Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Volume 86, Number 5 Daily Bulletin 86th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Rob Clark Spingold enters Bridge VIPs hailed at Goodwill meeting round of 64 At a time when bridge is on the upswing, it’s Having eliminated 30 teams from the original not difficult to identify key players in the game’s field of 94, the Spingold Knockout Teams enters forward progress. Many of them of them gathered the round of 64 today. There were some close in a meeting room on Monday to share their love matches, but most of the higher seeds performed as of the game and devotion to promoting friendly expected. The exception was No. 26, led by Mary behavior. Ann Berg. Her strong squad was the only loser in a They are members of the Aileen Osofsky four-way match with three survivors. Goodwill Committee, charged with being out front The No. 1 seed, captained by Hemant Lall, in the campaign to make the duplicate experience romped over No. 94 (Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley pleasant for everyone. CA) 233-101. No. 2 Nick Nickell won 124-10 over ACBL President Phyllis Harlan told the group, No. 93 (Anam Tebha, Las Vegas) and No. 3 Martin “You are the best of the ACBL. You epitomize how Fleisher easily topped No. 92 (Kevin Rosenberg, every bridge player should be.” Cupertino CA) 210-120. Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino started the No. 5 Mark Gordon had a scare, just getting by meeting off by thanking the official members of No. 90 (Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC) 113-107. the national committee, using a quote from Peggy World Bridge Federation President Gianarrigo Sutherlin during her induction into the ACBL Rona with ACBL President Phyllis Harlan after she presented him with a Goodwill pin as the Head-to-head newest member of the committee. Bridge Hall of Fame: “Bridge is great because of KOs in Mini, Micro all of you.” A highlight of the meeting was the surprise Spingold introduction of the newest member of the Goodwill The opening round of the 0-5000 and 0-1500 Committee – World Bridge Federation President Mini-Spingold KO Teams reduced the field to 32 Gianarrigo Rona. and 16 squads respectively. Today’s action features When Harlan attached the Goodwill pin to his head-to-head matches in both contests. shirt, Rona said, “I’m here as a friend. I’m very proud and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will wear the pin proudly.” Wagar QF Robert Hartman, ACBL’s chief executive, praised the assembly. “I see so much goodness, action today Volunteers Barbara Vasilevsky and Justine kindness and neighborliness here.” The quarterfinal round of the Wagar Women’s Hancock with NABC Chair Bonnie Bagley, who NABC Chair Bonnie Bagley, who represents KO Teams begins today after Monday’s opening gave the two special recognition for their work the host district (17) on the ACBL Board of round reduced the field of 13 entrants to eight. on behalf of the players and District 17. The highest-ranked team to exit in yesterday’s play was the No. 8 squad captained by Peggy Preparing the pre-dupes Sutherlin who lost bot segments of a four-way match. Sutherlin was playing with Shawn Quinn, allows the directing staff to have enough boards Pam Wittes, Stasha Cohen, Cheri Bjerkan and for the first few days of the tournament. But once Rozanne Pollack. the NABC begins, ACBL staff begins preparing additional sets to keep up with the daily demand for new boards. In Las Vegas, more than 100 sets Gupta squad ahead in of boards are prepared each day. A half dozen staff members are required to run the duplicating Senior Swiss Teams machines, to label the sets for their respective The team captained by Naren Gupta takes a events, and to transport them to their respective carryover of 30 victory points into today’s two final destinations such as Ballroom A or Pavilion 6. sessions of the Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams. Because it takes an experienced operator six Gupta, of Woodside CA, is playing with Leo Bell, or seven minutes to prepare a set of 36 boards, it Long Beach CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC, and would require a 10-hour day for a single person to Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC. generate the required number of sets. Therefore, More than 14 VPs behind in second place is the several operators are busy at the same time to team led by Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA. In third, less make the workload easier, a necessity for a highly than a VP behind second is the team captained by One of the best features of modern tournament repetitive task that requires attention to detail. Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT. bridge is the use of pre-duplicated boards The event concludes tonight. — pre-dupes in tournament lingo — and the accompanying hand records. Once reserved for top-level games at the NABCs, players at all levels are now able to enjoy the convenience and fun of pre-duplicated deals. Goodwill Message Preparing a sufficient number of boards for the North America championships, however, is no Treat others as you would treat yourself. small task. Hundreds of sets — each consisting of Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair 36 boards — are prepared at ACBL Headquarters outside of Memphis before each NABC. This ATTENDANCE through Monday Important notices for players in national events Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your entry early! 7627 tables NABC+ pairs events requires time to allow for proper seeding. The ACBL asks participants to please buy entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be a seeded pair. Page 2 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events are located at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino (formerly 10 am-Noon GNT/NAP Coordinators. Second floor, Conference the LVH). Room 14. Tuesday, July 22 10:30 am-Noon Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education Bridge. Second floor, Conference Room 13. for bridge directors to increase their skills, including updates to chapters four and five of the ACBL handbook. Wednesday, July 23 Continues on Wednesday, July 23. Must attend both 9 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course. Second day of the sessions. Sign up at the door. Fee: $15 covers both sessions. continuing education seminar. Must attend both sessions. Second floor, Conference Room 9. Second floor, Conference Room 9. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lecturers by some of the best-known players Wednesday, July 23 and teachers in Ballrooms E-G on the first floor.* 12:15 p.m. Emily Harrell How to Talk to Yourself to Win 6:45 p.m. Kitty Cooper Opening Leads Tuesday, July 22 12:15 p.m. Phillip Alder Cornerstones of Competitive Bidding Thursday, July 24 6:45 p.m. Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors 12:15 p.m. Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 6:45 p.m. Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Contracts

* Speaker schedule subject to change. ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Don’t miss the great entertainment and treats offered every night after the evening session. Wednesday, July 23 Tuesday, July 22 10:45-11:45 p.m. Ice cream bars 10:45-11:45 p.m. Mashed potato bar Classic country night Sock hop: Jumpin’ 50s and 60s Youth and Junior entries Bart tops 20,000 Golf deal for Coupons will be made available for junior Les Bart of Bardenton FL crossed the bridge players 20,000-masterpoint barrier at the Las Vegas members in good standing for entry into events at Bridge players who like to take a day off for NABC. Bart is a three- NABCs: some outdoor activity are invited to play at the time NABC champion Any player under the age of 26 years who is a Bear’s Best Las Vegas – at a reduced rate. The (the 1972 Nail Life full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) course features 18 of the signature holes from Master Men’s Pairs, the will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any courses that golf legend Jack Nicklaus designed. 2010 Leventritt Silver event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per The book rate of $149 is reduced to $49 for Ribbon Pairs and the session. players at the Summer NABC. Rental clubs – new 2011 Keohane North Any player under the age of 21 years will from Taylor Made – are available for $15. Mention American Swiss Teams) be entitled to coupons that can be used for any the special bridge rate when you book. and is the inventor of event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per For more information, contact Bob LaFleur at the Bart convention. session. 702-804-8500 or Google Bear’s Best Las Vegas. Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated Check cashing events. Entries Players under the age of 26 years named and Bridge Bucks All North American championships with no to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world The check-cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is upper masterpoint limit $20 competitions for NABCs occurring between the located in the Board Room on the first floor of the (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play time they are named to the team and the world Convention Center. Hours of operation: in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session championship will receive free plays at NABCs Daily Noon to 1 p.m. benefits the International Fund.) when playing with members of their team or There is a limit of $500 per day for check Other North American championships $17 members of another team representing a Zone 2 cashing. (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play NBO. Bridge Bucks are available for purchase at the in these events.) check-cashing desk. Visa, Mastercard and Discover Regional championships $16 for ACBL Slow Play can be used to purchase Bridge Bucks. members, $20 for all others Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful All other events $15 for ACBL members, $19 play, is discourteous to your opponents — and to Visit the Vendors! for all others. all other competitors as well. Players and pairs who For a variety of bridge- take more than their allotted time are subject to related products and services, Masterpoint disclaimer penalty. players are encouraged to visit Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are In general, pairs who are rarely late will be the vendors located in the lobby subject to change because of score changes or warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or area between the Pavilion and corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. Paradise Ballrooms. therefore, also subject to change.

FEE: $15 covers both sessions. Sign up at the door. Club DATE: Tuesday and Wednesday, July 22 and 23 TIME: 9:00 am to noon, both days Director LOCATION: See page 2 for room location This is a continuing education course for club directors presented by Dan Plato, Tournament Operations Specialist and former club owner/manager. Refresher Topics include advanced rulings, additional skills in ACBLscore, improved ruling delivery and many other issues faced daily at the club level. Participants Course must attend both sessions (Tuesday and Wednesday). Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Some successful players Overcalls, part 1 practice an aggressive style of By Brent Manley light overcalls, a style that has advantages and drawbacks. In From Arlene Weingarten of Houston TX: I some circumstances, however – will carry with me e.g., when vulnerable or at the always a mental two level – advancer (overcaller’s picture of Scott partner) can assume that the Humphrey moving a overcaller has a sound hand. stanchion for Section (3) Vulnerability. A non- E at the Austin vulnerable bidder can afford to regional. When I take more risk than a vulnerable looked up quizzically player with a marginally sound as he walked by, he hand (or a truly “unsound” one). explained that he The opponents will be less eager was ‘buying a vowel.’ to double for penalties, and when Upon reconsideration, he said that he was they do so, they may have a ‘taking a pole.’ ” poor bargain. This is particularly true at the partscore level with In duplicate, it’s important to compete, matchpoint scoring. For example, and you will do so frequently by means of the at matchpoint duplicate, two down overcall. There are aspects of this part of bridge not vulnerable and undoubled is a worth discussing with your partner. frequent source of profit compared In a broad sense, the term overcall refers to to partscores of 110 or more in the any bid by either partner after an opponent has other direction. opened the bidding. This discussion is limited to (4) Level. One-level overcalls non-jump overcalls in a suit. are safer than two-level overcalls, So, when you overcall, what should partner which are easier to double for expect? Expert consensus is that the following penalty. If you make moderate hand is about the minimum for a bid of 1♠ over a overcalls at the one level, be 1♣ opener (neither side vulnerable): conservative at the two level. ♠ A Q 7 6 4 ♥ 9 4 2 ♦ Q 9 6 5 ♣6. (5) Suit quality. In close cases, Several factors may influence your overcall. the texture of the suit is a factor: In roughly descending order of importance, they Q-J-10-9-8-7 will be worth four are: tricks, Q-J-5-4-3-2 perhaps only (1) Suit length. An overcall is nearly always two. An overcall on K-Q-10-9-5-2 based on a suit that is at least five cards long. A can have lead-directing benefits, strong four-card suit may be sufficient if non- whereas an overall on Q-9-5-4-2 vulnerable at the one level, but obstruction is a may be the prelude to disaster. factor (see No. 6). A vulnerable overcall at the (6) Obstruction. An overcall strength. two level is more likely to be based on a six-card that consumes the opponents’ bidding space is (7) Opponents’ vulnerability. An overcaller suit. Even non-vulnerable at the two level, a five- attractive. 1♠ over 1♣, 2♣ over 1♦, 2♦ over 1♥, must always be sensitive to the vulnerability – card suit would be the exception, not the rule. and 2♥ over 1♠ all have preemptive value. In the opponents’ and his own. At matchpoints and (2) Strength. An average overcall is perhaps each case, a single raise is the only bid available favorable vulnerability, an overcaller can show equivalent to a minimum suit opening bid. Not to the next opponent if he has a minimum- a profit by saving at 4♠, down three, against 4♥. vulnerable at the one level, a normal minimum responding hand. Even if negative doubles are At unfavorable vulnerability, he must exercise is an ace less than an opening bid. Even less in use, the opponent’s hand may be unsuitable. discretion. A 2♣ overcaller of 1♠ meets disaster strength is possible under some circumstances: Hence, these overcalls are often based on if he is doubled and set two. To overcall in such If the overcaller passed earlier, he may overcall borderline values. An overcall that consumes circumstances requires six solid playing tricks, with little more than a good suit to direct a lead. little space (e.g., 1♣ – 1♦) should imply more and even that may not be sufficient. More on overcalls tomorrow.

