienna VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Hal Jones Jr., 22 Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 209.92 Lorton VA 2.65 2 Peter Haglich - Kathleen Haglich - Iris Siqueira - 23 Igor Milman - Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 207.83 Joe Siqueira, Virginia Beach VA 24 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; AJ Stephani, Cincinnati OH 206.10 25/26 Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 197.31 D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT 25/26 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA 197.31 KO 1 27 Gregory Gorshkov, Somerville NJ; Neil Jaffe, Belle Mead NJ 190.77 12 Tables 28 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 189.87 17.42 1 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal 29 Chris Moll, Durham NC; Bill Cook Jr. Madison MS 187.69 Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland 30 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 186.41 12.19 2 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, 31 Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 185.29 Hot Springs Village AR; David Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Stephen 32 Robb Gordon, Prescott AZ; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 183.56 Mackay, Markham ON 33 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 183.35 7.84 3 Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA; Christopher Panos, Sacramento CA; Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Lech 34 Meike Wortel, Amsterdam; Jacco Hop, Rotterdam 182.08 Ekert, Bluffton SC 35 Barry Goulding, Scottsdale AZ; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 182.04 6.10 4 Michael Wavada, Enfield CT; E Melnick - M 36 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 179.86 Melnick, Hilton Head SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 37 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 176.94 38 John Zilic, Houston TX; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 173.31 D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT 39 Philippe Galaski, Florence MA; Roger Webb, Amherst MA 170.82 KO 2 12 Tables 40 Les Bart, Bradenton FL; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 166.33 10.11 1 Samuel Amer, Queens NY; Leslie Weisbrod - 41 Robert Heitzman Jr., Allendale NJ; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 162.51 Joan Dziekanski - Mindy Fleder, New York NY 42 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 162.22 7.08 2 Thomas Coxey - John Klinger - Deborah Klinger, 43 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 161.98 Lancaster PA; Jeanne Gehret, Elizabethtown PA 44 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 160.66 4.55 3 Ken Lowenstein, Forest Hills NY; Susan Port - 45 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 158.92 Barry Port, Atlantic Beach NY; Harriet Goldman, Roslyn Heights NY 46 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 157.61 3.54 4 Steven Fine, Durham NC; Ross Spiro, Cherry 47 Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel 155.69 Hill NJ; Sam Mehta - Alvaro Duenas, Moorestown NJ 48 Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 151.83 49 Ken Eisner, Truro NS; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 149.95 D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT 50 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Sylvia Summers, Ridgway PA 149.08 KO 3 16 Tables 51 Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 148.69 9.11 1 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; 52 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 148.26 Lynn Root, Birmingham MI; Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI 53 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 144.01 6.38 2 Sharon May, Waukesha WI; Janet Holmes, 54 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA 140.29 Brookfield WI; Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA 55 Bruce Schwaidelson, Doylestown PA; Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Meeting PA 140.15 4.10 3 Betsey Relyea, Briarcliff NY; Patti Fishbach, 56 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 137.26 Stamford CT; Marcia Goldfinger - Carol Weiss, White Plains NY 3.19 4 Joann Krey, Mahwah NJ; Eileen McGrory, 57 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Scott Levine, New York NY 137.11 Hackensack NJ; Michelle Lanigan, Wyckoff NJ; Linda Endy, 58 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 136.81 Ringwood NJ 59 Debabrata Majumder - Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 133.41 60 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 133.09 D’AVETRE ADWELL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT 61 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 128.38 KO 4 62 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston-Salem NC 127.53 16 Tables 6.56 1 Jan Nettler - Sheila Ryan, Florence MA; Daniele 63 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 125.76 Panayotatos, Orangeburg NY; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 64 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Daniel Boye, Farmington NY 125.33 4.59 2 Peggy Greenawalt, Wyndmoor PA; Gerry Jawer, 65 Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Sheldon Kirsch, West Bloomfield MI 124.27 Wyncote PA; Arthur Seidner, Huntingdon Valley PA; Frances 66 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 123.58 Bennett, Palo Alto CA 67 Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 121.27 2.95 3 Steven Caplan - Joyce Levin, Boca Raton FL; Marion Tillack, Sarasota FL; Yoon Jhee, Longboat Key FL 68 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 120.52 2.30 4 Maryann Moss, Ardmore PA; Evette Mittin, 69 Chuck Malcolm, Olathe KS; William Muir, Kansas City MO 119.80 Elkins Park PA; Elisa Menocal, Philadelphia PA; Edward Kennedy, 70 Joan Lewis - Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA 119.22 Wayne PA 71 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY 117.92 72 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 113.84 73 Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL 113.54 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 5

74 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 113.27 75 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 109.68 10K KO 76 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 107.88 continued from page 1 77 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL 107.44 78 H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY 107.02 79 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 106.87 80 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 106.76 81 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 102.32 82 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Phillip King, Harrow Middlesex England 101.84 83 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 101.33 84 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; Norman Trabulus, New York NY 100.90 85 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA 100.47 86 Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico 100.43 87 Adam Lally, Stamford CT; Dana Rossi, Westport CT 99.04 88 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 98.18 89 Richard Price - Melissa Price, Glenn Dale MD 97.84 90 William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 95.67 91 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 92.16 92 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Daniel Lev, New York NY 91.34 Second in the 0–10,000 Knockout: David Pelka, 93 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC 90.89 captain Viktor Anikovich, Bob Kent, Ellen Kent 94 Joseph Rice, Winchester KY; E. Bruce Neikirk, Louisville KY 90.38 and Alan Daniels. 95 Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON; Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA 89.56 first quarter and widening the lead by about 10 96 Sheldon Natenberg, Glenview IL; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 85.19 IMPs each quarter thereafter. The event is limited to 97 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 84.76 players with less than 10,000 . 98 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA 83.44 It was a first-time limited NABC win for four 99 Stephen Barr - Michael Donnelly, Dublin Ireland 82.14 100 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 80.60 members of the team. Gross and Castillo won the 101 Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 79.31 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs last fall in San Diego, and 102 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Bach Ashley, 77.04 Gross previously won the Mini- in 2011. 