you, West, to have the A-K from the lead. Note: does – Am I good to you, or what?). Now the Thinking bridge Those who lead the queen from the A-K-Q (moi, club lead through gives you the first four tricks. By Eddie Kantar among others) deny the queen when the ace is A diamond shift lets declarer make an overtrick! led. This allows third hand to know that declarer P.S. The same defense defeats 3NT. Dlr: North ♠ J 3 has the queen and signal accordingly. As a defender, stay away from dummy’s Vul: Both ♥ K Q 10 Further defensive commentary: As East, long, strong suit(s). Far away! As declarer, try ♦ A Q J 10 4 deny the queen or a doubleton by playing the ♣4, to withhold lower cards than the one played to ♣ 6 5 3 standard carding. your right or the one that has been led. If the ♠ 9 5 4 ♠ A Q 8 7 6 Play commentary: As South, play the ♣7, opponents are playing standard carding, it can ♥ 7 6 5 ♥ 4 3 concealing the 2, a card lower than third hand screw them up no end! ♦ 7 3 2 ♦ 9 6 5 has played. This makes it harder for West to ♣ A K J 9 ♣ 10 8 4 know whether East is signaling encouragement I/N Masterpoint leaders ♠ K 10 3 with the Q-4-2 or the 4-2 doubleton. You hope 1. 12.72 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA ♥ A J 9 8 2 West, not knowing, will plunk down the king, 2. 12.72 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA ♦ K 8 ending the defense. 3. 8.07 Mary Holmgren, Las Vegas NV ♣ Q 7 2 Further defensive commentary: As West, if 4. 8.07 James Sadler, Las Vegas NV you have decided that South is falsecarding and 5. 7.65 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA West North East South actually has the queen, you will try to get partner 6. 6.92 Janet Mayfield, Hailey ID 1♦ Pass 1♥ in to lead a club through declarer’s hand. 7. 6.92 James Mayfield, Hailey ID Pass 2♥ Pass 4♥ It may be tempting to lead a diamond, 8. 6.86 Brian Mansunaga, Loomis CA All Pass hoping partner has the king, and get the club lead 9. 6.44 Michael Hu, San Jose CA you want so badly. 10. 6.44 Ingrid Mattinger, Cupertino CA Opening lead: ♣A (ace from A-K at trick That, however, is faulty reasoning. If partner 11. 6.35 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT one versus suit contracts). has the ♦K, he is going to get in early anyway 12. 6.26 Jolene Gust, Mendota Hgts MN Bidding commentary: Looks reasonable. (declarer usually attacks strong suits early) and 13. 6.26 Amy Dutton, W St Paul MN Those who refuse to raise with three-card major lead a club. Instead, you should assume declarer 14. 6.03 Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO support on the get go would rebid 2♦, probably has the king and lead a high spade, showing 15. 6.03 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO resulting in a 3NT contract. weakness. You are hoping partner has the ♠A (he 16. 5.98 Paul Bridges, Swansea IL Defensive commentary: East will expect 17. 5.95 Murl Estes, Maitland FL Page 4 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Many a true word . . . 1962 Philip Feldesman, Ira Rubin By Barry Rigal 1963 Sami Kehela, Wolf Lebovic 1964 Ed Don Weiner, G. Gard Hays Dlr: West ♠ A Q 8 6 1965 Lawrence Rosler, Jeff Rubens Vul: Both ♥ A 8 3 1966 Barry Crane, Peter Rank ♦ 10 9 8 1967 Richard Lawrence, Art Price ♣ A 8 2 1968 Kyle Larsen, Edmond Lazarus ♠ 10 9 3 ♠ J 7 1969 Michael Martino, Frank Vine ♥ 5 ♥ K 10 9 6 4 2 1970 Richard Kaye, Richard Walsh ♦ A J 6 ♦ Q 3 1971 Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Garozzo ♣ J 10 7 6 4 3 ♣ Q 9 5 1972 Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey ♠ K 5 4 2 1973 Jack Kennedy, David Hadden ♥ Q J 7 1974 George Slemmons, George Steiner ♦ K 7 5 4 2 2013 Wernher Open Pairs winners Valentin 1975 Harlow Lewis, Art Waldemann ♣ K Kovachev and Lynne Rosenbaum 1976 Gerald Caravelli, Larry Cohen West North East South 1977 Joseph Fox, Garey Hayden Pass 1♣ Pass 1♠ (1) 1978 Larry Kozlove, John Sheridan Pass 1NT Pass 2♠ (2) Wernher Open Pairs 1979 Roy Fox, Paul Swanson Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ begins today 1980 Neil Silverman, Peter Weichsel All Pass The Wernher Open Pairs – formerly the 1981 Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber (1) No major, unless . . . National Men’s Pairs (1934–1991) and Open Pairs 1982 David Berkowitz, Harold Lilie (2) . . . South has a game-forcing hand with II (1992–2002) – is 1983 Marty Bergen, Allan Stauber spades and diamonds. a four-session event 1984 Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel We played this one against Zia and Giorgio consisting of two 1985 Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey Duboin in the second final session of the von qualifying sessions and 1986 Bob Hamman, Paul Swanson Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. two final sessions. 1987 Darryl Pedersen, George Steiner You decide against overruling partner’s The event was 1988 Arthur Hoffman, Stephen Shane decision, but semi-facetiously put down dummy contested at the Summer 1989 Mike Moss, Charles Coon asking partner to hold it to down two. NABC until 1962. It 1990 Steve Sion, Steve Landen The low heart lead goes to the king. Zia ruffs moved to the Spring 1991 Ken Cohen, Bob Thomas the heart return to play a club. My partner, Glenn NABC in 1963 where it Milgrim, wins, strips the clubs and hearts while remained for 40 years. Open Pairs II drawing trumps, then runs the ♦10 to Zia for down In 2004, the Wernher Open Pairs returned to the 1992 Jeff Meckstroth, Perry Johnson one. Summer NABC lineup. 1993 Gaylor Kasle, Robert Levin Instead of congratulating Duboin for not The trophy was donated in 1934 by Sir Derrick 1994 Thomas Peters, John Zilic overcalling, Zia mock-seriously goes on the J. Wernher. Wernher (1889-1947) was a resident 1995 Steve Weinstein, Fred Stewart offensive. “Shift to a low diamond at trick two!” of London, England and Deal NJ. A leading 1996 David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen he says. “When declarer plays the ♦K, I put you on personality in American bridge in the Thirties, 1997 Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk lead with the ♦Q for my first ruff and you ruff the Wernher was president of the American Bridge 1998 Mike Moss, Bjorn Fallenius ♦J to give me a second ruff for down three. That League in 1933, chairman of its Master Plan 1999 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell will teach Rigal!” committee and a member of the board of directors 2000 Stephen Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha of the American Whist League. 2001 Chris Willenken, Ron Smith Perspective Wernher placed second in the Asbury 2002 Curtis Cheek, Eric Greco By Barry Rigal Challenge Teams (now the Spingold Knockout Dlr: North ♠ J 9 4 2 Teams) in 1936 and won the Reisinger (played in Wernher Open Pairs Vul: E-W ♥ 8 3 2 conjunction with the New York regional) in 1930. 2003 Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco ♦ A 9 Winners: 2004 Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes ♣ 10 9 8 5 National Men’s Pairs 2005 Nagy Kamel, Nader Hanna ♠ A 6 5 ♠ 8 7 3 1934 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby 2006 Jianrong Lin, Julie Zhu ♥ J 9 7 ♥ 10 6 5 4 1935 Edward Cook, Fred French 2007 Joan Jackson, Petra Hamman ♦ J 8 6 5 4 ♦ 10 3 1936 Richard Ecker, Fred Kaplan 2008 K.R. Venkataraman, Sunit Chokshi ♣ 6 3 ♣ K J 7 4 1937 Edward Cook, John Kunkle ♠ K Q 10 1938 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren Electronic Device Policy 1939 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby ♥ A K Q The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 1940 Merwyn Maier, Robert McPherran ♦ K Q 7 2 players to bring electronic devices such as cell 1941 Joseph Low, Simon Rossant ♣ A Q 2 phones into the playing area 1942 Robert von Engel, Aaron Goodman West North East South provided that such devices 1943 Charles Goren, Charles Solomon Pass Pass 2♣ are turned off. 1944 Sigmund Dornbusch, Herman Goldberg Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ (1) Further, any such 1945 Sylvester Gintell, Lee Hazen Pass 2♠ (2) Pass 2NT equipment must not be visible 1946 Mitchell Barnes, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Pass 3NT All Pass during the session 1947 Sol Mogal, Tobias Stone (1) Relay. The policy applies to 1948 Fred Hirsch, Samuel Katz (2) Forced. all pairs, team members, 1949 Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby Routine technique or expert play? One man’s captains, coaches, kibitzers 1950 Phillip Briggs, Richard Revell run of the mill is another man’s expertise. At the and play recorders, except those designated by 1951 Milton Ellenby, Emanuel Hochfield table on this deal from the first final session of the the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual 1952 Arthur Grau, William Rosen von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, West and South playing session or segment of play. 1953 Harold Harkavy, Bill Root were weighed in the balance and found wanting. A violation of the policy will result in an 1954 Douglas Drury, Eric Murray See if you did better. automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board 1955 Douglas Drury, Eric Murray After a Kokish auction to 3NT, a fourth-best (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the 1956 Paul Allinger, James Jacoby diamond goes to the 9, 10 and South’s king. When first offense. A second offense will result in 1957 David Carter, John Hubbell the ♠Q is played, should West win or duck? Say disqualification from the event for the pair/team. 1958 William Grieve, Ira Rubin West ducks and partner follows with a spade to say Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed he is happy with the diamond lead, should West from the playing area for the remainder of the This event was held at the Summer North American win or duck when South plays the ♠K? session. Answer: The play is irrelevant as regards Championships until 1963. A similar event was the spades. If declarer has three spades he won’t held at the Spring NABCs 1958-1962 with these New age requirement for misguess the suit. If he has two spades, he will winners: have just two tricks in the suit. 1958 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor Senior events The definition of a Senior (for the purpose of The main point involves entries to the dummy. 1959 James Pestaner, John Swanson Senior events, tournaments, special games, etc.) If West takes the ♠K, declarer gets to dummy twice 1960 Frank Hoadley, Julius Rosenblum has matured — from 55 to 60 years old. Those to take two club finesses, giving him 12 tricks and 1961 Morton Rubinow, Tobias Stone ‘tweeners who previously qualified as Seniors lots of matchpoints. If West ducks the ♠K, declarer 1962 Ivan Erdos, Philip Feldesman and who have been magically rejuvenated are still has one fewer entry to dummy and one fewer trick. eligible. If you were born before Jan. 1, 1959, P.S. Declarer didn’t use the entries correctly, so 1959 Harry Fishbein, John Gerber you’re still a Senior for the purposes of playing in East-West survived, wiser if not sadder. 1960 Jack Blair, William Christian 1961 Philip Feldesman, Ira Rubin any ACBL Senior event. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 5

These four players represented District Goodwill 3 in the Mac Nab continued from page 1 Flight C Grand Directors, introduced each of her committee chairs National Teams. and thanked them for the hard work before calling They lost in the two of the volunteers to the stage for a special first round but presentation. came back strong, Barbara Vasilevsky, volunteer coordinator, and winning the Gold Rush Swiss Teams Justine Hancock, worker hospitality, were given twice and placing certificates. Vasilevsky was also presented with a 11th in a third. From Goodwill pin. left, Bharat Shah, Said Bagley of the two, “They worked Joe Lebretore, tremendously hard, and they would never say no.” Jagdish Mody Of all her volunteers, Bagley said, “They and Bob Breen. stepped up to the plate.” She also acknowledged They play a lot in her Co-Chair, Ken Monzingo, who was NABC Monmouth County chair the last time the tournament was in Las NJ clubs. Vegas. DeMartino concluded the meeting with the No more lines! admonition to “love that competition, hate to lose, Insider but try to lose gracefully and be humble in victory.” Back in 1947, when the Supreme Commander The ACBL and Bridge Winners have teamed assisted in the creation of the Internet, we up to enable you to buy entries for NABC events envisioned a world wide web of bridge players online in advance. You need not be a member of connecting via telegraph lines to play the game he the Bridge Winners community to use this service loved so much. His vision included the possibility and you pay only the cost of the entry – there is no that within only a week or so a full 32-board match service charge. could be completed and two days later he would You may purchase your entry for the Wernher be able to post results to be delivered by Western Open Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs, Freeman Mixed Union employees. He thought there might be BAM Teams, 0-10,000 NABC Pairs, 0-10,000 several ancillary uses for this “web,” but bridge Mixed Swiss Teams and the Roth Open Swiss was driving force behind his creation. Teams. Well, maybe he underestimated the potential Entries may be purchased up to 10 a.m. the of his creation. Today, we all expect to be able to morning of the event. Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino, left, with connect anywhere, anytime. No more telegraph A link at the top of the BridgeWinners.com new Bridge Hall of Fame member Jill Meyers; wires, no more Western Union delivery boys in homepage will take you to the list of events. Click Stephanie Young, president of the Los their cute little hats. As this demand grew, hotels BUY AN ENTRY, fill out the form specifying who Angeles Bridge Unit of the American Bridge Association, and Rand Pinsky, who represents were quick to realize the possibilities. They began you are playing with (you’ll need partner’s ACBL District 23 (Los Angeles) on the ACBL board. to invest huge sums of money to provide an number). If you would like a seeded entry, check Internet delivery system at their properties. They the box that says “Please seed me.” Bridge Winners figured they would recoup their investment quickly will provide you with a seeding number via email Spots before the eyes? as people happily paid 10, 15 or even 20 dollars a prior to the event. When you’ve completed the By Barry Rigal day to stay connected. And, if a convention group form, click REGISTER at the bottom of the screen. Dlr: North ♠ 10 9 8 arrived at the hotel, they could charge thousands of You may make payment using your credit card. Vul: None ♥ 10 8 7 dollars to provide this same service. You’ll be charged only for the number of days you ♦ A J 10 5 3 Well, the economic realities were about as play in the event. ♣ 5 2 far off the mark as the SC’s expectations of a Once you’ve purchased your entry, all you do ♠ K 4 ♠ 7 6 5 bridge-only World Wide Web. That brings us to is check your email for a link to check in and get ♥ A 6 3 ♥ K J 9 4 free Internet at NABC sites. The contracts with the your table assignment. Then show up at game time, ♦ K 6 4 ♦ Q 9 8 2 hotels hosting NABCs today were negotiated more sit down at your table and play cards! ♣ K 10 9 7 4 ♣ A 8 than five years ago – a full generation ago in terms For more information, please go to ♠ A Q J 3 2 of technological advances. BridgeWinners.com. You can also access Bridge ♥ Q 5 2 Little or no thought was given to the possibility Winner’s entry purchase screen via the ACBL’s ♦ 7 that all NABC attendees might want to connect home page. ♣ Q J 6 3 in their rooms. And, no hotel would have been West North East South willing to agree to give away this service. While, Pass Pass 2♠ (!) as usual, the Insider does not have all the facts, he Be Scent-sitive! Dbl 3♦ (1) 3♥ All Pass understands that this NABC is the last one where Some people have an extreme sensitivity to (1) Lead directing with spade tolerance. the hotel contract does not include free or deeply fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL As East, you reach an awkward contract after discounted in-room Internet connections. The clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that a perverse auction. South leads the ♦7 to the 10 NABC Planners have been quite good at getting prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The and your queen. A spade to the king lets you play free Internet, even where it is not included in the ACBL has not issued an official policy on the three rounds of clubs, and when North discards a contracts, but were not successful here. There are matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill spade, you know both opponents’ hand shapes. You several reasons. The hotel had several ownership of its members to refrain from using fragrances. ruff low and play a spade, won by South. When changes and was at the time of the attempt in the Because duplicate bridge requires players to South plays a third spade, you pitch a diamond hands of a bank possibly controlled by Mr. Potter, be in close proximity to each other, individuals from dummy. North broods on this and pitches a the bandwidth is insufficient, the Resort Fee had who suffer from fragrance-related reactions diamond, to produce this ending (you have five already been negotiated away (saving each guest cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among tricks): $18 per day), the pending sale to Westgate and the commonly reported symptoms are intense ♠ ­— other assorted reasons. Wireless connectivity in headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a ♥ 10 8 7 public space remains an issue. Very few hotels have trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related ♦ A J 5 the bandwidth to provide three or four thousand problems. For these individuals, the issue is much ♣ — simultaneous connections. Those few that do more serious than simply disliking a particular ♠ — ♠ — charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for the smell — it’s a real health problem. ♥ A 6 3 ♥ K J 9 service. The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the ♦ K ♦ 9 8 2 Of course, the NABC planners have no better consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to ♣ 10 9 ♣ — grasp on the future of technology than the SC play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, ♠ J 3 did in 1947 or the full service hotels of the early perfume or scented lotions. ♥ Q 5 2 2000s (who never realized “limited service” hotels ♦ — were better situated to offer 24/7 FREE Internet ♣ Q connections) did, so it is any one’s guess what When South shifts to a heart, you take North’s clause is being left out of the contracts being 10 with the jack and give up a diamond. Back negotiated today. We will have free wireless comes a second heart to the 9, queen and ace, and Internet in our rooms at the Fall, 2023 NABC now you ruff a club to hand and in the two-card here in Las Vegas, but, will anyone care? Or, will ending lead a diamond to dummy to score the ♥6 – we all be upset that we don’t have free usage of North still has a diamond left – no matter who has the ♥8. Page 6 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME Diamond endplay 38.5 Tables Mark Bartusek of Santa Barbara CA and John A B C Jones of Sante Fe Springs CA won the 0-10,000 7.43 1 1 Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA; Barbara Hamel, Las Vegas NV 61.06% NABC Pairs. In the second qualifying session, 5.57 2 2 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 60.67% Bartusek found the winning line of play on this 4.18 3 3 1 William Neely - Dan Neely, Boise ID 59.15% deal. 3.13 4 Mary Ose - David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 59.06% 2.35 5 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Donald Cline, Ventura CA 58.74% Dlr: West ♠ 5 1.76 6 Elton Lipnick - Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 58.56% Vul: Both ♥ K Q 6 2.22 4 Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL; Patrick Heading, Ormond Beach FL 57.47% ♦ 8 4 3 1.63 5 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 57.32% ♣ K 9 8 7 5 4 1.22 6 Phyllis Burnette, Greenville SC; Edward Hearn, Labrador City NL 55.77% ♠ Q 7 4 2 ♠ 9 3 2.27 2 Donald Rogers - Tomoko Gragg, Mattoon IL 54.31% ♥ J 9 8 5 ♥ A 10 7 4 2 1.70 3 John Caffrey, Albuquerque NM; Samuel Borkowsky, Los Alamos NM 52.66% ♦ 6 ♦ Q J 10 7 1.28 4 Jeanenne Chizum, Lake Oswego OR; Shirley Frank, Portland OR 51.88% ♣ Q J 3 2 ♣ 10 6 0.96 5 Margaret Yeh, Rch Palos Vrd CA; Judith Tomic, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 50.95% ♠ A K J 10 8 6 0.87 6 Virginia Bright, Lakeside MT; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 49.14% ♥ 3 MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ♦ A K 9 5 2 10.0 Tables ♣ A A B C 2.10 1 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 62.30% West North East South 1.58 2 Steven Morford - Catherine Morford, Riverside CA 61.51% Jones Bartusek 1.18 3 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 60.71% Pass Pass Pass 2♣ 0.89 4 Ken Pelowski - Lori Mirek, Atherton CA 59.13% Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ 1.38 5 1 Angela Owens - Gordon Owens, Stuart FL 56.75% Pass 3♣ Pass 3♦ 1.04 6 2 1 Leon Yang - Rui Yang, Beijing Chad 56.35% Pass 3NT Pass 4♠ 0.78 3 2 Mike O’Connor, Sanford FL; Ma Ya, Beijing Chad 55.16% All Pass 0.58 4 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 52.78% West led the ♥5 to the queen, ace and 3. East MONDAY MORNING299ER PAIRS switched to the ♦Q, won with the ♦A. Bartusek 19.0 Tables played the top two trumps, followed by the ♣A. He A B C then played the ♠J, won by West, who exited with a 4.10 1 1 Ernest Rosenthal, Overland Park KS; Peter Schaff, Lenexa KS 65.73% spade to reach this position. 3.08 2 2 1 Sandra Lesniak - Rodger Lesniak, Madison AL 63.69% ♠ ­— 2.31 3 3 2 Sandra Andre - Bob Shuken, Auburn CA 61.61% ♥ K 1.73 4 Arnold Gieske - Linda Gieske, Los Angeles CA 58.93% ♦ 8 4 1.51 5 4 3 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 57.74% ♣ K 9 8 1.14 6 5 4 David Lindstrom - Sandra Lindstrom, Mercer Island WA 54.98% ♠ — ♠ — 0.99 6 Lynne Castoldi, la Quinta CA; Leigh Castoldi, Renton WA 54.85% 0.66 5/6 Victoria Billard - Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO 52.38% ♥ J 9 8 ♥ 10 7 0.66 5/6 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Los Gatos CA 52.38% ♦ — ♦ J 10 7 ♣ Q J 3 ♣ 10 MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME ♠ 10 6 48.0 Tables ♥ — A B C ♦ K 9 5 2 8.80 1 1 Gary Moye, Marietta GA; Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 62.34% ♣ — 6.60 2 2 Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA; Belinda Gu, San Francisco CA 59.42% Bartusek played low to the ♦8 and East was 4.95 3 3 Marie Covey, Palm Desert CA; Nancy Erickson, Indio CA 59.10% endplayed. He had to lead into the diamond tenace 3.71 4 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL 58.62% or give Bartusek entry to the board to cash the ♥K 2.78 5 Gretchen Smith - David Smith, Davidson NC 58.38% 3.36 6 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 57.92% and ♣K. 2.37 4 Jerri Harper - John Harper, Collierville TN 57.78% The defense could have avoided the endplay 3.19 5 1 Elizabeth Settle - Larry Settle, McLean VA 57.31% and set the contract by continuing hearts at trick 1.33 6 Barbara Peck - Charles Peck, Houston TX 57.17% two before the ♣A was unblocked. 2.39 2 Claire McGuire, Northfield IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL 57.12% Bartusek and Jones were also winners of 1.79 3 Michael Lieberman - Alevtina Asarina, Cambridge MA 53.15% the inaugural Bruce 0-5000 LM Pairs in 2003. 1.35 4 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 50.42% Bartusek is a retired software engineer. Jones is a 1.03 5 Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA; Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA 50.31% high school math teacher and coaches the Caltech 0.87 6 Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 48.77% bridge team. MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SUNDAY MIDNIGHT KO BRACKET 1 13.0 Tables 12 Tables A B C 3.34 1 Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Samuel Amer, 2.42 1 Mark Conley - Rohini De Silva,Esq, Encino CA 67.05% Newark DE; Joseph Lieberman, Los Angeles CA; Christopher 1.82 2 Louise Holmes - John Kotlarsky, Manotick ON 62.27% Welland, New York NY 2.34 2 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Alex Dezieck, 1.36 3 Kathryn Dougherty - William Dougherty, Saratoga CA 60.68% US; Joshua Parks, Charlottesvl VA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 1.02 4 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 56.36% 1.34 3/4 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek 0.85 5 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 55.91% GA; Christopher Rivera, Rockville Centr NY; Eric Genheimer, 0.61 6 Elaine Whicher, Lantzville BC; Charles Pasick, Las Vegas NV 54.55% Mustang OK 1.30 1 Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA; Theadore Rausch, 53.86% 1.34 3/4 Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA; Joel Koransky, 0.98 2 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 53.18% Saratoga CA; Mindy Foos, Campbell CA; Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA 0.73 3 D Joann McCarthy, Oklahoma City OK; Darylan Stratten, Sebastop CA 52.95% 0.55 4 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 52.73% SUNDAY MIDNIGHT KO BRACKET 2 13 Tables MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 3.49 1 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Daniel 28.0 Tables Korbel, Waterloo ON; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD; Shan Huang, Toronto ON A B C 2.44 2 Michael Lieberman - Alevtina Asarina, 5.37 1 1 1 Victoria Billard - Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO 60.80% Cambridge MA; Reid Barton, Arlington MA; Vincent Koon Kam 4.03 2 Joseph Curley, Rockport MA; Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 60.42% King, US 3.50 3 2 2 Kenneth Koutz, Guerneville CA; Robert Rottmayer, Santa Rosa CA 59.28% 1.40 3/4 Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Marc 2.62 4 3 Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Lorraine Porfido, Isle of Palms SC 58.75% Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Mark Donovan - Shona Donovan, 1.97 5 4 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Jack Smith, Palm Desert CA 58.70% Kingston ON 1.40 3/4 Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD; Julie Sheerin, 1.74 6 5 3 John Shribbs - Patricia Shribbs, Petaluma CA 58.33% Woodland Hills CA; Martin McCloskey, Pinon Hills CA; Murat 1.31 6 4 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 57.95% Berk, Potomac MD 0.98 5 Kathryn Lindahl - Katherine Demong, Denver CO 57.01% 0.85 6 Ingrid Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Michael Hu, San Jose CA 56.82% Notice to players Each player must have an ACBL convention MONDAY AFTERNOON NEWCOMER PAIRS card filled out and on the table. Please note that 4.0 Tables A B other types of convention cards, such as the WBF 1.21 1 1 Jim Farmer - Beth Farmer, Henderson NV 67.71% convention card or homemade cards that do not 0.91 2 Marvin Robbins - Mary Robbins, Shadow Hills CA 63.54% sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, 0.68 3 2 Amy Chan - Antonia Chow, Hong Kong 59.38% are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 7

MONDAY DAYLIGHT 0-3000 PAIRS 53.0 Tables A B C 19.85 1 Bruce Brownfield - Susan Ohman, Graham WA 63.46% 16.24 2 1 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 62.07% 11.17 3 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; John Ide, Carson City NV 58.85% 12.18 4 2 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 58.84% 9.14 5 3 Wayne Hintz - Willem Visser, Helena MT 58.38% 6.85 6 4 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 57.50% 4.96 7 Michael Roeder, Madison WI; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 57.40% 5.41 8 5 John Kropinak, Columbus OH; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA 57.27% 4.64 9 6 Kris Digre, Conroe TX; Lawrence Wolfson, Schaumburg IL 57.26% 4.06 10 7 Norman Segal, Deerfield IL; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 56.76% 2013 Senior Swiss winners Mark Itabashi, 3.31 11 Judy McNaughton - Chris McNaughton, Scottsdale AZ 56.58% John Sutherlin, Al Stone, Fred Hamilton, Dee 4.15 12 8 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 56.42% Adams and Dan Morse 4.55 13 9 Steve Vaughn, Humble TX; Rick Stell, Houston TX 56.41% 8.10 14 10 1 Sandra Wong - Vincent Kwong, Markham ON 56.11% Truscott/USPC Senior 6.08 11 2 Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 55.72% 3.99 12 Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly, Sun City Center FL 55.42% Swiss Teams 4.56 3 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 55.36% Play in the Truscott/ 3.42 4 Judy Bagley, US; J Bank, Austin TX 54.57% U.S. Playing Card Senior 2.70 5 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass, St Louis MO 54.28% Swiss Teams began 2.31 6 Susan Colby - Reg Watt, Garland TX 52.61% yesterday with two final rounds slated for today. MONDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN SWISS TEAMS 58 Tables / Based on 125 Tables Players born before A B January 1, 1959 are 31.39 1 Rica Tarnoff - Lynne Tarnopol - Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Lapt eligible to participate. Chan, Forest Hills NY 114.00 The trophy for the 20.60 2/3 Stephen Cooper, Toronto ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA; Marin Marinov, contest honors ACBL New York NY; Richard Wieland, Redding CT 108.00 Hall of Fame member 20.60 2/3 Joe DeGaetano, Waltham MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Bill Irvine, and former bridge editor of The New Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 108.00 York Times Alan Truscott. It was put 13.24 4 Harold Emme, Brentwood CA; Carol Emme, Plainfield IL; Pat Leary - Jim into play in 2006 by the United States Leary, Livermore CA 104.00 19.17 5 1 Stephen Levine - Rona Levine, New York NY; John Pringle - Susan Playing Card Company. Pringle, Rio Verde AZ; Nancy Schwantes, Las Vegas NV 102.00 Previous winners: 8.41 6/7 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Marlene Stein, Las Vegas NV; Harold 1997 Harry Ross, John Gustafson, Feldheim, Hamden CT; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 101.00 Helen Gustafson, Jerry Gaer, Marilyn 8.41 6/7 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Gerard Hemenway, Mike Albert Laquerriere, Clovis CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Bch CA 101.00 1998 Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Richard 6.98 8 Burrell Humphreys - John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Reisig, Fred Hamilton, Arnie Fisher, P.O. Rolando Brabant, Elgin IL 100.00 Sundelin 14.38 9 2 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Rose-Marie Bullis, Barrie ON; G Kissel, Clearwater FL; Richard Wan, Pinellas Park FL 96.00 1999 Corinne Kirkham, Jim Kirkham, Richard 5.26 10/12 Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Potter, John Potter, Marc Low, Sandra Low Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 95.00 2000 Trudi Nugit, Hamish Bennett, Gene 5.26 10/12 Richard Price, Fort Worth TX; Jane Ahnger, Henderson NV; Melody Gann, Simpson, Mike Shuman Arlington TX; Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX 95.00 2001 Mike Levine, P.O. Sundelin, Zeke Jabbour, 5.26 10/12 Linda Gottlieb - Robert Gottlieb, Thornhill ON; Suellen Poland - Tom Arnie Fisher, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert Cogan, Pikesville MD 95.00 2002 Roger Clough, Rebecca Clough, Louise 10.78 13/14 3 Jim Leuker - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA; Sukumar Mukherji, San Freed, Gene Freed, Derrell Childs, Nels Ramon CA; Amar Chunder, San Jose CA 93.00 Erickson 4.34 13/14 Edward O’Reilly - Mark Donovan, Kingston ON; Barbara Clinton, Aurora ON; Margaret Baykal, Markham ON 93.00 2003 Carolyn Bjorklund, Fred Hamilton, Ed 8.09 15 4 Gregory Trautman - Russell Johnson - Ralph Wilhelmi, Olympia WA; Barlow, Evan Bailey, Arnie Fisher Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA 92.00 2004 Hamish Bennett, Gene Simpson, Bruce 5.94 16/17 5/6 Nancy Peterson, Euless TX; Linda Peterson - Eugene White Jr, Playa Noda, Fran Dickman, Mike Shuman del Rey CA; Amy Reznik, Tallahassee FL 89.00 2005 Jerry Bare, Gene Freed, Jim Murphy, Mike 5.94 16/17 5/6 Jackie Hess - Wayne Otsuki, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Ed Barad, Pls Vrds Pnsl Savage CA; Carol McCully, Palos Verdes CA 89.00 2006 Geof Brod, Steve Earl, Richard DeMartino, 4.29 18/21 7/9 Larry Pocock - Diana Jing, New Westminster BC; Yue Su, Vancouver BC; John Stiefel Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC 88.00 3.07 18/21 Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL; Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Albert Mintzer 2007 Geof Brod, Pat McDevitt, Richard - Evelyn Mintzer, W des Moines IA 88.00 DeMartino, John Stiefel 4.29 18/21 7/9 Hiroyuki Hagihira - Masako Otsuka - Masako Hatakeyam - Kazuko Tango, 2008 Mark Lair, Fred hamilton, John Carruthers, Tokyo Japan 88.00 Reanette Frobouck, Allan Graves 4.29 18/21 7/9 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; 2009 Karen Allison, Michael Ledeen, Lea Stuart Treworgy, Cumberland RI; David Loeb, Heathrow FL 88.00 Dupont, Benito Garozzo, Beta Nahapetian 3.35 10/11 Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Wayne Bardsley - Catherine Bardsley, (npc) McLean VA; Steve Reed, Arlington VA 85.00 2010 Rick Rowland, Neal Satten, Thomas Weik, 3.35 10/11 George Fillis - Karen Fillis - Beverly Santos - Sheryleen Grothus, San Antonio TX 85.00 Ken Cohen 2.75 12/14 Stephanie Richardson, Cincinnati OH; Irene Harlow, Denver CO; Michael 2011 Leonard Melander, Mark Dahl, Richard Lipp, Trenton OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 84.00 Oshlag, Mary Oshlag 2.75 12/14 Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Rita Callahan, Las Vegas NV; James Keegan, 2012 Bob Heller, Robert Fendrick, John Herriot, Cambridge MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA 84.00 Larry Harding 2.75 12/14 Paul Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Kleinburg ON; Susan Shaver, Sun 2013 Dee Adams, Mark Itabashi, John Sutherlin, Lakes AZ; Janis Holle, Saint Ignace MI 84.00 Al Stone, Fred Hamilton, Dan Morse

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SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 6 Tables Justine Hancock 18.29 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince is the Volunteer Albert SK; Pawel Niedzielski, Loda 90-013 Poland; Kenji Hospitality Chair Myakuni - Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan; Jan Zadroga, Todz here in Las Vegas, Poland 9.69 2 Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Bruce Lang, although she has Philadelphia PA; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL; Lee Bukstel, worn many hats, Boca Raton FL using her home as a place to store SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II registration prizes 7 Tables and arranging the 11.40 1 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Carol Lombardino, Spring TX; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; George pre-tournament Subt, Southampton NJ hospitality. The 6.04 2 Mollie Freier - Joyce Hyslop - Karen Reese - Volunteer Hospitality Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI Suite is open every 2.57 3/4 Ronald Francey, Corpus Christi TX; Kim day from 8 a.m. Brinkman, Highland Villge TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA to noon for the volunteer to get SATURDAY-MONDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III a cup of coffee, 8 Tables juice and a bite of 8.39 1 Arthur Mirin, Castro Vly CA; Randy Ryals, breakfast, or an early Menlo Park CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Stephanie light lunch …. very Singer, Belmont CA 4.45 2 Mark Hanneman - Sue Hanneman, Plainfield much appreciated by IL; Mike McClain - Barbara Bovard, Las Vegas NV the volunteers.