103 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 76.92 104 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 74.94 Vanderbilt leaders 105/106 John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 73.41 105/106 Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Giacomo Percario, Livorno Italy 73.41 continued from page 1 107 Ming Sheng, Chicago IL; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 72.74 Top-seeded Nick Nickell trailed slightly at 108 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL 72.10 the half against Gary Cohler (No. 17), but was in 109 Renaldo Timoteo - Carlos Luiz, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 70.80 complete control in the second half, winning the 110 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 67.95 contest 142-98. 111 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Metarie LA 67.31 112 Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 66.86 Marty Fleisher (No. 2) disposed of Stan Tulin 113 Kenton Schoen, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 65.99 (No. 15) 166-93, with Fleisher leading all four 114/115 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 65.64 quarters. 114/115 Maciej Klis - Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 65.64 John Diamond (No. 3) and Daniel Zagorin 116/117 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 63.38 (No. 19) had the closest match of the entire round, 116/117 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 63.38 with a handful of IMPs separating the squads until 118 James Ward, Champaign IL; Bharat Rao, Berwyn PA 63.18 Diamond won the last quarter 34-19 to prevail 124- 119 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 58.69 113. 120 Paul Frean - David Parsons, New York NY 56.74 No. 4 Team Lavazza survived against No. 20 121 H. Hunt - Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 55.53 Richard Schwartz, winning 132–123, but No. 5 122 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 55.35 123 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 54.84 James Cayne was sent to the sidelines when they lost 124 Barry Gorski, Wyomissing PA; Albert Bingaman Jr., Reading PA 54.21 to No. 21 Mary Ann Berg, 140-125. 125 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Li Yiting, Herndon VA 52.91 The most lopsided final score of the round came 126 Bjorn Fallenius - Michael Moss, New York NY 52.40 from the matchup between No. 6 Andrew Rosenthal 127 William Bailey, Mill Valley CA; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 51.17 and No. 11 Jim Mahaffey, in which the latter 128 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 50.56 prevailed, 113-57. 129 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Jack LaVigne, Houston TX 49.85 No. 26 Chen Zhao continued their winning ways 130 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 49.81 by defeating Hemant Lall and company, 113-73. 131 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 49.62 132 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 49.39 133 Ronald Conlon, Severn MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 48.03 134 Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 46.84 Getting to the 135 Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 46.79 136 Jayendu Patel, Vista CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 43.74 Convention Center 137 Qiang Li, North York ON; Jason Ji, Kendall Park NJ 41.66 The shortest route to the playing area in the 138 Alan Schwartz - Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA 41.31 Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the 139 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 38.85 doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on 140 Richard Hyken, Pompano Beach FL; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 38.49 Filbert Street and then a right onto 13th Street and go 141 David Fleischer, Alexandria VA; Donald Berman, Laurel MD 36.77 one block north to Arch Street. The best Convention 142 Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 36.54 Center entrance to use is on the northwest corner 143 Steven Huhman, Alpharetta GA; Joel Goren, Bedford NY 35.02 of 13th and Arch. This is a short walk, less than a 144 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 34.46 quarter of 145 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 32.21 a mile. Convention Center 146 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Greg Burch, Bear DE 31.29 ARCH ST 147 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 31.05 We 148 James Gingrich Jr., Lansdale PA; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 30.68 strongly 149 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; James Heneghan, Washington DC 30.66 suggest 150 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 30.16 that you 151 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Laufer, Toronto ON 28.47 do not N 13th ST 152 Clifford Nebel, Hastings Hudson NY; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 28.10 use the FILBERT ST 153 Gary Macgregor - Heather MacGregor, Portola Valley CA 25.64 skybridge 154 Marcelo Caracci - Loreto Cuevas, Santiago Chile 23.04 from the Marriott 155 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 22.88 Marriott 156/157 Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; Martin Minsky, Bronx NY 22.37 to enter 156/157 Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Astoria NY 22.37 158 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 20.77 the Convention Center. This will take you to a part 159 John McCormick, Rockville MD; Irfan Coskun, Istanbul Turkey 20.62 of the building that makes it difficult to find the 160 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 19.94 bridge play. 161 Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 17.13 162 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC 16.94 163 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 16.69 Smoking Policy 164 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 16.64 Smoking is not permitted in the playing area 165 Marc Lachapelle, St.-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 12.53 during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This 166 Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL 12.33 includes electronic smoking devices. Page 6 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin

NABC 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT 167 Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 10.01 18 Tables 168 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 7.54 58.00 1 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Michael Ranis, Miami 169 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 5.65 FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Anthony Barre, Marco Island 170 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 5.35 FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 43.50 2 Viktor Anikovich - David Pelka - Alan Daniels, 171 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 4.91 Los Angeles CA; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 172/173 James Osofsky, Florence MA; Michael Heider, Reading CT 4.48 29.00 3/4 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Vladislav Isporski, 172/173 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 4.48 Sofia Bulgaria; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, 174 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC 3.59 Carmel Valley CA 175/176 Brian Ellis - Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 1.43 29.00 3/4 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Richard Strauss, 175/176 Ahmed Hussein, New York NY; Mohamed Heshmat, Cairo Egypt 1.43 Northbrook IL; Larry Bass, Tamarac FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 177/178 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland 0.99 13.05 5/6 Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI; Ned Irving, 177/178 Hal Hindman, Centreville VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 0.99 Hot Springs Village AR; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; David 179 Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA 0.60 Colbert, Etobicoke ON; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael 180 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 0.26 McGuire, Hernando MS 181 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 0.24 13.05 5/6 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; 182 Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 0.00 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 61.08 2 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 49.01 3 Sally Brock, London England; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England 48.58 4 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Sheila Cesarano, Miami Beach FL 46.63 5 Tatiana Ponomareva - Tatiana Dikhnova, Moscow Russia 44.43 6 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 41.90 7 Laurie Vogel - Nancy Turner, New York NY 40.17 8 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 37.50 9 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 37.09 ♥ 10 Claire Tornay, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Hermi