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Theo Lichtenstein, John Baker, North Augusta SC; Jackie Brown, Mc Cormick SC; Winter Garden FL; Raphael Schreiber, Tallahassee FL Janet Logan, Newport Beach CA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA I KO TEAMS vs 52 Tables Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV; Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Peter Galbraith, Blakely Is WA; Catherine Hess, Blakely Island Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Greenbrae CA; David Bryant, Ashland OR WA; Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Boynton vs Beach FL Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Nancy Strachan - Gail Lambacher, Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Betti Harris, Huntington Bh CA; Steve vs Oakville ON; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA Rita Wakeman - David Wakeman, Irvine CA; Susan Johnson - vs John Johnson, Newport Beach CA Howard Einberg - Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Jim Glickman, Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Gary Ansok, Camarillo CA; Arti Harrington Pk NJ; Ryan Wessels, San Jose CA; Seth Cohen, Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, San Francisco CA Janice Randles - Terry Randles - James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Stamford CT; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX Neil Stern, Indio CA vs Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Judy Keilin - Jack Meng, Danville vs Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA; Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; CA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Portland OR Mollie Freier - Joyce Hyslop - Karen Reese - Cerona Stevens, Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK; Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS vs Marquette MI Christopher Class, Sequim WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend R David Walker, Radnor PA; William Dinner, Port Washington WA; Renae Gunstone-White - Tim White, Mercer Island WA Daniel Williams, Henderson NV; Marcus Evans, Lakewood CA; J NY; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA Baum Harris, Long Beach CA; John Bralliar, Lomita CA vs Richard Hill - Alice Hill, Haslett MI; Douglas Minder - Susan vs Wenbo Zhang, Mississauga ON; Jiawei Luo, Markham ON; Minder, Caledonia MI Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ; Helena Fine - Louis Robert Hou, Maple ON; Yuan Chen, Toronto ON vs Trautwein III, Naples FL Arnold Grushkin - Beverly Grushkin, Indio CA; Martin Bullock - Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Zachary Wasserman, Gay Lynn Bullock, Stillwater OK Gerald Ungar, Pt Charlotte FL; Wayne Christensen Jr, Laporte TX; Farmington Hls MI; Brian Wyman, Neptune City NJ; Jin Hu, La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX Wappingers NY; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hls MI; Max Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Fred Upton, Van Nuys CA; vs Glick, Minneapolis MN Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Steve Ramos, Jr, Seal Beach CA Mark Friedlander - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, vs vs Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL Edmund Wu - William Zhu, San Francisco CA; Neil Chua, Chula Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; Steven Jackson - Vista CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV Yann Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA Matt Chiwo Leung, Temple City CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI; Robert Marcus - Kathy CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA Guinyou, Toronto ON vs II KO TEAMS vs Ed Freeman, Portland OR; Blair Young, Littleton CO; Terry 33 Tables Jill Hunter - Matthew Fienberg, Northborough MA; Shelley Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Charles Heilig - Flo Heilig, Jesse Laird, Sunrise FL; Philip Greco - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia Burns, N Vancouver BC; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR Virginia Beach VA PA; Edward Rauch, Ft Lauderdale FL vs Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Eric Rolfe, Kansas City Donna Bell, Thousand Oaks CA; Gerald Collier, Camarillo CA; Ryan Miller, Tampa FL; John Altman, Cincinnati OH; Brandon MO; Rajeev Bansal, Overland Park KS; Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Ron Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA Harper, Winter Park FL; Sam Amer, Montecito CA; C.J. Jameson, Village KS vs Menlo Park CA; Jeffrey Schwartz, Fairfax VA vs Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; Dan Scarola, Oakland William Campbell - Suzanne Campbell, Pacific Grove CA; Aaron CA; Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA Mohrman, US; John Krah - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA

Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Dave Woods, Sarnia ON; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT vs Evan Markowitz - Chaim Kozlovsky, New York NY; Paul Hardy - Elizabeth Scott, Nepean ON; April Uhlenburg, King of Prussia PA; Eric Genheimer, Mustang OK

Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL vs Steven Watson, Schererville IN; Louis Nimnicht, Crown Point IN; John Bodish, Saint Joseph MI; George Goewey, Chicago IL

Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Don Haney, Trussville AL; Frank Cook - Perry Richardson, Montgomery AL vs Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Mindy Foos, Campbell CA; Thomas Trudeau, San Antonio TX; Daniel Blaettler, Dayton OH

Alan McLellan - Ru Hong Terajewicz - Tim Edwards-Davies, Ottawa ON; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC vs

Charles Arthur, North York ON; Anu Goodman - Jan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON

Lillian Range - Eleanor Onstott - Julius Rosenfield, New Orleans LA; Wayne Merkel, North York ON vs Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Bill Begert - Doug Herron, New York NY North Carolina finished second in the Collegiate Team Championship: Robert Thorstad, Ben Judith Hess, Kirkland WA; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Kompa, Zimeng Xie and Xiyuan Ge. Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX; Shirley Shelton, Longview TX vs Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 9

New age requirement for Senior events The definition of a Senior (for the purpose of Senior events, tournaments, special games, etc.) has matured — from 55 to 60 years old. Those ‘tweeners who previously qualified as Seniors and who have been magically rejuvenated are still eligible. If you were born before Jan. 1, 1959, you’re still a Senior for the purposes of playing in any ACBL Senior event.

No smoking Leila Sink and John Hoffman were runners-up Although smoking is permitted in the casino, it in the NABC 0-10,000 Pairs. Runners-up in the Bruce 0-5000 LM Pairs: is NOT permitted in the hallway that connects the Robert Bernstein and Jay Barron. casino to the playing space. (For example, smoking is Use of the Bidding Box ­– not permitted in front of Alerts and Benihana’s.) Smoking is likewise forbidden in the Announcements playing spaces or the lobby When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires areas adjacent to them. that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at Nevada state law the same time. and ACBL policy forbids smoking in the areas When making an Announcement, use the described above. Players are advised that Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap disciplinary action can be taken for failure to the Alert strip at the same time. comply with these restrictions. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must These restrictions also apply to the use of make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or e-cigarettes. Announcement has been made. Second in the Young 0-1500 LM Pairs: Andrew Collins and Sherman Gao.

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S WAGAR WOMEN’S KO TEAMS 13 Tables Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Judi Radin, New York NY; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL vs Wenfei Wang - Ran Jingrong, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Hongli Wang, People’s Republic of China; Lu Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yu Zhang, Hang Zhou People’s Republic of China; Shao Hong Wu, Guangzhou People’s Republic of China

Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard, Paris France vs Yanhong Wang - Li Yiting, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Hu Wen, Nanjing People’s Republic of China; Shen Qi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Zhou Lihua, Zhejiang People’s Republic of China; Li Lixuan, Wuhan People’s Republic of China

Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Jo Anna Stansby, US vs Second in the GNT Flight A was the District 11 squad of Ryan Schultz, John Hinton, Bob Lyon Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Migry Zur Campanile - Dana and Craig Satersmoen. Berkowitz, New York NY; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD

Sun Ming, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Dong Yongling - Jiang Lu - Yan Ru, People’s Republic of China vs Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden

New Life Masters Elsebeth Sexton-Stryker of Vero Beach FL and Charles Littlejohn of Buellton CA became Life Masters by finishing second in Bracket 7 of the Friday-Saturday KO. They arranged to play at the partnership desk. Their teammates, also found at the partnership desk, were Roger Flowers and Lucy Morini. Sexton-Stryker needed 2.86 gold points to eclipse the Life Master-barrier. She went deaf 20 years ago due to a sudden illness. About eight years ago, Sexton-Stryker got into duplicate bridge when the Vero Beach Bridge Center began using bidding boxes. David Hawkins of San Diego came to Las Vegas needing 1.37 gold points to make Life Master. He managed 11.99 in the Gold Rush Swiss teams to earn his gold card. Hawkins played with Sharon Dennison, also of San Diego. Their teammates were Linda Atkinson, Carlsbad CA, and Second in the GNT Flight B from District 20 were Weiming Hu, Dmitriy Myedvyedyev, Atul Khare, Cathy Staver, Encinitas CA. Daniel Neill, Justin Beck and Douglas Bullock. Page 10 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 94 Tables vs Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Wojciech Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Chicoutimi Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Jacek QC; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Ranald Davidson, North York ON Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland vs Team Lavazza—Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Mahmood, New Jun Wei - Shu Guang Bi - Kuu Zhang - Xiao Bing Wu, Beijing People’s York NY; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Republic of China; Min Rong Zhu, Shanghai People’s Republic of Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain China vs Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY; Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland; Bjarni Einarsson, Neskaupstad Iceland Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; vs Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Zachary Netherlands Grossack - Adam Grossack, Newton MA vs Team Shanghai Zhong Fu—Cao Yi - Huang Zi Zhong, People’s Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Republic of China; Zhou Song He - Shu Da Wei - Wang Wei, Shanghai Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Chip Martel, Davis CA; People’s Republic of China; Chen Xinguo, Vancouver BC Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA vs Team Assael—Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Alexander Smirnov, Rong Jie Gu - Hing Yan Chen - Peijie Zang - Yi Zhuo Zhang - Zhen Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Peng Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China Tokay, Istanbul Turkey vs Monaco—Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor India National Team—Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Pritish Helness - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco Kushari - Bhabesh Saha - Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Keyzad vs Anklesaria, Ahmedabad India; Debabrata Majumder, West Bengal India Irving Litvack, Toronto ON; Ian Findlay, North York ON; Vince Oddy, Aurora ON; Roy Dalton, Thornhill ON John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Marc Jacobus - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Eddie Wold, Houston TX Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Jacek vs Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Robert Cliffe, vs London England; Drew Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Peter Fredin, Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Bart Bramley, Malmo Sweden Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; vs Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Christina vs Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Bob Drijver, Texan Aces—G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai Rotterdam Netherlands India; S Sundarram - P Sridhar, Chennai India; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; Youri James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Khokhlov - Evgeni Rudakov, Russia Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Thomas Bessis - Cedric vs Lorenzini, Paris France

1 Lall 64(65) Wei

32 Pan China Red 33(62) Ash

16 Team Grue 49(80) Kent

17 Strul 48 Hagen

9 Zagorin 56(73) Team Shanghai Zhong Fu

24 Gupta 41 Shugart

25 Mazurkiewicz 40 Team Gus

8 Team Lavazza 57 Eythorsdottir

5 Gordon 60(69) Parrish

28(33) Allegaert 37(58) Reich

21 Fireman 44 Rigal

12 Silverstein 53(76) Weinger

13 Gromov 52 J. Gu

20 Tulin 45(50) Kasle

29 Bessis 36 Koneru

4 Monaco 61(68) Litvack Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 11 PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Jing Liu - Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; Billy Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Dror Padon - Alon Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Kit Birman, Tel Aviv Israel Woolsey, Kensington CA; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; David vs vs Bakhshi, London England; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Louk Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Piotr Tuczynski - Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; David Verhees, Jr., Netherlands; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Bartosz Chmurski, Poland; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Grainger, Roseville CA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Daniel Korbel, Netherlands Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON vs Simon Cope, Hertfordshire United Kingdom; Peter Crouch, Kenley Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Michel Bessis - Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Michael Askgaard, England; JoAnn Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, Las Gentofte Denmark; Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach G FL vs Team PD Times—Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s vs Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Republic of China; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Simon De Wijs, Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Jeff Aker, Tezcan Sen - Yalcin Atabey, Istanbul Turkey Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; John Lusky, Portland vs OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Adam Wildavsky, Sarasota FL; Doug Doub, Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; W Hartford CT; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan - Ron Smith, Las Vegas vs NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Haitao Liu, China; Xiao Feng Zhang - Yu Wei Wu, Beijing People’s Team Grue—Brad Moss, Denver CO; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Fred Steve Garner, Chicago IL Republic of China; Lidang Dong, Shaanxi People’s Republic of China Gitelman, US; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Justin Lall, Plano TX vs vs Connie Goldberg, Merion Sta PA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Bill Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, David Kent, Lake Mary FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL; Jeff Hand, Eisenberg, Perris CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Maija Romanovska - Dallas TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; New York NY; John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia Jason Feldman, San Diego CA vs Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Walid Elahmady - Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Ira Chorush, Houston TX; Marc Bompis, Frederic Wrang - Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Martin De Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Rosen Gunev - Ivan Nanev Ivamov, Sofia Bourg La Reine France; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Ishmael Delmonte Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden Bulgaria - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV vs vs Pan China Red—Ze Jun Zhuang - Hoajun Shi, Shanghai People’s Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Martin Schaltz, Odense Bernard Payen - Erick Mauberquez - Philippe Soulet - Thierry De Republic of China; Chuan Cheng Ju - Zheng Jun Shi, Beijing People’s Denmark; Gregers Bjarnarson, New York NY; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx Sainte-Marie, Paris France; Michel Lebel, Nantes France; Christophe Republic of China NY Oursel, Clichy France vs Michael Ash, Edinburgh Scotland; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Ross Grabel, Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Peter Paul Gipson, Duns United Kingdom; Alexander Duncan, Stonehaven Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Brian Glubok, New Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Dennis Scotland York NY; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark vs vs Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Jack Zhao, Boca Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Peter Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Raton FL; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; James Friedland, Cupertino CA Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Jean-Michel Voldoire, Paris Krekorian, Pensacola FL France vs Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan Graves, St Johnsbury VT; Lou Reich, Wheaton MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Fairfax VA; Jeff Juster, New Orleans LA Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Michal Klukowski, vs Dolnoslaskie Poland John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Patricia Tucker - Sam Marks - Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, vs Australia; Sam Lev, New York NY Dunwoody GA; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN Team Gus—Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; vs Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC Ernesto d’Orsi - Joao Paulo Campos - Mauricio Figueiredo - Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile

2 Nickell 63(66) Dinkin

31 Wolff 34 Wrang

15 Team PD Times 50(79) Merblum

18 Hamman 47 Bart

10 Team Assael 55 India National Team

23 Street 42 Payen

26(35) McAllister 39 d’Orsi

7 Cayne 58(71) Fourcaudot

6 Lynch 59 Texan Aces

27 Coren 38 Macchi

22 Meltzer 43 Goldberg

11 Diamond 54 Leong

14 Levine 51 Cope

19 Schwartz 46(49) Tucker

30 Harris 35(60) Liu

3 Fleisher 62(67) R. Gu Page 12 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS Off to the races 68 Tables In winning the Grand National Teams 7 3 Championship Flight, the District 9 squad 18.26 1 1 Jim Parks - Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA; John Stroud, Palm Desert CA; captained by Richard Coren got off to a fast start, Kwanshing Hui, Palm Spgs CA 115.00 winning the first set of 16 boards 62-26 against the 11.99 2/3 Dana Lee - Susanne Lee, Corona Del Mar CA; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Richard Spitalnick team, representing District 21. Sandra Juhansoo, Boca Raton FL 109.00 11.99 2/3 David Hawkins - Sharon Dennison, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson, The final score was 174-121. Carlsbad CA; Cathy Staver, Encinitas CA 109.00 Board 3 was costly for Spitalnick. 8.75 4 2 Cathy Gersh - Jane Shurden - Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS; Bill McLemore, Columbia MS 107.00 Dlr: South ♠ 8 6.09 5 Mel Mitchell - Rachael Mitchell, San Clemente CA; Bernard Simkin - Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 8 Carey Simkin, Rancho Santa Fe CA 104.00 ♦ K J 10 4 4.90 6/7 Catherine Johnson - Rene Reid - Cynthia Swezey, Reno NV; Evelyn ♣ A K J 9 5 Almeleh, Sparks NV 103.00 ♠ 10 6 5 ♠ K Q J 3 2 4.90 6/7 Barbara Dahl - Betty Rosa, San Jose CA; Bev Benson, Palo Alto CA; ♥ J 10 9 2 ♥ 5 4 Margaret Becker, Saratoga CA 103.00 ♦ A 5 ♦ Q 8 7 6.56 8 3 David Olshan - Ethan Joseph, Ithaca NY; Blythe Olshan Findley - David Findley, Westchester IL 101.00 ♣ Q 8 4 3 ♣ 10 6 2 4.92 9 4 Donald Parsons - David Dickey - Dorene Beavers, Reno NV; Marlene ♠ A 9 7 4 Ducharme, Edmond OK 100.00 ♥ A 7 6 3 3.89 10/11 5 Cole Musselman, Austin TX; Bradley Etnyre, Houston TX; Ryerson ♦ 9 6 3 2 Schwark, West Linn OR; Bruce Massie, Calgary AB 97.00 ♣ 7 3.18 10/11 Glen Woodson - Frances Huber, Lakewood CO; Jack Farmer - Martha West North East South Farmer, Salem OR 97.00 Bathurst Kodayam Dwyer Bykov 2.81 12 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA; Pass Ellen Coll, Corte Madera CA; Pat Friesen, San Rafael CA 96.00 Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ 3.13 13/14 6/7 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Fairplay CO; T Goodwin, Northville MI; Pass 2♦ Pass 3♦ Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 94.00 3.13 13/14 6/7 Carol Cobus, Brookfield WI; Betty Riley, Waukesha WI; Mary Kay Pass 3♥ Pass 3♠ Leveroni - Lucy Buchanan, San Francisco CA 94.00 Pass 5♦ All Pass 2.59 15 8 Ira Thierer, Los Angles CA; Susan Frank, Culver City CA; Barbara Kevin Dwyer started with the ♠Q (Rusinow), Fisher-Freeman, Los Angeles CA; Toni Gold, Avila Beach CA 92.00 taken in dummy by Srikanth Kodayam. At trick 2.23 16/17 9/10 Betty Mengle - Mary Driesbock, Corpus Christi TX; Katherine Powers - two, he played a diamond to his jack. Dwyer won Russel Powers, Rockport TX 90.00 the trump queen and played the ♠K. Kodayam 2.23 16/17 9/10 Denis Piton - Suzanne Brisebois, Longueuil QC; Jeanne Fortin - Jean ruffed and continued with the ♥K, ♥Q and a third Mutchmore, Boucherville QC 90.00 heart. Dwyer ruffed and, with the trump ace still to 1.94 11 Faye Whidbee - Anna Smith - Laura Palmer, Auburn AL; Lorie Heiberger, come, Kodayam was one down. Charlotte NC 89.00 In the same contract at the other table, Michael 1.73 12/13 Jo Ann Slaten, Colleyville TX; Ann Parker - Kay Moran - Carol Adamek, Dallas TX 87.00 Seamon managed 11 tricks in elegant fashion. 1.73 12/13 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA; David Levin - Spitalnick started with the ♠K, taken by the Marguerite Levin, Belmont MA 87.00 ace. A trump went to the ♦J and queen, and a second high spade was ruffed by Seamon. hearts – no heart raise by West and apparently only Dlr: North ♠ J 8 4 He then played the ♦10 from hand. Edward four hearts in the East hand – so he started with his Vul: Both ♥ J 9 Barlow, West, won the trump ace and tapped singleton heart. Kodayam was correct about the ♦ A K J 9 5 2 declarer again. Seamon ruffed with the trump king, length of his partner’s heart holding, but the suit ♣ 10 3 cashed the ♣A and ruffed a club. When he cashed was not strong and the defense had lost a tempo. ♠ 5 ♠ K 10 9 7 3 2 the ♦9 to pull the last trump, Barlow was down to Nick Bykov could win the ♥A and work on the ♥ K Q 6 4 3 2 ♥ A 8 7 5 his four hearts and the doubleton ♣Q. No matter diamond suit, but he had no way to get in later. ♦ 10 3 ♦ 4 what Barlow discarded on the diamond, it would Dwyer ducked two rounds of diamonds, won ♣ Q 9 8 5 ♣ 6 2 give up the 11th trick. In practice, he discarded a the third and played a low club to dummy’s 10. ♠ A Q 6 club, allowing Seamon to cash the king and jack in When the ♣Q popped up on the second round of ♥ 10 that suit in the end for plus 400 and 10 IMPs to his the suit, Dwyer had nine tricks and a 10-IMP gain ♦ Q 8 7 6 side. for his team. ♣ A K J 7 4 On the next board, the opening lead cost the Aggressive bidding paid off for the Coren team West North East South Californians another 12 IMPs. on boards 11 and 13. This was 11: Barlow Seamon Spitalnick Coren Dlr: West ♠ J 9 8 6 4 3 Dlr: South ♠ 9 8 2 2♦ Pass 2NT Vul: Both ♥ 3 Vul: None ♥ 4 2 Pass 3NT (1) Pass 6♦ ♦ 10 8 4 ♦ J 8 3 2 All Pass ♣ K 6 5 ♣ Q J 9 7 (1) Good diamond suit. ♠ A Q 10 ♠ K 7 ♠ A K 7 3 ♠ Q 10 5 4 Unimpeded in the bidding, Seamon and Coren ♥ J 10 5 ♥ K Q 6 2 ♥ 10 9 8 ♥ K Q J 7 zoomed into the cold diamond slam. Spitalnick ♦ 9 6 ♦ A 5 3 2 ♦ A 7 5 ♦ 9 led a low heart, and when Barlow’s queen held ♣ A 10 9 8 7 ♣ J 4 3 ♣ 6 5 3 ♣ A 8 4 2 the trick, he switched to a low club into dummy’s ♠ 5 2 ♠ J 6 tenace, obviously believing his partner was void ♥ A 9 8 7 4 ♥ A 6 5 3 in the suit. It didn’t matter – Seamon was always ♦ K Q J 7 ♦ K Q 10 6 4 going to take 12 tricks. The result was plus 1370. ♣ Q 2 ♣ K 10 At the other table, there was a lot more West North East South West North East South bidding. Barlow Seamon Spitalnick Coren Barlow Seamon Spitalnick Coren West North East South Pass Pass 1NT Pass 1♦ Bathurst Kodayam Dwyer Bykov 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT 3♦ Pass 4♣ 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ 4♥ Pass 5♥ Dbl Coren led the ♦J and continued with the king All Pass All Pass when Spitalnick ducked. Declarer won the third Coren was able to scramble eight tricks for plus Bathurst’s bold bid resulted in the good save – round of diamonds and played a heart to the jack, 90. At the other table, things went much differently. 5♥ doubled was down only two for minus 500 and following with the ♥10. Coren won the ace and West North East South a 13-IMP gain for District 9. cashed his good diamond. Declarer still had to lose Barlow Seamon Spitalnick Coren a club, so he was one down. At the other table: 1♦ Email us West North East South Pass Pass Dbl Pass Got a hand you just have to share or a nice Bathurst Kodayam Dwyer Bykov 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass story? We’d love to see it. 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass Kevin Bathurst lost one heart and two clubs for The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass plus 420 and 11 IMPs. Two boards later: [email protected]. You’ll also find 2♦ Pass 2NT Pass it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” 3NT All Pass USBF Junior Coupons between the date and the editors’ names. This email address won’t be checked with any Dwyer’s 2♣ was a relay to 2♦, after which 2NT USBF Junior coupons are available at the regularity when the NABC is not in session, so was natural and invitational. Kodayam could tell check-cashing desk during its regular hours of please continue to use our office email addresses from the bidding that his partner had at least five operation (see page 2). for non-tournament–related correspondence. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 13

MONDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables D E F 1.79 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 60.71% 1.34 2 1 Sandi Medendorp, Bellevue WA; Judy Fisher, Redmond WA 55.95% 1.01 3 Samuel Sagi, Tucson AZ; Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 55.56% 0.91 4 2 Judi Nicolai - Geri Murphy, San Francisco CA 54.76% 0.68 5 3 Denise Monfredini - Eda McNulty, San Francisco CA 53.97%

MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 16.0 Tables D E F 3.67 1 Pat Rottschaefer - Joshua Rottschaefer, Orange CA 68.45% 2.75 2 1 T Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 61.18% 2.06 3 2 Robert Hornal - Joan Hornal, Vancouver BC 59.74% 1.55 4 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 59.23% 1.67 5 3 1 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 58.08% 0.89 6 Scott Maa, Belmont CA; Akiko Murakami, Foster City CA 57.74% 1.25 4 2 Catherine King, Palos Verdes Es CA; Elizabeth Biggins, Palos Verdes CA 57.40% 0.94 5 3 Miriam Kaegi, Novato CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 55.57% Sandi Jones and Lois Mann

MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS Keep it in perspective 46.5 Tables Sandi Jones and Lois Mann, who live on Long 7 3 Island NY, could write a book about having fun at 14.09 1 1 Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 63.37% bridge. One section might be devoted to laughing 10.57 2 2 Raianne Heading, Ormond Beach FL; Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL 62.29% off bad results, which every partnership will have 7.93 3 Benay Cooper, Delray Beach FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA 61.61% sooner or later, no matter their skill or experience. 5.94 4 Robert Hartman - Shane Garner, Memphis TN 61.12% On the way to the Summer NABC, Mann 4.70 5 Maureen Kiernan - Michael Kiernan, West Fargo ND 60.71% proposed playing Unusual 2NT, a jump to 2NT 4.03 6 Ginger Hebert - William Freeman, Lafayette LA 57.95% over a major-suit opening to show length in the 3.52 7 David Brown, Morro Bay CA; Joseph Hooker, Studio City CA 57.25% minors. Jones agreed and they briefly reviewed the 3.13 8 Bennie Vaughan - Catherine Vaughan, Surrey BC 57.21% 2.82 9 Richard Smith, Ivins UT; Sharlyn Marsh, Rancho Mirage CA 57.15% method. 2.56 10 Michael Lo, Monterey Park CA; C Tsou, Richmond BC 56.68% Sure enough, it came up during a session at this 4.41 11 3 Edward Pyle - Kevin Liberg, San Francisco CA 56.59% tournament. Jones’s right-hand opponent opened 3.31 12 4 Jeanette Roberts - Terri Schmalz, Delta CO 56.51% 1♥ and Jones smartly pulled out the 2NT bidding 2.15 13 Norma Lorn, Hartsdale NY; Tecla Martemucci, Scarsdale NY 56.21% card. 2.61 5 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 56.14% Jones’s LHO asked Mann about the 2NT bid. 2.24 6 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY 55.34% Mann, who had forgotten about the new agreement, 2.26 7 David Benson - Jill Benson, Bethesda MD 55.21% thought it showed 20-21 high-card points and a 1.78 8 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 54.91% balanced hand. Mann was looking at 13 HCP, enough for slam opposite a 20-point hand, so she MONDAY STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS TEAMS 66 Tables bid 6NT. A B C The opening bidder looked at Jones sheepishly 11.08 1 Karl Hicks, Dominion NS; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Tony and, almost apologetically, said, “Double.” Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA 63.00 As Jones struggled mightily in the silly 8.31 2 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Yoshinori Kurachi, Tokyo 13200 contract, she caught looks from her partner that Japan; Mizuko Tan Yamada, Tokyo Japan; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Ft indicated no small measure of confusion about Lauderdale FL 61.00 what was going on. How could a player holding a 7.57 3/4 1/2 1 Louis Golm - Linda Golm - Gay Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San 20-point hand go down five tricks?!? Francisco CA 59.00 Afterwards, instead of fussing at each other, 7.57 3/4 1/2 Paula Olivares, Valencia CA; Peggy Chen, Saratoga CA; Phyllis they laughed at the episode and decided to treat Vierra, San Jose CA; Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 59.00 3.51 5 Burt O’Dell - Linda O’Dell, Ponte Vedra FL; Nancy Strohmer - it as a learning experience. “I’ll never forget 2NT Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 57.00 again!” said Mann. 4.87 6 3 2 Gary Peterson, Marlboro MA; Christine Pettingell, West Newton MA; Dorothy Briggs, Concord MA; Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA 56.00 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET I 1.56 7/9 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Pat Ramsey, Stephenville TX; Shelba 12 Tables Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 55.00 32.66 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; 3.20 7/9 4/5 Frances Corney, Vancouver BC; Andrew Lee - Amy Gao, Richmond BC; Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Leonardo Cima, 00199 Roma Italy; Valerio Giubilo, Italy Eric Pan, Burnaby BC 55.00 22.86 2 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake 3.20 7/9 4/5 Sylvia Camilli, Weirton WV; Theodore Maki, Northridge CA; OH; Wang Yanhong - Nannan Chen, Scarborough ON; Edward Lorraine Adams, Granada Hills CA; Margaret Mataga, Glendale CA 55.00 Xu, North York ON 2.05 6 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Patricia Estes, 13.06 3/4 Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Carole Maitland FL; James Easterling, Casselberry FL 54.00 Weinstein, Waltham MA; Karl Hicks, Dominion NS; Leo Weniger, 2.82 3 Pat Smith - Doreen Marek - Sue Gainer - Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ 51.00 Halifax NS 13.06 3/4 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince 2.11 4 John Tracey - Susan Tracey - James Maniscalco - Barbara Albert SK; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Maniscalco, La Quinta CA 46.00 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan 1.59 5 Terry Gardner, Castro Valley CA; Lynn Taylor, Salt Lake City UT; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; S Andrew Sass, Fremont CA 45.00 SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET II 1.19 6 Barbara Coughlin, Scottsdale AZ; Tempie Pierce, Kinston NC; 12 Tables Eliza Worthington, Morehead City NC; Jane McCague, Tempe AZ 42.00 21.14 1 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX; Lynn Wells - Janice Wells, Oceanside CA 14.80 2 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson - Paul MONDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Harris, Phoenix AZ; Janet Newman, Scottsdale AZ 39.0 Tables 8.46 3/4 Leslie Dorsey, Gambrills MD; Carol A B C Lombardino, Spring TX; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA; Susan 7.43 1 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 61.13% Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA 8.46 3/4 Marcia Christopher, Estes Park CO; Billie 5.57 2 1 Cory Perkers, Chicago IL; Patricia Coontz, Palm Desert CA 60.90% Turner, Greeley CO; Roger Miller - Patricia Miller, Highlands 4.18 3 2 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 60.37% Ranch CO 3.13 4 Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Shafik Ismail, Blue Bell PA 60.02% 3.08 5 3 1 Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA 59.92% SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET III 2.18 6 4 George Lewis Jr, California City CA; Susan Grever, Dunedin FL 59.82% 14 Tables 2.20 5 Felice Carpenter - Rick Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 59.52% 17.91 1 Buki Burke - Peter Klopp, Ventura CA; Charles Patrick - Annetta Patrick, Santa Barbara CA 2.27 6 2 Christopher Gillmon, Ojai CA; Mark Robbins, Oak View CA 56.73% 12.54 2 Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Charles Kelly, 1.70 3 Sandra Baggett - Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 54.26% Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL; Norman Marks II, 1.28 4 L Mizrahi, Bakersfield CA; Edward Mizrahi, Encino CA 54.25% Jacksonville FL 1.10 5 Louie Coletti - Linda Coletti, Mesquite NV 52.87% 7.16 3/4 Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA; Peggy Chen, 0.79 6 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 51.84% Saratoga CA; Paula Olivares, Valencia CA; Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 7.16 3/4 Carroll Schueler - Gail Schueler, Bermuda Dunes CA; Carol Breard, Rancho Mirage CA; Connie Swanson, Palm Desert CA Page 14 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY-MONDAY KO BRACKET IV MONDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 16 Tables 83.0 Tables / Based on 133 Tables 13.16 1 Irene Phillips - John Phillips, Jr - Rolf A B Houtkooper - Elizabeth Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 9.21 2 Richard Mitchell - Janet Mitchell, Laredo TX; 31.96 1 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 62.08% Carla Terp, Land O Lakes FL; Janice Dashler, Largo FL 23.97 2 Bonnie Melchior - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 61.88% 5.26 3/4 Alain Cardinal, Newbury Park CA; Jacques 17.98 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 59.69% Simard, Montreal QC; Sylvie Labelle, Brossard QC; Marcie 13.48 4 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 59.00% Avrith, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC 10.65 5 Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 58.88% 5.26 3/4 Terry Gardner, Castro Valley CA; S Andrew 9.13 6 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Paul Kmetty, Sun Lakes AZ 57.88% Sass, Fremont CA; Richard Dunie - Lynn Taylor, Salt Lake City UT; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA 7.99 7 Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 57.54% 7.10 8 Phyllis Rakevich, Tumwater WA; Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA 57.12% MONDAY-TUESDAY KO BRACKET I 6.39 9 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 57.08% 14 Tables 16.07 10 1 Ludmila Antonova, San Francisco CA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 56.92% David Zapatka - Jo Ann Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ; Eileen Paley, 5.33 11 David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 56.59% Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY vs 5.94 12 Kerry Holloway, Bloomington MN; Michael Howland, Minneapolis MN 56.54% Joy Scher, Delray Beach FL; Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Diane 4.82 13 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 56.52% Graese, Las Vegas NV; Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto ON 4.26 14 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; William Grant, San Diego CA 56.19% 5.13 15 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 56.15% G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Wood, Vista CA; Bjorgvin 3.76 16 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, US 56.08% Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 3.55 17 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 55.96% vs Archie Topalian - Harold Farnsworth - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake 3.36 18 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 55.62% City UT; Rodney Organt, Salt Lake Cty UT 4.08 19 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 55.58% 12.05 20 2 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 55.03% MONDAY-TUESDAY KO BRACKET II 2.85 21/22 Craig Kavin, Oxnard CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 55.00% 12 Tables 2.85 21/22 Virginia Munafo - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 55.00% Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; Donna Compton, Dallas TX; 9.04 3 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 54.92% Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Maria Myllari, Kaarina Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Arttu Karhulahti, Salo Finland 6.78 4 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 54.81% vs 5.36 5 Mihai Cucuiu, Bucharest Romania; Ion Muller, Laval CD 54.73% Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK; David Wagner - 4.75 6 Elliot Sternlicht - Nancy Garvey, New York NY 54.56% Kathryn Dunlap, Oklahoma City OK 4.02 7 Matthew Connor, New York NY; Alex Balandin, New City NY 54.54% 3.57 8 Susan Bailey Carman - Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 54.46% Tom Urso - Nancy Urso, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL; Lola Divins, Ft Myers FL 3.21 9 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 54.38% vs 2.92 10 Ying Yuan - Zhige Wang, Kalamazoo MI 54.28% Stephen Visocan, Townsend MT; Weiling Zhao - Beth Milam - 2.78 11 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Stan Fong, Toronto ON 54.15% James Milam, Idaho Falls ID MONDAY ROUND-ROBIN 0-3000 SWISS TEAMS BRACKET 1 MONDAY-TUESDAY KO BRACKET III 8 Tables / Based on 26 Tables 12 Tables Cozy May, Deland FL; Sharon Lessard, Sault Ste Marie ON; 11.34 1 Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Chongmin Robert Hope, Provost AB; Nancy Baker, Honolulu HI Zhang, Getzville NY; Steve Chen, San Jose CA 107.00 vs 8.51 2 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn, Ann Morin - William Aeschbacher, Park City UT; Steven Larchmont NY 94.00 Ackerman - Estelle Kevitch, Salt Lake City UT 6.38 3 Robert Ipswitch, San Mateo CA; Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Maria Abbott - Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA 80.00 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX; William Kibikas, Friendswood TX; Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX vs MONDAY ROUND-ROBIN 0-3000 SWISS TEAMS BRACKET 2 Herb Wiltsek - Roz Kahn - Maxine Sigel, San Francisco CA; Patty 8 Tables / Based on 11 Tables Michael, San Mateo CA 5.92 1 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Villge TX; Carmen Keys - Paul Cuneo, Houston TX 93.00 MONDAY-TUESDAY KO BRACKET IV 14 Tables 4.44 2 James Willson - Catherine Tucker, Dallas TX; Marilyn Haggins - Murray Bill Whatmough - Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Stephanie Haggins, Calgary AB 91.00 Haddy - Larry Haddy, Scottsdale AZ 3.33 3 Normand Boulay - Christine Bourbeau, Laval QC; Jean La Traverse - Josette vs Levesque, Montreal QC 81.00 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC; Samuel Kuang - Kendrick Chow, San Francisco CA MONDAY ROUND-ROBIN 0-3000 SWISS TEAMS BRACKET 3 Leon Angel - Judith Angel - Richard Colwell - Rosemary Colwell, 10 Tables Las Vegas NV 5.35 1 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Michael Baker, Adamsville RI; Pushpa vs Satinder - Paul Satinder, Calgary AB 110.00 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor 3.51 2/3 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers - Nesim Erkip - Feyzan Erkip, New York NY 90.00 MI; Virginia Bright, Lakeside MT; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 3.51 2/3 David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Dewey Green, Palm Spgs CA; Barbara Hopewell, Palm Desert CA 90.00 MONDAY-TUESDAY KO BRACKET V 16 Tables 2.26 4 Vickki Shelley - Patricia Kittock, St George UT; George Shelley, Saint James Gardner, Northridge CA; William Raines, Woodland Hills George UT; Teddy Scott, Mesquite NV 72.00 CA; Carol Bloomfield - Norman Bloomfield, Encino CA vs James Nulty - Randi Nulty, Sun Lakes AZ; Bill Goodman - Marty Goodman, Troy MI