Hanlin, New York NY 35.90 11 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 35.06 12 Natalie Bassil - Marina Polestra, Boston MA 34.17 13 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 33.29 14/15 Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT; Terry Lubman, Riverside CT 32.48 14/15 Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Perla Sultan, Aventura FL 32.48 16 Juliana De Oliveira - Isa Koogan Breitman, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 31.74 17 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Gloria Brown, Virginia Beach VA 29.22 18 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 26.20 Tournament Program 19 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 25.26 Mixed Pairs November 8, 9 20 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 24.80 M.P. Pairs November 10 21 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 23.78 National Simultaneous November 11 22 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA 22.95 23 Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 22.47 IMP Pairs November 12,13 24 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 22.19 Open Pairs November 14, 15, 16 25 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Terry Currie, Houston TX 21.41 Teams November 17 26 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 20.98 27 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 19.00 Participants from All Over the World 28 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 18.58 Including European and World Champions. 29 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 18.53 Total Prize Money in Excess of €25,000 30 Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 18.52 31 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA 17.76 Special Accommodation Packages 32 Judy Hummel - Shirley Scott, Colorado Springs CO 16.70 The perfect vacation combining bridge, 33 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 16.64 34 Jo Morse - Janet Dresden, Palm Beach Gardens FL 16.23 sun and social events. 35 Elizabeth Clark, East Aurora NY; Barbara Libby, Tonawanda NY 16.05 The largest festival in Europe! 36 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 15.42 37 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 14.20 38 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 12.43 39 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Joyce Penn, Columbus OH 9.44 40 Sandra Rimstedt - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 9.13 Further information and registration: 41/42 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 6.95 Organizing Committee: David & Alon Birman, 41/42 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 6.95 50 Pinkas St., Tel Aviv, Israel 43 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 5.64 Tel.: +972-3-6058355, +972-50-6698655, 44 Tania Reyes Hiller, Bedford Corners NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 4.74 Email: [email protected], www.bridgeredsea.com 45 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 4.64 46 Joan Brandeis, Elkins Park PA; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 4.12 47 Barbara Schaefer, Norristown PA; Sarah McMerty, Southern Pines NC 3.49 Use of the — 48 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA 3.32 49 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA 2.54 Alerts and Announcements 50 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 1.34 When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 51 Laurie Carr - Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 0.89 that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the 52 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Betsy Downs, Chicago IL 0.00 same time. When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 7

Murray represented North America in the Early Life Masters in 1962, 1966, 1967 and 1974, and continued from page 1 represented Canada in other world competitions in Work and family life pulled Troxel away from 1960, 1964, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1980 and 1982. the game for decades. He placed third in the Rosenblum Teams in 1982. “My career made playing difficult, but I tried to Murray, an ACBL Grand Life Master, won the keep up with the game by reading bridge magazines. Team Trials in 1966, the Lou Herman Trophy in And I kept my membership current in the ACBL. But 1963, the Vanderbilt in 1961 and 1970; the Spingold there was a 30-year gap when I just didn’t play.” in 1964, 1965 and 1968; the Men’s Teams in 1962, In 2016, however, Troxel attended a birthday the Life Master Men’s Pairs and the Mixed Pairs in party for bridge-playing friend Patricia Mills, in 1963; the Men’s Pairs in 1945 and 1955; the Master Hendersonville, where he and his wife had moved Mixed Teams in 1956 and 1962; and the Life Master two decades previously. The party had a bridge Brent Woodson Elmore today Pairs in 1969. He won the Canadian National Teams theme, so Troxel found his LM gold card and wore Elmore in 1951 Championships in 1980, 1981 and 1987. In 2010, he it around his neck in a plastic holder. Mills was Life Master No. 346: Brent Woodson Elmore won the Canadian Senior Team Trials. fascinated with the card because she had never seen Brent Woodson Elmore earned her Gold Card in one. That got Troxel to wonder if there are any active 1952, making her the first female Life Master in her members of the ACBL who became Life Master home state of North Carolina. (Her brother, William before 1955. B. Woodson, who invented the Woodson Two-Way His story was published in the February issue Notrump, was Life Master No. 289. He died in of the Bridge Bulletin, and several players came 1989.) forward to say that they indeed had lower LM “My brother and I started going to national numbers, several of whom are well-known to tournaments in 1948, so we got to know some members of the ACBL. exceptional players. Charles Goren and Johnny Life Master No. 228: Bruce Elliott Crawford both came to our hometown of Salisbury Canadian bridge royalty, circa 1964: Bill The Canadian NC to give lectures to our friends in the area. Solomon, Percy Sheardown, (presenter Bridge Federation’s Hall “At a National Mixed Pairs, playing against unknown), Eric Murray, Bruce Gowdy and Sami of Fame website notes Goren and Helen Sobel, I got to a 6♣ contract. Goren Kehela. that Bruce Elliott was led the ♥A. Dummy came down with: Life Master No. 630: Al Blinder born in 1922 and has ♠A K x x ♥K Q J x ♦A ♣A x x x. During 1944 and lived all his life in the “Right away, he shifted to a low club. My club 1945, 20-year-old Al Toronto area. He became holding was Q-x-x-x-x, so I had to let it ride. Imagine Blinder served in the a Life Master in 1950. my delight when the 10 came from Sobel who held U.S. Third Army under Elliott’s partnership J-10 doubleton. Goren had led low from K-x: He was General George Patton in with Percy Sheardown sure I had the ♣Q J and would if left to my Alsace-Lorraine, France. was one of the best in own devices, so he led the low club, hoping I would After the war, Blinder North America in the play for a singleton king in RHO’s hand. I could not took up bridge, and he 1950s and ’60s,and their possibly make my contract any other way. was awarded his gold card team with Eric Murray “I attended the first Bermuda Bowl in 1950 in in 1953 at the San Diego and ranks Bermuda at the Castle Harbour Hotel. In fact, I kept Regional. (Also earning Bruce Elliott, mid-1960s as the best Canadian hand records for Goren. Also, my husband and I flew his gold card that day was foursome of all time. over with the U.S. team who played at the world Life Master No. 629, Al Blinder proudly Elliott won the Chicago Trophy (now the championships in Turin, Italy, in 1960.” the late Hall of Famer displays the gold card ) in 1948, playing with , Marshall Miles.) he earned in 1953. the first of his four major North American titles. He “From 1955 to 1970, my favorite partner was Joe won the Chicago Trophy again in 1951, playing with Nedham of Orinda CA, especially when playing in Percy Sheardown. the Vanderbilt and Spingold KO Teams. At our best, With Sheardown, Kehela and Murray, Elliot won we won four matches in each. One of our top results the 1964 Spingold Master Knockout Teams, and the was defeating a team led by Hall of Famer Al Roth foursome successfully defended the title in 1965, by 2 IMPs at the 1960 Spingold KO in Los Angeles. becoming the only foursome to date to achieve such Our most unusual regional result occurred in the a feat. 1960s against a strong Midwestern team. At the half, Elliott represented Canada twice in the World we were down 46 IMPs, but 16 unbelievable boards Team Olympiad, winning a bronze medal in later, we finished on top by the same margin: plus 46. Deauville, France, in 1968. Yes, we had scored 92 IMPs in 16 hands! Life Master No. 269: Bruce Gowdy Billy Rosen in 1954 Rosen at his Hall “Similar to Richard Troxel, my middle