Stefan Klein - Eiko Miller, Big Bear City CA; Ronald Saldino - Arlene Elder, Big Bear Lake CA vs Charlotte Zuckerman - Howard Zuckerman, Encinitas CA; Joanne Young - Thomas Young, Gainesville FL

MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET I 12 Tables 14.93 1 Melih Sen - Berk Basaran, Instanbul Turkey; Hakar Peyret - Ilker Ayaz, Istanbul Turkey 10.45 2 Andrew Jeng - Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 6.72 3 Maria Devletian - Zoraida Diebold, Caracas Venezuela; Andre Dichi, Hallandale FL; Padma Daryanani, Miami FL 5.23 4 Eugene Kales, East Lansing MI; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX; Glenna Shannahan, Madison WI

MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET II 16 Tables 14.22 1 Bob Jones, Marietta GA; Pradeep Jhawar - Vandana Jhawar, Layton UT; Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV 9.95 2 James Tanner, Highland CA; Millie Garrison - Owen Kustner, Riverside CA; David Kennedy, San Bernardino CA 6.40 3 Robert Shapley - Alana Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Curtis Kristensen, Duluth MN; John Kuharetz, New Milford NJ 4.98 4 Alfred Tuckman - Jacob Weisberg, Laguna Woods CA; Harold Binder, Dana Point CA; Susan Gilison, West Runners-up in the GNT Championship Flight from District 21: Richard Spitalnick, Ed Barlow, Chip Palm Bch FL Martel, Nick Bykov, Kit Woolsey and Srikanth Kodayam. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 15

QUALIFIERS IN THE TRUSCOTT/ USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET III 13 Tables 78 Tables / Based on 157 Tables Carryover 9.34 1 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific 1 Naren Gupta, Woodside CA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Plsades CA; Barbara Simon - Wayne Kaneko, Honolulu HI Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC 30.00 6.54 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, 2 Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Louis Sachar, Austin TX; Chantilly VA; Sue Hanneman - Mark Hanneman, Plainfield IL B Marshall, Tulsa OK; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 15.93 4.20 3 Victor Bremson, Seattle WA; Lawrence 3 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside Diamond, Tacoma WA; Alan Tesler, Mercer Island WA; Allen Reiter, Bellevue WA CT; Eric Robinson, New York NY 15.33 3.27 4 John Emmerson, Federal Way WA; Melinda 4 Ellen Cherniavsky - William Pettis - William Cole - Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Henry Lai, Delta BC; Pamela Keim, MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 14.77 Regina SK 5 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 14.50 MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET IV 6 Jill Meyers - Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Mark 16 Tables 6.81 1 Dawn Campbell - Nancy Swanson, Portland Tolliver - Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 13.70 OR; Kathi Marcus, Lake Oswego OR; Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR 7 Edward Piken, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; William Schreiber, 4.77 2 Richard Stevenson - Kris Sommer, Los Angeles Valley Glen CA; John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA; Paul Kushner, S Lake Tahoe CA; CA; Joel Speiser - Wendy Speiser, Holland OH Steve Cohen, Reno NV 13.53 3.06 3 Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA; Stephanie 8 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Singer, Belmont CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Arthur Mirin, Castro Vly CA Raleigh NC; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; Jim Looby, Las 2.38 4 Bonnie Louis, Tustin CA; Ilana Brodie, Irvine Vegas NV 13.47 CA; Joseph Santa, Colorado Sprgs CO; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas 9 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Dennis Clerkin VA - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 13.20 10 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 13.00 Entry Fees 11 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA; Dick Bruno, des Players must be ACBL members whose service Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, fees or dues are current in order to compete in Milwaukee WI 12.17 any of the following nationally ranked events: 12 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Fred King, Falls Church VA; David Ruderman, Grand National Teams (Championship Flight), von Burtonsville MD; David Abelow, la Jolla CA 12.14 Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs*, Spingold Knockout 13 John Rayner, Mississauga ON; Michael Roche, Victoria BC; Robert Lebi - Martin Teams, Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams, Truscott/ Kirr, Toronto ON 11.88 USPC Senior Swiss Teams, Wernher Open Pairs, 14 John Onstott - James Bush, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Howard Parker NABC+ Fast Pairs, Freeman Mixed Board-A- III, Clements CA; Scott Reis, Baton Rouge LA 11.73 Match Teams and the Roth Open Swiss Teams. The 15 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 11.66 entry fees for these contests are $20 per player per 16 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; session. Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin 20-532 Poland 11.64 Note: Only ACBL members are eligible to play 17 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Jo Morse, Palm Bch in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session Gdns FL 11.28 benefits the International Fund. 18 Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Robert Players must also be current ACBL members Munson, Danville CA 10.51 to play in the Grand National Teams (Flights A, 19 Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA; Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, B and C), the 0-5000 and 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Manvel TX; Jo Smith, Abilene TX 9.88 Knockouts, the 0-10,000 NABC Pairs, the 0-10,000 20 Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB; Mauricio Smid - Mixed Swiss Teams, the Bruce LM-5000 Pairs* and Enrico Pagani, Mexico Mexico 9.75 21 Jim Russell, Sarasota FL; Jack Spear - Nancy Spear, Shawnee Mission KS; Mark the Young LM-1500 Pairs*. The entry fee is $17 per Jones, Birmingham AL 9.72 player per session. 22 Candace Griffey - Larry Griffey - Jay Baum - Kathy Baum, Vero Beach FL; Marilyn Regional championships are $16 per player Garcia - Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL 9.51 per session for ACBL members, and $20 for 23 Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Dick nonmembers. All other events are $15 per player Yarington, Seattle WA 9.38 per session for ACBL members, $19 for non- 24 John Swanson, Lancaster CA; James Tritt, Fullerton CA; Harry Tudor, Miami FL; members. Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 8.97 *Notice to players who reside outside North 25 Judy Hummel - John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 8.84 America: Participation in the von Zedtwitz, Bruce 26 Roger Snowling, Hamilton ON; Wendy Dooley - Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Gary or Young Life Master Pairs is limited to ACBL Westfall, Brampton ON; Andrew Firko - Joseph Sauro, Oakville ON 8.82 27 Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco members who have achieved the rank of Life CA; William Harker, Santa Fe NM 8.63 Master. Players who reside outside North America 28 Paul Facinelli, Avon OH; Dan Roseberry, Dover OH; Don Sulgrove - Kathleen and who do not meet this criteria, but feel they are Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 8.29 otherwise eligible to participate, must receive a 29 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Chuck Malcolm - Marti waiver prior to the commencement of the contest. Malcolm, Topeka KS; Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ; Robert Baptist, Green Valley AZ 8.10 For waiver information, please see the Director- 30 Bert Curry - John Bowman - Bill Bowman, Ottawa ON; J Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 7.09 in-Charge at the selling site at least one hour prior 31 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York to the commencement of the event. Please note that NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 7.05 players who have been waived into previous Life 32 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; Richard Williams - Jody Williams, San Master Pairs do not have to re-apply. Carlos CA 6.92 33 Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; George Mattos - Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 6.88 34 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 6.84 35 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN; George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 6.59 36 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN; Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 6.55 37 Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN; Dan Pierce, Parkersburg WV; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 6.13 38 Bob Klein - Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; Gary Robinson, Sebastopol CA; Laurence Hansen, Healdsburg CA 6.06 ♠♥ 39 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Barbara Hamman, Las Vegas NV; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 5.96 40 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Steven Hollingsworth, Chattanooga TN; Kimmel Jones, Euless TX 5.88 41 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Carolyn Peters - Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 5.78 42 Glenn Robbins - Michael Rosen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 5.68 43 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Leon Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield ♦♣ MI; Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM; Robb Gordon - Linda Gordon, Sedona AZ 5.64 44 Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA; John Potter, Panama City FL; Jim Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 5.38 45 W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr - William Brodek Jr, Sylmar CA; Hugh Bartlett, Glendale CA 5.29 46 Frances Schneider - Bernard Schneider, Riverside CT; Vincent Grande Jr, Salem MA; Bob Gorsey, Bedford MA 5.08 Page 16 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