years Bruce Gowdy of Fame induction of bridge were interrupted by years of working to in 2014 of Toronto holds the maintain a family. During those years, I was playing record for being the Life Master No. 418: Billy Rosen rubber bridge at home once a week.” youngest player ever to Billy Rosen won the Bermuda Bowl in 1954 Life Master No. 637: Bud Marsh win a major knockout and placed second in 1955. He was 25 when he won “On a Sunday event – the Spingold the Bermuda Bowl, the youngest player ever to win morning in October Master Knockout that title until 1981 when the record was broken by of 1952, I received a Teams – at the age of Robert Levin. He has won eight North American call from a panicky 19 in 1949. He won championships. Rosen also won the McKenney Ralph Cohen (many the Canadian National Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) in 1953. years later, CEO of the Open Teams five Rosen, a WBF Life Master, was inducted in the ACBL). The board- consecutive times, from ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 2014 as the recipient a-match teams at the 1949 to 1953. Bruce Gowdy in 2015 of the von Zedtwitz Award. Montreal Regional was The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge began Life Master No. 456: Eric Murray scheduled that day, and tracking the Youngest Life Master in 1952 with Eric Murray is one one of three fellows Richard Freeman (who was 18 at the time), but prior of the all-time greats from Toronto had to Freeman, Gowdy claims the record: “I know there of . failed to show up, and Marsh in 2016 are a few members who have since become LMs at The most successful they needed me to fill in. In typical fashion, Ralph a younger age, but for discussion purposes, I was the Canadian player ever, guaranteed ‘that I would become a Life Master by the original Youngest Life Master when I reached 300 the Hall of Famer end of the day.’ I had about 290 masterpoints at the masterpoints in January 1950, at age 19. I became started his career time, but I had found more interesting ways to spend an LM in an open pairs event in Niagara Falls NY, playing with Douglas my weekends. Needless to say, I was released from playing with Margaret Bell (who later became Bruce Drury (of convention my movie date and went to meet the other half of the Elliott’s wife).” fame), qualified for his team: Bruce Elliott, who later won two consecutive A WBF World Life Master, Gowdy represented first international team , and Doug (yes, the real) Drury. We won, Canada three times in the with , had and I became a Life Master. In January 1953, I (1960, 1972 and 1976), winning a bronze medal in mixed-pairs successes with Hall of Fame member received my gold card. 1972. He also won a silver medal in the 2002 World Agnes Gordon, and became legend with Hall of Senior Pairs. Famer Sami Kehela. continued on page 9 Page 8 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt KO Teams – Today’s Pairings 1. Nickell 188 64. (65) Trachuk 70 1. Nickell 170 32. Kasle 114 32. (33) Doub 116 33. Doub 148 1. Nickell 43 55 103 142 16. (17) Cohler 25 58 72 98 17. Cohler 151 48. Rippey 101 17. Cohler 137 16. Street 104 16. Street 171 49. (54) LZSS 133 1. Nickell 8. (9) Gupta 9. Gupta 144 56. Skorchev 95 9. Gupta 154 24. Paul Fireman 100 24. Paul Fireman 106 41. Collins 63 9. Gupta 15 28 58 142 8. Pszczola 43 78 111 138 25. O’Rourke 120 40. Phyllis Fireman 117 25. O’Rourke 29 8. Pszczola 129 8. Pszczola 210 57. (72) Schireson 61

5. Cayne 166 60. (69) Wilderman 90 5. Cayne 125 77 Tables 28. Verbeek 65 28. Verbeek 155 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; 37. Fallenius 56 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair 5. Cayne 44 58 84 125 NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, 12. (21) Berg 24 54 90 140 21. Berg 170 Clearwater Beach FL 44. Baker 99 vs 21. Berg 132 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; 12. Mittelman 106 12. Mittelman 181 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 53. Harris 71 5. (21) Berg Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 4. Lavazza 13. Zimmerman 138 52. Pavlicek 128 13. Zimmerman 77 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, 20. Schwartz 100 Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las 20. Schwartz 132 Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 45. Grossack 91 13. (20) Schwartz 13 61 78 123 vs 4. Lavazza 33 59 85 132 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; 29. PD Times 122 Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 36. Aa 115 29. PD Times 58 4. Lavazza 173 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston 4. Lavazza 182 IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, 61. (68) Zhang 106 Arendal Norway 2. Fleisher 180 vs 63. Sher 122 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; 2. Fleisher 129 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; 31. Lilienstein 104 31. Lilienstein 89 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas 34. (43) Abdou 80 NV 2. Fleisher 30 70 111 166 15. Tulin 26 33 64 93 18. Hill 155 LAVAZZA: Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, 47. Barbosa 116 Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 18. Hill 80 Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, 15. Tulin 147 15. Tulin 130 Aarhus Denmark 50. Hanna 85 vs 2. Fleisher Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San 7. (26) Zhao 10. Lall 155 Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz 55. (74) Smith 124 10. Lall 134 Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 23. Seligman 124 Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 23. Seligman 124 42. Jacob 123 10. Lall 34 48 66 73 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan 7. (26) Zhao 16 34 76 113 Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 26. Zhao 138 Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo 39. (64) Madness 132 26. Zhao 147 Versace, Rome Italy 7. (71) Castner 119 50.00 9/16 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein 7. Coren 108 - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas 58. (71) Castner 146 TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, 6. Rosenthal 123 Chicago IL 50.00 9/16 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek 59. Narasimhan 119 6. Rosenthal 143 Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw 27. (38) Moss 64 27. Robinson 98 Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, 38. Moss 119 Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 6. Rosenthal 11 25 45 57 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, 11. Mahaffey 45 78 82 113 22. Levine 148 Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, 43. (60) Gipson 191 Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, 22. (60) Gipson 113 Stockholm Sweden 11. Mahaffey 161 11. Mahaffey 188 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees 54. (75) Pajak 38 Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw 6. (11) Mahaffey Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv 3. Diamond 14. Sonsini 93 Israel; David Bakhshi, London England 51. Leong 112 14. (51) Leong 92 50.00 9/16 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy 19. Zagorin 144 Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth 19. Zagorin 166 RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 46. (57) Texeira 83 14. (19) Zagorin 18 41 94 113 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John 3. Diamond 16 41 90 124 McAllister, Keswick VA; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen 30. Woolsey 46 Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, 35. Demirev 138 30. (35) Demirev 97 Taby Sweden 3. Diamond 132 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David 3. Diamond 146 Gold, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, 62. Cassel 132 Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, London England Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 9

Early Life Masters Canada youth continued from page 1 continued from page 1 “It was a big deal in those days. I was interviewed on Radio Canada, and the mayor of Montreal presented me with Gold Card No. 637 at a special city-sponsored cocktail party!” Marsh was fourth in the World Senior Teams in 1994. Life Master No. 798: Walter Richard May Walter May received his gold card in 1954 at age 23. Now 87, May has approximately 14,500 masterpoints. May, age 25 May in 2018 “When I became a Life Master – which was we met the team of B. Jay Becker, George Rapée, much harder to achieve in 1954 – I believe I was, at Howard Schenken, Johnny Crawford and Sam the time, the third-youngest person to have achieved Stayman, the best team of that era. There were so the distinction.” many kibitzers surrounding the table that I suggested May says that one of his favorite memories came to my partner that we wait until game time to take from the 1952 Spingold. our seats. As we made our way through the crowd Albena Vassileva and Olivia Laufer, both 15, are “My partner, Richard Lesser, and I traveled to toward the table, we were stopped halfway by an members of Canada’s Under-21 team. the nationals without teammates, so we picked up a older man who said, ‘Son, if you want to kibitz, you partner Martin Zhao were playing in 299er games, pair of Life Masters – who couldn’t agree on what need to come earlier.’ I replied, ‘Sir, if you want to and a couple years before that, so were Olivia and conventions they would use – to play in the Spingold. see the slaughter, we’re the dog meat.’” partner Albena Vassileva. Now all four are members Somehow, we made it to the quarterfinal, where of Canada’s national youth teams, and they’ve been playing in national events in Philadelphia. Martin, 14, PARTNER LEADS THURSDAY DAYLIGHT SIDE SWISS TEAMS is on the Under-16 team, and the other three are on 34 Tables the Under-21 team. Both girls are 15 but will turn 16 A B C this year. 9.39 1 Roy Perry, St John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Bernard Rehberg, Swarthmore PA; Kurt Engleman, Avondale PA 62.00 Freeman and Zhao qualified for the second 7.04 2 Real Fradette, North Wales PA; Elaine Clair, Gwynedd Valley PA; day of the Lebhar IMP Pairs in 35th place, and last Barbara Muhlhauser - Bob Muhlhauser, Ambler PA 61.00 night they qualified in the Silodor Open Pairs. And 7.18 3/4 1/2 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman - Ellen Ryan - Edythe Krauss, Freeman and Vassileva qualified in the Rockwell Ithaca NY 53.00 Mixed Pairs. 7.18 3/4 1/2 Michael Garnek, King of Prussia PA; Robert Grinwis, Downingtown PA; The four of them entered the Vanderbilt and Virginia Schuerger, Norristown PA; John Policella, Newtown Square PA 53.00 drew the last seed (the bottom 10 were randomized). 4.61 5 3 Janet Steig, South Orange NJ; Joan Sherman, Morristown NJ; On Monday, they played a four-way match starting Jane Fuller, Summit NJ; Susan Goldberg, Livingston NJ 52.00 against the highest-seeded team not to have a bye. 3.46 6 4 Audrey Egger - Nancy Robins - Patricia Taylor, Princeton NJ; They then faced Richard Pavlicek’s team for the third Janis Charkow, Cranbury NJ 50.00 2.59 7 5 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Redding CT; Benjamin Eisenberg - spot out of the group. They were up 4 IMPs at the Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 49.00 half but didn’t make it. “It was a nice experience, a 1.71 8/9 6/7 Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA; William Etnyre, Wadsworth IL; pretty nice moment being up at the half,” Albena said. Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA 48.00 “I thought there would be more pressure,” said 1.71 8/9 6/7 Sanford Robbins, Pompano Beach FL; Carol Vogt, Boca Raton FL; Olivia. But then she was kibitzing the Vanderbilt Lucy Tillman, The Villages FL; Ruth Goodpasture, Bourbonnais IL 48.00 when she was 2, so it wasn’t all that new. 1.00 8/9 Frances Barry - Polly Arnold - Joanna Johnson - Bonnie Kress, She and Albena both started learning bridge in Raleigh NC 47.00 school bridge programs at their elementary schools 1.00 8/9 Arnie Obler - Geri Obler, Great Neck NY; Carmen Keys - Paul Cuneo, when they were 7. Jacob already had a few years of Houston TX 47.00 playing experience when he started a similar program 2.80 1 Fred Kurz - Shirley Kastenberg - Gerald Gary Abelow - Art Simons, Cherry Hill NJ 44.00 at his school while in grade 3, but between the 1.84 2/3 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; volunteer teacher from Unit 166 and his school, they Rosemary Reitz - Raeann Koerner, Ventura CA 41.00 designated the program for grades 4-6 and told him 1.84 2/3 Myrna Shervin - Frederick Holdsworth, Philadelphia PA; he was too young to participate. He ended up needing Myra Rosenberg, Bala Cynwyd PA; Randee Braslow, Wynnewood PA 41.00 special permission to join his own club. 1.18 4 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY; Martin learned the latest at 11, when he was Betsy O’Dell, Tucson AZ; Cynthia Rose, Tumacacori AZ 35.00 encouraged by his dad to go to a bridge camp, and he was mentored by Nader Hanna. He formed his EVELYN LEVITT THURSDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS TEAMS partnership with Jacob last summer at the Toronto 19 Tables NABC. The first hand he picked up was an extremely A B C strong two-suiter with six spades and seven 6.19 1 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; diamonds. The opponents bid to 5♣, which Jacob Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; doubled, and Martin settled for defending. They Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands 61.00 set it 800 but lost 16 IMPs because they missed 7♠. 4.64 2 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, “I thought Jacob was never going to play with me Las Vegas NV; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; again.” Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 58.00 The next day they were planning to play in a 3.05 3/4 Stefano Tommasini, Santa Catarina Brazil; Marcello La Rovere - regional open pairs but at the last minute decided Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 55.00 3.05 3/4 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, to try the . When they qualified Dalby Sweden; Adam Stokka, Umea Sweden; Jeremy Lewis, for the second day, they decided to continue playing Lexington NC 55.00 together. 1.96 5 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; They’ve since been to four regionals and some Lars Arthur Johansen - Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim Norway 54.00 sectionals, but don’t have much time to play. “I play 4.60 6 1 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD; Mel Volmert, hockey, and my partner skis, so we don’t play much Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL 49.00 in the winter,” Jacob said. “And I’m in grade 12, so 3.02 2/3 1 Jack Willgruber - Jeffrey Rohrbeck, Devon PA; Mike Willgruber, I have university applications.” He recently made King of Prussia PA; Lou Primavera, Norristown PA 41.00 Bronze Life Master and this year has already earned 3.02 2/3 Eli Zinner - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, half as many masterpoints as all of 2017, when he Las Vegas NV; Andy Antipin, Philadelphia PA 41.00 1.94 4 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., gained 230. Lorton VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 36.00 Jacob and Martin have experimented with some 1.28 5/6 Stephen Pope - Ornit Grossman, Ithaca NY; Marion Robertson, advanced systems and play a complicated version San Francisco CA; William Sumner, Lawrenceville NJ 34.00 of 2/1 that some pros gave them, modifying it along 1.58 5/6 2 Lewis Maddock - Ruth Ellen Maddock, Hagerstown MD; Andrew Swaim the way. “The most important part is conversations - Katherine Lehman, Berkeley Springs WV 34.00 away from the table,” Jacob said. “If we’re going to have a long-term partnership, we need to be able to talk about the difficult hands and have productive conversations.” Page 10 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin

DELAWARE THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS New Life Masters 40.0 Tables / Based on 80 Tables Players who become Life Masters in A B C Philadelphia should come by the Daily Bulletin 39.03 1 Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 60.58% office (Meeting Room 407 in the Marriott) after 29.27 2 Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 59.59% 21.95 3 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 58.78% noon to have their photos taken. Other rank changes 16.47 4 Glenn Eisenstein - Abbie Cole, New York NY 58.15% (Bronze, Silver, etc.) are welcome, too. 13.01 5 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 57.14% Iris Siquiera of Virginia 15.61 6 1 1 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 56.45% Beach VA is a new Life 11.71 7 2 Gail Cannold, Rye NY; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 56.30% Master. Siquiera earned 8.67 8 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY 56.20% her gold card playing in 8.78 9 3 2 Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 56.10% the Wednesday-Thursday 6.81 10/11 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.00% Morning Compact KO 6.81 10/11 Stephen Cooper, Belle Mead NJ; Jimmy Pelham, Conley GA 56.00% Teams with Joe Siqueira, 6.00 12 David Hoover - Barbara Mateer, State College PA 55.95% Peter Haglich and Kathleen 6.59 13 4 Hugh Hendrickson, Renton WA; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL 55.92% 5.04 14/15 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR 55.77% Haglich, all of Virginia Beach. 