47 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA; Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 4.92 Support the ACBL 48 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Ed Lucas III, Tempe AZ; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 4.86 Educational Foundation 49 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Tom Kniest, Brentwood The ACBL Educational Foundation supports MO; Don Stack, Overland Park KS 4.76 activities that instruct bridge and that increase the 50 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Richard Anderson - Janice enjoyment of playing and the number of players. Anderson, Regina SK 4.58 The Foundation has nine members: three from the 51 Anita Heitler - Don Heitler, Englewood CO; Mark Epstein - Roberta Epstein, Las Board of Directors and six from the general bridge Vegas NV 4.50 membership. Members are elected for three-year 52 Victor King, Hartford CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; John terms, with a two-term limit. The Foundation Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 3.99 meets three times a year – once at each NABC – to 53 Greg Roberts, Aiken SC; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; consider grant applications. Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 3.63 54 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Alan Osofsky, The Educational Foundation is funded by Palm Bch FL; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL 3.42 voluntary contributions made when members 55 Gur Baykal, Markham ON; Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy join or renew their ACBL membership, through Molesworth, White Plains NY 3.21 special games and events and through individual 56 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Lenox MA; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; donations. Donations are tax deductible. Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI 3.08 During the past few years, the Educational 57 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Dennis Scholl, Las Vegas NV; Kim Corbin, Scottsdale AZ; Foundation has approved applications for a variety Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Karen Erlanger, Saint Louis MO; John Burgener, St of bridge programs across the U.S. and Canada, Louis MO 2.99 including: 58 Alan Tenenbaum - Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD; Robin Taylor - Ann Lindley - Alfred • After-school bridge clubs Duncker, Gaithersburg MD; Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD 2.66 59 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Gary Hann, Interlochen MI; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; • In-school bridge programs Pawel Niedzielski, Loda 90-013 Poland 2.49 • Summer Youth bridge camps 60 Uri Loewenstein - James Flesher, Salt Lake City UT; Buzz Farnes, Midvale UT; Alene • American Bridge Teacher Association Wrobel, Farr West UT 2.41 conference 61 Lynne Cook, Riverview MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Maris Zilant, N Miami FL; • Online course module for teaching bridge to Nancy Kalow, New York NY 2.39 school teachers 62 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; • Bridge lesson programs to develop new Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 2.23 players 63 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL; Nie Lih Kalat, Sarasota FL; Edward • North American Collegiate Bridge Team Spear, Bangor ME 2.13 Championships 64 Craig Hemphill - Nancy Mitchell, Jacksonville FL; William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO 2.12 The Educational Foundation encourages ACBL 65 Barry Cohen, Berlin NJ; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY; Kenneth Chatzinoff, members who want to start a bridge program to Cinnaminson NJ; Michael Ranis, New York NY 2.02 consider applying for a grant for financial support. 66 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo The application form is on the ACBL web site 136 Japan; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 1.99 at www.acbl.org (select the “Foundations and 67 Bruce Cobb, Denver CO; James La Force, Melbourne FL; John Grantham, Bentonville Commissions” link under the “Administration” AR; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 1.79 heading). 68 Tom Reid, Gilbert AZ; Leo Bicknese, Mesa AZ; Dale Sweetwood, Tempe AZ; Paul Glick, For more information, contact Foundation Phoenix AZ 1.72 President Barbara Heller at [email protected]. 69 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 1.70 70 John Chan, Sacramento CA; Gary Nitzberg - Paul Jorgensen - Douglas Smith, Carson Convention card reminder City NV 1.59 Each player is required to have a convention 71 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; George Harris, Escazu Costa Rica; Jo Anne Casen, card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a Wellington FL; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Brenda session. The convention card must include the first Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1.53 and last name of each member of the partnership, 72 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Ross Willingham Jr, Federal Way WA; Howard Epley, Kent WA 0.78 and the cards must be identical. 73 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Susan Picus - Gail If a director determines that neither player has Greenberg, New York NY 0.57 a substantially completed card, the partnership may 74 Sandra Marlin - Mike Marlin, Versailles KY; Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; play only the Standard American Yellow Card and Robert Ng, Millbrae CA 0.39 may use only standard carding. This restriction 75 Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Diane may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent Walker, Gaithersburg MD 0.34 round after convention cards have been properly 76 Marlene Konik, Highland Park IL; Jack Bierig, Chicago IL; Mark Ginsburg - Judy prepared and approved by the director. Further, the Riehs, Buffalo Grove IL 0.14 partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint 77 Richard Gabriel - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL; George penalty for each board played, commencing with Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 0.05 78 Toyoko Saito - Atsuko Katsumata - Misae Kato, Tokyo Japan; Yasuyo Iida, Yokohama the next round and continuing until the restriction 226-0 Japan 0.00 is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director. If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations. Monitoring At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review. By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone Runners-up in the GNT Flight C from District 23: Eric Chenteh Tang, Nima Badizadegan, Nolan that the playing field is level and that misbehavior Chang, Frederick Upton and Jack Chang. will not be tolerated. Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 17 Tournament Terminology 101

If you’re confused by the terms used to Victory Points (VPs): a method of scoring experienced players in Strat C. Masterpoints are describe the different types of bridge events played Swiss Team matches. After the scores are compared awarded for placings in all strats but gold points at clubs and tournaments, you’re not alone. Here’s and converted to IMPs, the IMP total is converted are awarded only in A and B. a list of common bridge events with explanations. to Victory Points. A team’s VP total may be used to The game proceeds normally; the difference Knockout Teams: an event in which a team determine its next opponents and its final standing. comes when the scores are tabulated and ranked. (of four, five or six players, with four playing at a Side Game Series: a series of single-session In a three-strat game, the scores are ranked time) plays another team. The losers are eliminated pair games that pay red points. These series include three times. The first ranking is done as in a regular or “knocked out” while the winners play other at least three sessions and may have as many as open game. These are the Strat A results. winners until only one winning team remains. six. You may play in as many sessions as you like, If a B or C pair does well in this ranking, they The length of a KO match may vary from a but only pairs who play in at least two sessions receive full credit for that performance. It is not single session to a full day (the Vanderbilt and are eligible for overall gold points. Your best two all that uncommon for a Strat C pair to place first Spingold) to a multi-day event (the Bermuda sessions are used for determining overall winners. overall, and they receive the full masterpoint award Bowl). Flighted pairs: When flighting is used, the for that game. Bracketed Knockout Teams: a KO event field is divided by expertise or experience or both Note: A pair is eligible for only one set of in which teams are divided into groups, usually into several separate games. Flight A ( “unlimited masterpoint awards and automatically receives the of 8, 16 or 32 teams, based on their masterpoint masterpoints”) will be open to all players while the highest award. holdings. The top group (Bracket I) and all other remaining flights will be limited. Flight B might be The second ranking compares the scores of groups compete in a separate event with their own 0-500 MPs or 0-1000 MPs while Flight C might be only the B and C pairs: The scores of the Strat A set of winners. 0-300 or 0-500. pairs are eliminated. Once again, if a C pair does Compact Knockout Teams: a shorter version Each flight is scored individually, and well, they receive points for their finishing position of Bracketed KO teams. masterpoint awards are made for each flight. in the Strat B results. Swiss Teams: an event in which a team (of The masterpoint holdings of the players The third and final ranking compares the scores four, five or six players, with four playing at a time) determine their flight. If one player is quite expert of only the C pairs: All the scores of the Strat A and plays other teams in seven-, eight- or nine-board while his partner is new to the game, the pair must B pairs are eliminated. matches. Team A sits North-South at Table 1 and compete in Flight A. Strati-Flighted Pairs: The top group plays in East-West at Table 2 while Team B sits East-West In flighted events, you may play up but not a game of their own — Flight A. The rest of the at Table 1 and North-South at Table 2. The results down. That means you may play in Flight A or field in divided into strats and plays as in a regular are compared and scored by International Match Flight B even if your masterpoint holding qualifies stratified pairs. Points (IMPs). you for Flight C. Conversely, you may not play in There can even be stratification within Flight Pairings for the first round are random. Pairings Flight B or Flight C if you are a Flight A player. A. Flight A may be listed as 3000+ MPs while for succeeding rounds are determined by a team’s Stratified Pairs: The idea is to compete Flight X may be listed as 0-3000 MPs. win-loss record or Victory Point total. against everyone but to be ranked only with your International Match Points (IMPs): the most peers. common method of scoring Swiss Team matches. Each pair is assigned a stratum or “strat” based Scoring example: if Team A scores plus 620 for on the masterpoint holding of the partner with more bidding and making 4♠ on a particular deal and masterpoints. Team B scores only plus 170 (they didn’t bid the Example: A = 1000+ masterpoints; B = 300- game), the difference is 450, which converts to 1000; C = 0-300. 10 IMPs. The IMP chart is shown on the inside of Thus, the most experienced players are placed your convention card. in Strat A, intermediate players in Strat B and less

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Providence 2014 Fall NABC Nov. 27–Dec. 7, 2014 Page 18 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin A look back — Las Vegas 2008 The Summer NABC in Las Vegas in 2008 was Dlr: East ♠ K J 6 2 one of the biggest NABCs of all time. The final West North East South Vul: E--W ♥ 3 table count was 19,720. Migry Zur Campanile Hsu Nellison ♦ K J 5 3 earned the Fishbein Trophy for most masterpoints 1♣ ♣ J 9 8 5 won at the tournament (269.56 points) Pass 1♥ Pass 2♦ ♠ 10 7 3 ♠ A 8 5 The winners of the NABC events that year Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT ♥ A 9 5 4 2 ♥ K Q 10 were: Pass 4♦ Pass 4♠ ♦ A Q ♦ 10 4 2 GNT Championship Flight: Mike Becker, Pass 6♣ All Pass ♣ K Q 3 ♣ 10 7 6 4 David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Jeff Meckstroth, ♠ Q 9 4 Eric Rodwell, Warren Spector Hsu listened to the bidding and selected the ♠K ♥ J 8 7 6 GNT Flight A: Harry Apfel, Valentin Carciu, for his opening shot. Declarer could still have made ♦ 9 8 7 6 Kelly Hwang, Sorin Pleacof, John Ramos, James the contract after ruffing a couple of diamonds in ♣ A 2 Scott dummy and pulling trumps if he had played spade West North East South GNT Flight B: Gerard Geremia, David to dummy’s 9, but the lead of the ♠K gave declarer Pass Pass Kempe, Matt Klimesh, Joseph Viola the impression that Hsu had started with the ♠Q as 1♥ Dbl 2♥ 2♠ GNT Flight C: Sandy Bigg, Jonathan well. 3♥ All Pass Goldberg, Thomas O’Reilly-Pol, Debbie Romero The job for the defense was not done even Cohler’s feather-light double prompted Zia to Von Zedtwitz LM Pairs: Jan Jansma, Ricco when Nellison took the ♠J with the queen, however. make the creative bid of 2♠ on his three-card suit, Van Prooijen A spade or diamond return would have subjected encouraging Cohler to make what would turn out to David Bruce LM Pairs (0–5000): Steve Hsu to a major-suit squeeze. Nellison was up to the be the opening lead for his side. Johnson, Mark Teaford task, switching to his singleton heart to break up As you can see, the lead of a club or a diamond Young LM Pairs (0–1500): Mick Friedberg, the squeeze and earn his side a useful swing. lead makes declarer’s task easy. Although West Ken Llacera can always take nine tricks if he can see all the Spingold Master Knockout Teams: Cezary My apologies — double! cards, the spade lead from Cohler got the defense Balicki, Aleksander Dubinin, Andrew Gromov, off to the best start. Declarer ducked to Zia’s Adam Zmudzinski (2008) queen, won the spade continuation with the ace, 0--5000 Mini-Spingold I: David Grainger, Zia Mahmood is nothing if not a gentleman, then played a club to his king. West returned to Joyce Hampton, Lucas Lebioda, Jon Rice, Mike but he is also a competitor, and when the opponents dummy with a heart to lead another club. Zia won Rice got to a very bad contract against him in the first the ♣A perforce, put Cohler in with a third round 0--1500 Mini-Spingold II: Brian Duran, Lon session of the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, he of spades, then took a club ruff, getting out of his Sunshine, Gloria Tsoi, Ivanie Yeo just had to express a bridge opinion. This was the hand with the ♦9. Declarer had no choice but to Wagar Women’s KO: Lynn Baker, Lynn deal. Zia, playing with Gary Cohler, was South. finesse, so he finished one down. Plus 100 was Deas, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Beth good for 19.5 out of 25 matchpoints for Zia and Palmer, Kerri Sanborn Dlr: North ♠ 8 6 5 3 Cohler. Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss: John Vul: None ♥ J 10 9 6 4 So, how does declarer make nine tricks even Carruthers, Reanette Frobouck, Allan Graves, Fred ♦ 7 6 after a spade lead? He wins the ♠A, plays a club Hamilton, Mark Lair ♣ 9 5 from dummy, winning the king if South ducks. Wernher Open Pairs: Sunit Chokshi, K.R. ♠ A K Q 10 9 7 2 ♠ J 4 Declarer then plays to the ♥K, cashes the queen Venkataraman ♥ Q 7 ♥ K 3 and takes the marked trump finesse. If South NABC+ Fast Open Pairs: Doug Doub, Adam ♦ A 8 3 ♦ 10 9 5 covers, West pulls the last trump and plays a low Wildavsky ♣ 6 ♣ A K 10 8 4 2 club from hand. If South does not cover the ♥10, Freeman Mixed BAM Teams: JoAnna ♠ — declarer plays a diamond to the ace, cashes the ♥A Stansby, Lew Stansby, Chris Willenken, Migry ♥ A 8 5 2 and plays a low club from hand. It’s easy when you Zur-Campanile ♦ K Q J 4 2 can see all the cards. Roth Open Swiss: Terje Aa, Josh Donn, Jason ♣ Q J 7 3 Feldman, Phil Gordon, Joergen Molberg Do the right thing (2008) National 199ers Pairs: Mitch Miladinovich, West North East South By Barry Rigal Terri Miladinovich Pass 1♣ 1♦ On this deal from the first qualifying session Other winners in big events included 2♦ Pass 3♣ Pass of the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, the field California Institute of Technology in the Collegiate 3♠ Pass 4♣ Pass defended spade contracts, with 4♠ requiring the ♠Q Championship and Eric Mayefsky, Victor 4NT Pass 5♥ Pass onside, and rather more (hands rotated). Chubukov, Roger Lee and Kevin Fay in the Junior 5NT Pass 6♦ Pass Dlr: North ♠ J 10 8 5 Team Trials 7♣ Pass Pass Dbl Vul: Both ♥ J 6 Mike Passell and Nick Nickell were inducted All Pass ♦ 10 6 into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame. Giorgio As you can see, the wheels came off early in ♣ K Q J 5 4 Duboin received the Sidney H. Lazard Jr. the auction. It was just one of those deals. As Zia ♠ A 7 ♠ Q 6 3 Sportsmanship Award. Roger Putnam earned the made his opening lead, he said, “Sorry, ladies.” ♥ A 10 5 4 3 ♥ K 9 8 7 Jane Johnson Award for outstanding service. When the carnage was complete -- declarer ♦ Q J 9 4 2 ♦ 8 7 3 Here are some of the deals featured in the 2008 was minus 1100 -- Zia noted that had he been ♣ 9 ♣ 10 8 3 Las Vegas NABC Daily Bulletin. playing with film star and bridge aficionado Omar ♠ K 9 4 2 Sharif, there would have been a reproof after the ♥ Q 2 play. “Omar thought it was bad manners to double ♦ A K 5 Just like Zia (2008) when you are winning the board anyway,” Zia said. ♣ A 7 6 2 Steve Nellison of Ramsey NJ was impressed “At matchpoints, though . . .” West North East South with his partner’s initial shot on this deal from Zia also recalled an occasion when he opposed Pass Pass 1NT the Grand National Teams, Flight A. “It was a Zia Sharif in the invitational tournament in London 2♦ (1) 2♥ Dbl 2♠ lead,” said Nellison of the trick-one play by Victor formerly sponsored by The Times newspaper. All Pass Hsu of Waldwick NJ. At one point in the opponents’ auction, Zia (1) Diamonds and hearts. Dlr: South ♠ J 9 5 4 made a psychic double of a call by Sharif, leading At our table, we stopped in 2♠, which was Vul: E--W ♥ A 8 7 6 4 the Egyptian to take the wrong line of play. The a good idea because West, Dick Hanna, led his ♦ — result was that Sharif went down in a contract he singleton club. Declarer won in dummy to run the ♣ K Q 7 4 would have made without Zia’s double. ♠J. Dick now prevented his partner from error by ♠ K 10 6 2 ♠ Q 8 3 Said Zia of his friend Sharif: “He didn’t speak immediately underleading the ♥A. If he had cashed ♥ K J 10 5 3 ♥ 9 to me for two years after that.” the ace before leading a heart to the king, partner ♦ 10 9 8 ♦ Q J 7 6 5 2 Back to the LM Pairs. might shift to a diamond. ♣ 6 ♣ 5 3 2 On this deal, Zia made a bid many players The underlead left Larry Hanna on lead, and ♠ A 7 would not find to earn his side another good score. he knew what to do. A club return left declarer ♥ Q 2 needing to take the spade finesse to get back to plus ♦ A K 4 3 140. ♣ A J 10 9 8 Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 19