7.42 14/15 5 Om Singh, Whitehouse Station NJ; Manoj Kanti Deb-Roy, Hillsborough NJ 55.77% Kyle Rockoff of Buffalo 4.59 16 Senta Lackner - Gerald Lackner, Furstenfeld Austria 55.54% Grove IL earned his gold card 5.60 17 6 3 Sally Mallett - Gary Mallett, New Martinsville WV 55.24% in Wednesday’s Hugh Ross 4.11 18 7 Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Sandie Sickle, Syosset NY 55.16% Compact KO Teams when 3.90 19 8 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 54.88% his squad won Bracket 3 of 3.72 20 9 William Foster – B. Gayle Phillips, Rochester NY 54.43% the event. Rockoff played 3.41 10 Patricia Becker - Allan Becker, Southfield MI 54.38% with Philip McPeek of 4.20 11 4 Andrew Cavalier, Huntsville AL; Anastasia Tsavaris, Rock Hill SC 53.85% Chicago, Alexander Frieden 3.32 12 5 David Dursum, Royal Oak MI; Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI 53.16% of Brookline MA and Thomas 3.83 13 Thomas McDow V, Bexley OH; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 52.05% 2.84 14 6 Arup Mukherjee, Bethlehem PA; Frank Morgan, Allentown PA 51.32% Scruggs of Berkeley CA. 2.49 7 Marilyn Fedak, Boca Raton FL; Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY 51.24% Playing in the Gold Rush 3.43 8 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 50.58% Pairs on March 9, Nancy 1.90 9/10 Daniel Jacobson, Philadelphia PA; Charles Hage, Monmouth Beach NJ 50.33% Robbins of Wilmington DE 1.90 9/10 Eva Klivington, Fairfax VA; Suzanne McIlhiny, Dearborn MI 50.33% became a Life Master with partner Teresa Young of New LIFE IS A BEACH THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS Castle DE. 51.0 Tables Susie O’Neil of 7 5 2 Wyndmoor PA is another 16.01 1 1 1 Ginny Mason - Bobby Willig, Princeton NJ 61.06% of the ACBL’s newest Life 12.01 2 2 Anne Montgomery - Frances Stillman, New York NY 59.25% 9.01 3 3 Catherine Strauss, Wyndmoor PA; Margot Lebovitz, Gladwyne PA 58.18% Masters. She earned her gold 6.75 4 4 2 Sharon Kochen - Riva Lewinter, West Hartford CT 57.89% card playing with Nancy 5.34 5 5 3 Linda Bodien - Melissa Warheit, Columbus OH 57.74% Tyson, also of Wyndmoor, 4.57 6 6 Annette Kronmiller - Thomas Kronmiller, Chapel Hill NC 57.59% in Wednesday’s Gold Rush 4.00 7 7 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Chris Copple, Eureka CA 57.48% Swiss Teams. Their teammates 3.56 8 8 B. Lynn Tavormina - John Boettcher, East Lyme CT 57.44% were Nell Mecray of Bryn 3.27 9 9 4 J. Michael Russell - Steven Plotkin, New Orleans LA 57.14% Mawr PA and Pam Wilford of 2.91 10 10 John Bravo, Marlton NJ; S. Gerald King, Jenkintown PA 56.99% Villanova PA. 2.67 11 11 Mariusz Kielbowicz, Philadelphia PA; Scott Metzler, Haddonfield NJ 56.70% S. Gerald King of Rydell 2.46 12 12 Christopher Moh - Mee Warren, New York NY 56.10% PA became a Life Master on 2.54 13 13 Nancy Robbins, Wilmington DE; Teresa Young, New Castle DE 55.95% 2.13 14 14 Joanne Gurmankin - Harriet Hornick, Philadelphia PA 55.59% Thursday. He was playing in 2.00 15 15 Doug Chaney, Pottstown PA; Sara Gainey, Allentown PA 55.36% the “Life is a Beach” Daylight 1.88 16 16 Edward Andrews Jr. - Stephen Riepenhoff, Skillman NJ 55.17% Gold Rush Pairs with John 1.91 17 17 5 Rex Wang, Manorville NY; Wei Chang, Wynnewood PA 55.06% Bravo. He needed 3 gold 1.69 18 18 6 Christine Sgro, Phoenixville PA; Sheila Pechinski, Scarborough ME 54.91% points at the beginning of the 1.53 19/21 19/20 7 Charles Kastenberg, Cherry Hill NJ; John Mojta, Mount Laurel NJ 54.32% week, chipped away at that 1.69 19/21 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 54.32% on Tuesday and got the rest 2.03 19/21 19/20 Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Yumiko Hough, Barnstable MA 54.32% Thursday. 1.75 22 21 8 Cheryl Diane Patrick - Margaret Randle, Kansas City MO 54.17% 1.45 23 22 Bob Matthews, The Villages FL; Lee Davis, Wilmington DE 54.02% 1.28 24 23 Joseph Delikat, Tabernacle NJ; James Koss, Medford NJ 53.93% 1.23 25/27 24/26 Ralph Vogel - Terri Schafer, Little Rock AR 53.42% Appealing a ruling 1.84 25/27 24/26 9 Craig Guthrie, Berwyn PA; Rex Saffer, Broomall PA 53.42% Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal 1.77 25/27 24/26 Victoria Adams - Lawrence Adams, The Villages FL 53.42% a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS The table director will fill out paperwork regarding 11.0 Tables the appeal, and the appellants will explain what A B C 4.55 1 Celia Austenfeld, Vestal NY; Joshua Bieber, Endicott NY 60.65% they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. 4.12 2 1 Dorothy Thompson - Tyrone Davis, Philadelphia PA 59.49% From there, the case may be handled by a variety 3.09 3 2 1 John Barton III, Swarthmore PA; Prem Premakumar, Media PA 58.10% of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the 1.92 4 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 57.41% case, the circumstances of that particular case will 2.32 5 3 Judith Gwaltney – J. Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE 55.56% determine whether the case can be resolved by the 1.74 6 4 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Peter Bernstein, Philadelphia PA 54.63% original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law 1.97 5 2 Sharon Segal - Linda Montague, Philadelphia PA 54.40% or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or 1.48 3 Judy Nixon - Jim Nixon, Flower Mound TX 51.39% even a committee-type hearing which could include 1.11 4 Patrick Chesley - Nancy Chesley, Springfield IL 50.00% bridge experts. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 11

The local NABC Committee selected the ALS Association, Help from the bidding Greater Philadelphia Chapter, By Mark Itabashi to receive a $5000 gift on Information from the bidding is often declarer’s behalf of the ACBL Charity greatest aid, as it was on these two deals from the Foundation. . My partner was Veronica McMurdie. Attending the check Dlr: South ♠ J 8 4 3 2 presentation on Tuesday, Vul: None ♥ Q 6 March 6, were Philadelphia NABC co-chair Bob Glasson, ♦ 6 2 ACBL Charity Committee ♣ K 6 5 4 Chair Bonnie Bagley, ♠ 10 6 5 ♠ 7 Chairman Emeritus of the ALS ♥ K J 9 2 ♥ A 8 3 Association Ben Ohrenstein, ♦ K 7 4 3 ♦ Q J 9 8 5 and Philadelphia NABC co- ♣ 9 7 ♣ A Q 10 8 chair Joann Glasson. ♠ A K Q 9 Ohrenstein is the brother-in- ♥ 10 7 5 4 law of local expert Arnie Fisher, ♦ A 10 whose late wife, Jeanne Fisher, ♣ J 3 2 was a top player, teacher and club owner from District 4. The West North East South Open Pairs on Friday, March 9, Partner Me was named in her honor. 1♣ Pass 1♠ 2♦ 2♠ 3♦ Pass Pass 3♠ Pass Pass 4♦ All Pass South started with the ♠A K, and I ruffed. The ♦J was covered by the ace, and South exited with a trump, won in dummy with the king. I then led a club to the queen, cashed the ♣A and ruffed a club. When I called for dummy’s ♠10, I noticed that North did not cover. If South, who had already shown 12 HCP, started with the ♠J or ♠Q, he would have opened 1NT (15-17) if he also held the ♥Q. When I ruffed a second club to dummy, South showed out. Therefore, I played the ♥A and the ♥K, dropping the ♥Q offside, because North had to be 5=2=2=4. Plus 150 for us was worth 63 out of 64 matchpoints. Dlr: North ♠ K 10 9 Vul: N–S ♥ A 10 5 4 ♦ A J 6 5 3 ♣ 9 ♠ A 8 7 5 4 2 ♠ Q J 6 ♥ Q 7 3 2 ♥ 9 8 6 ♦ 9 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♣ K 4 ♣ Q 6 3 ♠ 3 ♥ K J ♦ Q 8 2 ♣ A J 10 8 7 5 2 West North East South Me Partner 1♦ Pass 1NT 2♠ 3♦ 3♠ 5♦ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass This overly aggressive contract should always be beaten, but a slip by the opponents allowed it to come home. East led the ♠Q. After winning the ♠A, West shifted to a heart, won with dummy’s jack. Warned by the double, I now cashed the ♥K and the ♣A, ruffed a club in my hand, and led a low diamond toward the dummy. East could have beaten the contract by winning it and playing another trump, but hoping to get two trump tricks, East ducked. BAD JOKES THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables Dummy’s queen won. This was the position: A B C ♠ K 10 1.75 1 Rachel Porat, Penn Valley PA; Stephen Small, Bala Cynwyd PA 66.50% ♥ A 10 1.49 2 1 Bonnie Grossman - Rosalind Schacher, Warrington PA 65.50% ♦ A J 6 1.12 3 2 Abbe Avart, Bryn Mawr PA; Mindy Goldberg, Villanova PA 54.50% ♣ — 0.84 4 3 Gail Chandler-Myers - Artrice Braxton, Philadelphia PA 49.00% ♠ 8 7 5 4 2 ♠ J 6 ♥ Q 7 ♥ 9 BAD JOKES THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ♦ — ♦ K 10 7 11.0 Tables ♣ — ♣ Q A B C ♠ — 3.15 1 1 Charles Rose - Evelyn Rose, Smithtown NY 60.42% 2.36 2 2 1 Michael Basch - Ann Basch, Elkins Park PA 59.23% ♥ — 1.77 3 3 Mary Chaffin - Molly Hamilton, Dallas TX 56.85% ♦ 8 2 1.70 4 4 2 Janet Chaiken, Gladwyne PA; Kathy Vogel, Ambler PA 56.55% ♣ J 10 8 7 5 1.28 5 5 3 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 55.36% I now ruffed a club, cashed the ♥A and ♠K, 0.96 6 6 4 Joseph Jiuliano, Branchburg NJ; David Noyes, Basking Ridge NJ 54.76% ruffed a spade and led a good club, pitching my last 0.63 5/6 Richard Nathenson - Carol Nathenson, Monroeville PA 52.68% heart. East, down to ♦K 10 7, had to ruff and lead a 0.63 5/6 Robert Ayers Jr. - Lauretta Ayers, Toms River NJ 52.68% trump into my ♦A J. Plus 750 was a top.

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DAVE TREADWELL THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS NABC Electronic 15.0 Tables / Based on 16 Tables A B C Device Policy 13.00 1 1 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Emma Miller, Reno NV 58.83% Except by permission of the director in charge, 9.75 2 Thomas Kriz, Breinigsville PA; Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA 57.99% any electronic equipment or device capable of 7.31 3 John Schnell - Della Schnell, Paradise Valley AZ 57.36% receiving or sending an electronic , or capable 6.75 4 2 Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA 56.80% of communicating in any way, may not be operated or 4.33 5 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.43% functioning in any manner in the playing area during 5.06 6 3 Harold George, Wichita KS; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 55.68% 3.80 7 4 William Creech, Bainbridge Isle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 54.63% a session of play. Any such equipment must not be 2.89 8 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 54.19% visible during the session and must remain off at all 3.13 5 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; David Stevens, Charleston IL 54.06% times. 2.65 6 Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY 53.21% The above restrictions apply to all players, 2.67 7 Leon Masiewicki, Rockville MD; Andrea Weiswasser, Washington DC 52.79% captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders except 2.56 2 Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Susan Sanger, St. Louis Park MN 51.05% those persons granted permission by the ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing session or segment PEACOCK THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in 5.0 Tables events involving live internet and/or yugraph coverage. A B C A violation of any of the above restrictions will 2.25 1 Kim Smith, Fairfield CT; Jill Dimitrief, Boston MA 61.50% 1.87 2 1 1 Linda O’Malley - Brendan O’Malley, Lafayette Hill PA 58.00% result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of 1.40 3 2 Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ; Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France 55.50% the Laws of . 1.14 4 3 2 Ellen Wood, Fort Washington PA; Terry Maginnis, Lafayette Hill PA 52.00% NABC+ events First offense of any kind (ringing, answering or THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: One 12.0 Tables full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available A B C VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. 4.77 1 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 61.11% Second offense in the same session or third offense 3.58 2 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Judy Wirtenberg, Delray Beach FL 60.77% within the event, disqualification of the pair or team 3.90 3 1 1 Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Jeffrey Colton, East Williston NY 56.06% from the event. 2.93 4 2 2 Carol Elfant, Philadelphia PA; Michelle Zygielbaum, Rockville MD 55.56% 2.19 5 3 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH 55.39% Other events 1.80 6 4 3 Zihan Tan, Chicago IL; Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 54.71% First offense, in the same session –­ ringing only: 1.29 5 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 54.38% one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring; first offense in the same session – WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES – FINAL answering or initiating a call, texting or browsing: one- 46.00 Tables / Based on 17 Tables half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of 8.27 1/2 Judith Argento, Naples FL 118.52% scoring. 8.27 1/2 Raymond Depew, Naples FL 118.52% Second offense in the same session: two full 4.15 3/5 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 111.56% boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available 4.15 3/5 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA 111.56% VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. 4.57 3/5 Tyrone Davis, Philadelphia PA 111.56% 4.55 6/7 Joshua Bieber, Endicott NY 109.30% Third offense in the event: disqualification of the 4.55 6/7 Celia Austenfeld, Vestal NY 109.30% pair or team from the event. 2.10 8 Kay Moran, Dallas TX 108.21% Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed 2.93 9 Michelle Zygielbaum, Rockville MD 103.94% from the playing area for the remainder of the session. This policy applies to all events at NABCs. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 16, 2018 Page 13

HALL OF FAME THURSDAY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables A B C 6.74 1/3 1/3 Maureen Beyrouti, St.-Laurent QC; Francoise St. Pierre, Beaconsfield QC; Gary Hastings - Michel Bertrand, Dorval QC 80.00 6.74 1/3 1/3 Julia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Burton Schlosberg, Hamilton NJ; Eileen O’Neill, White Plains NY 80.00 6.74 1/3 1/3 Jim Leuker - Kimberly Fanady - Steven Kipperman, San Francisco CA; Alan Kraus, Philadelphia PA 80.00 3.69 4 4 Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; David White, Lancaster CA 77.00 2.92 5 Eli Schneider - Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Township NJ; Marilyn Kogan, Avon By the Sea NJ 68.00 2.57 1 Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY; Melissa Fawer - Siqing Yu, New York NY; Maureen Rives, Saddle River NJ 60.00

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 4.77 1 Romain Tembouret, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 61.93% 3.58 2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Ken Gee, Regina SK 60.23% 4.12 3 1 1 Elizabeth Carlson, Summit NJ; Cherry Liloia, Morristown NJ 58.71% 2.01 4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 56.44% 3.09 5 2 2 Cecilia Kloecker, Cincinnati OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 55.30% 2.32 6 3 John Early, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 55.11% 1.74 4 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA; Dianne McLean, Athens GA 53.60% 1.30 5 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Muriel Stitt, Honolulu HI 53.41% 1.48 3 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD 51.70% 1.11 4 Marvin Waxman, Scottsdale AZ; Paul Weintraub, Delray Beach FL 48.67%

Entries A valid ACBL player number is required to play per session for teams of four, $85 per team per in all events at the NABC. session for teams of five, and $102 per team per All North American championships with no session for teams of six. Only ACBL members upper masterpoint limit are $25 per player per sessio. current on their dues and service fees are eligible to (For team events, this means $100 per team per play in these events.) session for four-person teams, $125 per team per Regional championships are $16 for ACBL session for five-person teams, and $150 per team per members, $20 for inactive members per player per session for six-person teams. Only ACBL members session. current on their dues and service fees are eligible to (For multi-session team events of three sessions play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session or more, the entry fee is $64, $80 or $96 for teams of benefits the International Fund.) four, five or six, respectively. For team events of one Other North American championships are $17 or two sessions, the entry fee is $64.) per player per session. All other events are $15 for ACBL members, (For the team events, this means $68 per team $19 for inactive members per player per session. Page 14 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin

DIAMOND STATE THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Silence is golden? 14.0 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C Doug Simson is known for removing all the 3.60 1 1 Mary Chaffin - Molly Hamilton, Dallas TX 64.58% 2.70 2 2 Steven Katz, Swarthmore PA; Melisa Cooper, Philadelphia PA 62.08% green cards from his bidding box before he starts a 2.27 3 3 1 Michael Basch - Ann Basch, Elkins Park PA 60.83% session. “We won’t be needing these, partner!” 1.52 4 4 Carolyn Feldman, Pennington NJ; Naomi Griffin, Newtown PA 60.43% When asked why on a particular deal he had 1.14 5 5 Marie Saeger, Silver Spring MD; Johanna Weekley, North Bethesda MD 60.42% taken action, when none appeared necessary, he 0.85 6 6 John Graf, Alexandria VA; Paul Mohler, Arlington VA 57.92% responded, “I tried passing once, and I didn’t like it.” 1.70 2 Robert Ayers Jr. - Lauretta Ayers, Toms River NJ 56.83% However, he reported the following deal to 1.28 3 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 55.25% indicate that on occasion, taking the low road could 0.96 4 Grace Sutherland, Danielsville PA; Janet Morganthau, East Stroudsburg PA 53.75% have unexpected results. Simson was West. 0.76 5 Joanna Moore Ramsey - Dahlia Johnson, Philadelphia PA 51.33% Put yourself in declarer’s shoes: Dlr: East ♠ J 4 3 DIAMOND STATE THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables Vul: N–S ♥ 6 A B C ♦ 10 8 5 4 3 2.22 1 1 1 Sue Ellen Masty, Flourtown PA; Nancy Adelman, North Wales PA 68.32% ♣ 9 7 5 4 1.67 2 2 Karen Hill - Cheryl White, Philadelphia PA 65.08% 1.25 3 3 Mindy Goldberg, Villanova PA; Abbe Avart, Bryn Mawr PA 60.65% ♠ Q 5 2 0.94 4 Rachel Porat, Penn Valley PA; Stephen Small, Bala Cynwyd PA 59.46% ♥ A 10 9 3 0.81 5 4 Bonnie Grossman - Rosalind Schacher, Warrington PA 55.75% ♦ A K 9 2 0.68 5 Pamela Ratigan, Warrington PA; Karen Yung, Doylestown PA 53.90% ♣ A K 1.22 2 Lily Clarke, Hanover NH; Marion Umpleby, Turnbridge VT 53.24% West North East South 0.92 3 Natalie Morhun, Etna NH; Charlotte Johnson, Hanover NH 50.46% Pass 1♦ 0.69 4 Lisa Madzin - Sarah Hart, Philadelphia PA 47.09% Dbl 3♦(1) Pass 3NT Pass (2) 4♦ Pass 5♦ All Pass (1) Weak. (2) Slowly. You win the ♥K lead in hand and decide that the trumps are clearly 3-1 or 4-0. It looks right to ruff a heart to dummy and advance the ♦10, trying to put pressure on East. If he plays low smoothly, you can rise with the ace and reconsider. A fine plan, but ... this is the ful deal: ♠ J 4 3 ♥ 6 ♦ 10 8 5 4 3 ♣ 9 7 5 4 ♠ A K 7 ♠ 10 9 8 6 ♥ K Q J 8 5 4 2 ♥ 7 ♦ Q 7 ♦ J 6 ♣ Q ♣ J 10 8 6 3 2 ♠ Q 5 2 ♥ A 10 9 3 ♦ A K 9 2 ♣ A K As you can see, this line led to a swift down two. Note that at double-dummy, West might defeat the contract by dropping the ♦Q under the ace if declarer plays that card at trick two. I suggested to Doug that this might be the start of a new trend. He riposted that this was the exception that proves the rule. But in the future, watch out for those green cards! Age requirement for Senior events You must have been born before January 1, 1959, to qualify to play in ACBL Senior events.

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Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Unit 141 Day Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Morning Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Marc Labovitz Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Saturday, March 17, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 — Saturday, March 17, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café. Saturday, March 17, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Saturday, March 17, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Meyer Kotkin Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café. Bill Bauer Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Evening Side Swiss Teams single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th Street. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Friday, March 16, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Friday, March 16, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor $16 $20 Dorothy Coopey Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Liberty Ballroom, level 3 Headhouse Tower $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Take 3rd floor bridge over 12th St. Liberty is above Hard Rock Café. Friday, March 16, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 No player over 3000 MPs. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold. Friday, March 16, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 — Friday, March 16, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20 Friday, March 16, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — Unit 168 Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Friday, March 16, 3 p.m. Unit 168 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Unit 168 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m. Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Friday, March 16, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Sponsors Unit 168 Open Pairs and 299er Pairs years even though she had difficulties, she still had a to Pennsylvania borders. Unit 112 is the largest Sponsored by Unit 168 of District 4 smile for everyone. geographical unit and has the second-largest ACBL The Central Pennsylvania Unit 168 includes the In a more personal tribute, Doreese reminisces: membership within District 4. Harrisburg and Lancaster areas. “My mom needed a partner, so she taught me to Players in the unit are hearty souls as they travel play bridge. When I became a Life Master on her in the harshest winter weather – Syracuse, the center Dorothy Coopey Daylight Gold Rush Pairs birthday and called her to tell her the news, she was of the unit, is proclaimed to be the snowiest city in Sponsored by her daughter just as excited as I was, if not more. Sometimes in the U.S. Doreese Torrey and friends recent years, I would wake up in the middle of the Unit 112 is home to many fine colleges and Dorothy Coopey was an night and find her playing bridge online.” universities and travel and tourism is a highlight of avid bridge player and an active Dorothy passed away in January 2018, at the age the area. Visitors from all over the country come member of Unit 120, Northeast of 90, from a bout with cancer. She will be missed to enjoy summers in the Finger Lakes region, PA. She loved to play bridge, and by family, friends, and both bridge partners and where many fine vineyards line the lakes and offer wherever she lived in Florida, opponents alike. incredible refreshments from the fruit of the vine. Arizona or Pennsylvania, she Enjoy the competition in this event and also found a place to play. She also Unit 112 Thursday-Friday Knockout Teams remember that District 4 and Unit 112 are committed loved to play bridge online Sponsored by Unit 112 of District 4 to Zero Tolerance to enhance every player’s bridge anytime day or night. Welcome to Unit 112’s two-day regional experience. Dorothy will be remembered for her beautiful KO! Unit 112 Central New York is District 4’s smile and her kindness to novice players. In recent northernmost unit – stretching from the Canadian