spade would develop the 10. having one more trump than declarer, but to no No finesse needed (2008) West finally came down to the ♠K J and ♦K benefit. Declarer simply plays diamonds, and when By Barry Rigal J plus the ♣J. Haag played a spade to the ace and West ruffs, he can overruff with the 9, draw trumps The first board of the second qualifying session another spade. After cashing the ♣J, West had to and cash out for 10 tricks. of the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs featured a lead into the diamond tenace to give declarer a slam that Mrs. Guggenheim would make without tenth trick and an outright top. Nicely played. pausing for thought by playing the top two Better to be lucky? (2008) diamonds. By Barry Rigal At the table, it was much harder (hands Thoughtful lead (2008) Sometimes it’s tough to know a good result rotated): By Barry Rigal when you see one. Dlr: South ♠ 9 5 3 On this deal from the first semifinal session of Dlr: East ♠ Q 9 Vul: None ♥ K 8 7 5 the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, I thought Paul Vul: NvS ♥ 9 6 ♦ J 10 8 2 Bethe did very nicely against us with his opening ♦ Q 6 5 4 ♣ 5 4 lead. Paul was East. ♣ K J 9 8 5 ♠ J 10 8 7 4 2 ♠ Q 6 Dlr: South ♠ 7 ♠ K 5 4 2 ♠ A J 10 8 3 ♥ A J 10 4 ♥ Q 6 3 Vul: Both ♥ 3 ♥ K Q 10 7 ♥ A 8 4 3 ♦ Q 4 ♦ 9 7 6 3 ♦ K Q J 8 6 4 3 ♦ A 10 ♦ J 2 ♣ 7 ♣ 10 8 6 2 ♣ K Q 10 4 ♣ A Q 6 ♣ 10 4 ♠ A K ♠ Q 6 3 ♠ 10 8 5 ♠ 7 6 ♥ 9 2 ♥ A Q J 10 ♥ 9 8 4 ♥ J 5 2 ♦ A K 5 ♦ 7 ♦ A 10 5 ♦ K 9 8 7 3 ♣ A K Q J 9 3 ♣ 9 8 7 3 2 ♣ A J 6 5 ♣ 7 3 2 Eddie Wold (South) reached 6♣ on the lead of ♠ A K J 9 4 2 If I told you that 6♥ needed little more than a the ♥A and a friendly spade shift. He ran all the ♥ K 7 6 5 2 spade finesse, even on a diamond lead, and the way clubs, reaching this position after cashing both ♦ 9 2 the cards lie you would be almost sure to make it, spades and one top diamond: ♣ — you would not be happy to have missed the slam. ♠ 9 West North East South West North East South ♥ K 8 1♠ Pass Pass ♦ J 10 Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass ♣ — Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass ♠ J 8 ♠ — Pass 3NT Pass 4♦ West elected to treat his hand as a bad 18-count ♥ J 10 ♥ Q 6 Pass 5♦ All Pass and opened 1NT. I did not make a slam try, and we ♦ Q ♦ 9 7 6 Paul led the ♦A for two reasons: it might take rested in 4♥. But plus 480 was worth 100 out of ♣ — ♣ — a singleton trump off dummy to let him cash out, 117 matchpoints. Why? The field bid 1♣–Pass–1♠– ♠ — or it might let him work out which major to shift Pass; 4♠ and 11 tricks was the limit. ♥ 9 to – or indeed whether to continue a trump. That Nicely judged, pard! ♦ K 5 was what he did when dummy did not look to have ♣ 9 3 a threatening major holding – and that meant down Just enough to be On the penultimate club, West pitched a spade, two. Wold discarded a diamond from dummy and East A heart lead would have worked as the cards squeezed (2008) pitched a diamond. lay, but dummy could just as easily have had By Barry Rigal On the last trump, West and dummy discarded chunky hearts instead of spades. What’s the greatest indignity you have been diamonds, and East was forced to part with a heart subjected to at the bridge table? Steve Landen to keep his diamond guard (declarer had ♦K 5, East Bad break? No problem! sat South on this deal from the second semifinal the ♦9 7). session of the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs and When Wold cashed the ♦K, West was squeezed (2008) found himself subjected to a squeeze despite his in the major suits. Slam made. By Brian Senior meager assets. This deal from the first semifinal session of Dlr: East ♠ K 8 3 the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs featured an Vul: N–S ♥ J 5 3 2 Top notch (2008) unpleasant 5–0 trump split, but one that could be ♦ A Q J 10 9 By Brian Senior overcome quite easily (hands rotated). ♣ 8 Many Souths opened 1NT on this deal (hands Dlr: East ♠ 9 4 2 ♠ A 6 ♠ Q J 10 5 rotated) from the first qualifying session of the Von Vul: None ♥ Q J 10 9 6 3 ♥ A 7 ♥ K Q 8 4 Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. Matt Haag, playing ♦ A 4 ♦ 7 5 4 ♦ K 2 with Jason Chiu, took a different view. ♣ K 5 ♣ A K 7 6 3 2 ♣ Q J 4 Dlr: North ♠ A 8 5 ♠ J 8 6 5 3 ♠ — ♠ 9 7 4 2 Vul: N–S ♥ K Q 10 ♥ 8 7 4 ♥ A K 5 2 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ 10 4 2 ♦ 9 2 ♦ K 8 7 ♦ 8 6 3 ♣ 10 7 6 4 ♣ J 10 7 ♣ A 9 8 6 4 2 ♣ 10 9 5 ♠ K J 6 2 ♠ Q 9 4 ♠ A K Q 10 7 West North East South ♥ 3 ♥ J 8 7 6 ♥ — 1♣ Pass ♦ K J 5 3 ♦ 9 8 7 6 ♦ Q J 10 6 5 3 2♣ 2♦ 2NT Pass ♣ J 9 8 5 ♣ A 2 ♣ Q 3 3NT All Pass ♠ 10 7 3 West North East South Landen led a diamond, and his partner won the ♥ A 9 5 4 2 Mizel Senior ace and continued the suit to declarer’s king. Note ♦ A Q 1♣ 1♦ that only a spade lead sets 6NT (6♣ is cold because ♣ K Q 3 Pass 1♥ 2♣ 2♠ declarer can ruff a diamond for the 12th trick). West North East South Pass 3♣ Pass 3♠ After winning the ♦K, declarer ran six club Chiu Haag Pass 4♠ All Pass tricks to reach this ending: Pass Pass 1♥ West led the ♣J to East’s ace. A second club ♠ K Pass 2♣ (1) Pass 2NT was taken by dummy’s king. Declarer played a ♥ J 5 3 2 Pass 3NT All Pass spade, expecting to be trying for an overtrick, but ♦ — (1) Drury when East pitched a club, such thoughts had to be ♣ — West led the ♣5 to East’s ace. Haag won the given up. ♠ A 6 ♠ Q club continuation and played a heart to the king, Declarer won the ♠A and played a diamond to ♥ A 7 ♥ K Q 8 4 followed by the ♥Q. When West showed out, he the ace and a diamond back. East won the ♦K and ♦ 7 ♦ — was virtually certain to be 4=1=4=4. The ♥10 held played a top heart. Declarer ruffed and was down ♣ — ♣ — the next trick, West throwing a diamond. Now a to one fewer trumps than West – but his side suit ♠ 9 7 club to hand and two more winning hearts really was established, and dummy had the priceless ♠9. ♥ 10 9 turned the screw on West. He had to keep the ♣J Declarer played diamond winners. West ♦ 8 to guard against dummy’s 10 and could not afford actually ruffed low, so declarer could overruff, cash ♣ — to come down to a singleton in either spades or two top spades and play diamonds, losing only to Note that, under the pressure of the avalanche diamonds – the ♦K would then fall under the ace the ♠J. of clubs, North had been forced to discard all his and dummy’s 10 (reachable via the ♠A) would West was powerless. He could have ruffed a diamonds, hoping that Landen could guard the provide a third diamond winner, while if North diamond high instead of low, then forced declarer suit. North also had to come down to a singleton kept only one spade, the play of the ♠A and another to ruff a second heart. West would be back to ♠K because if he ever discarded a heart, that suit Page 20 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin was running. Of course, declarer also had discard Dlr: East ♠ Q 2 heart to dummy was followed by the ♣K and a club issues. He, too, had to save hearts, which is why Vul: Both ♥ J 10 9 8 6 3 ruff high. Itabashi returned to dummy with the ♦K the East hand also came down to a singleton spade. ♦ K 3 and ran trumps, coming down to this ending: Declarer played the ♥A and a heart to the king, ♣ K 10 3 ♠ Q and when he cashed the ♥Q, Landen was squeezed ♠ J 10 ♠ K 9 8 7 5 ♥ 9 between diamonds and spades and declarer finished ♥ 7 5 ♥ — ♦ 3 with 12 tricks for plus 490 and a fine score. ♦ 8 4 ♦ Q 10 9 6 5 ♣ — ♣ Q J 9 6 5 4 2 ♣ A 8 7 ♠ — ♠ K Showing off the show-up ♠ A 6 4 3 ♥ — ♥ — ♥ A K Q 4 2 ♦ 8 4 ♦ Q 10 (2008) ♦ A J 7 2 ♣ Q ♣ — Mark Itabashi found himself in slam on this ♣ — ♠ — deal from the first qualifying session of the Von West North East South ♥ — Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. Given the form of Pass 1♥ ♦ A J 7 scoring, Itabashi (South) had a strong incentive Pass 4♥ 4♠ 6♥ ♣ — to take 13 tricks rather than settling for 12 (hands All Pass The ♥9 completed the demise of East, who had rotated). West led the ♠J. On the bidding, Itabashi the choice of discarding the ♠K or coming down to knew it was futile to cover, so he played low from a singleton ♦Q. Making seven was good for 19.5 dummy, winning the ace in hand. He played a low out of 25 matchpoints. Taking only 12 tricks in 6♥ heart to dummy and called for a low club. East rose was about average. with the ace, which was ruffed high, now a second

MONDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST D E F D E F 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 60.71% 1 1 Sandi Medendorp, Bellevue WA; Judy Fisher, Redmond WA 55.95% 2 Samuel Sagi, Tucson AZ; Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 55.56% 2 2 Judi Nicolai - Geri Murphy, San Francisco CA 54.76% 3 1 1 Delores Craig - Russell Johnson, El Paso TX 50.79% 3 Denise Monfredini - Eda McNulty, San Francisco CA 53.97%

MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST D E F D E F 1 1 Robert Hornal - Joan Hornal, Vancouver BC 59.74% 1 1 T Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 61.18% 2 2 1 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 58.08% 2 2 1 Catherine King, Palos Verdes Es CA; Elizabeth Biggins, Palos Verdes CA 57.40% 3 3 2 Miriam Kaegi, Novato CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 55.57% 3 3 Hanna Zhuang, Alhambra CA; Fay Hsu, Rosemead CA 53.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST D E F D E F 1 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 59.23% 1 Pat Rottschaefer - Joshua Rottschaefer, Orange CA 68.45% 2 Marlene Felix, Los Angeles CA; Veena Nijhawan, Germany Germany 55.36% 2 Scott Maa, Belmont CA; Akiko Murakami, Foster City CA 57.74% 3 Steve Saunders - Debby Saunders, Durango CO 52.98% 3 Theadore Rausch, ; Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA 47.92%

MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Harold Sanchez, Denver CO; Barry Belinky, Cincinnati OH 60.42% 1 1 Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX 62.50% 2 1 Francyne Bryant, Mission Viejo CA; Frances Every, Orange CA 54.76% 2 Richard Smith, Ivins UT; Sharlyn Marsh, Rancho Mirage CA 60.42% 3 2 Edward Pyle - Kevin Liberg, San Francisco CA 54.46% 3 Michael Lo, Monterey Park CA; C Tsou, Richmond BC 58.93% 4 Norma Lorn, Hartsdale NY; Tecla Martemucci, Scarsdale NY 53.57% 4 J Gray McAllister III - Susan McAllister, Raleigh NC 56.25% 2 Patsy Rainwater-Maddu - Connie Van Patter, McKinney TX 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Joseph Kivel - Michelle Steege, Apple Vly MN 59.00% 1 1 Jeanie Kwong - Katherine Kwong, Foster City CA 65.09% 2 2 Karla Ramsey - Julie Cassetta, Bigfork MT 57.11% 2 Bennie Vaughan - Catherine Vaughan, Surrey BC 60.84% 3 3 Nancy Shirley, Escondido CA; Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA 54.92% 3 Ginger Hebert - William Freeman, Lafayette LA 54.60% 4 George Welch, San Jose CA; Vera Huelbig, Santa Clara CA 54.18% 4 Robert Stansbury, Centennial CO; Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO 48.60% 2 Donna Hickling, Falls Church VA; Donna Sinrud, Fairfax VA 48.21% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 David Brown, Morro Bay CA; Joseph Hooker, Studio City CA 56.55% 1 1 Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 66.96% 2 1 Harvey Rosenberg, Livermore CA; D Lynn Shaeffer, Pleasanton CA 53.87% 2/3 2/3 Carl Baeuerlen - Jim Hulseman, Los Altos CA 53.57% 3 Scott Smith, Bloomington MN; Liliana Higginbotham, San Juan PR 52.98% 2/3 2/3 Deborah Armstrong, Dallas TX; Sharon Ward, Plano TX 53.57% 4 2 Ann Gruidel - John Crittenden, Boulder CO 52.38% 4 Joel Kramer - Ingrid Stocking, Minneapolis MN 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Donald Rogers - Tomoko Gragg, Mattoon IL 59.52% 1 Robert Hartman - Shane Garner, Memphis TN 66.58% 2 2 Raianne Heading, Ormond Beach FL; Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL 59.40% 2 1 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY 58.89% 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 59.31% 3 2 Margaret Moorshead - Michael Moorshead, Las Vegas NV 53.73% 4 Pam Barksdale - Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 57.40% 4 3 Jeanette Roberts - Terri Schmalz, Delta CO 51.40%

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MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Maureen Kiernan - Michael Kiernan, West Fargo ND 63.10% 1 1 David Benson - Jill Benson, Bethesda MD 59.23% 2 Ann Van Dyke, Purchase NY; Donald Lacey, Clearwater FL 55.36% 2 Benay Cooper, Delray Beach FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA 58.63% 3 1 David Rosenkrantz - Gayle Rosenkrantz, San Francisco CA 51.79% 3 2 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 56.55% 4 2 Darlene Griffith, Sun Lakes AZ; Roberta Marcus, Chandler AZ 51.19% 4 Carol Zanio - Kenneth Zanio, Lake Forest CA 55.95%

MONDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 2ND OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS EEE FFF GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 61.13% 1 1 Cory Perkers, Chicago IL; Patricia Coontz, Palm Desert CA 60.90% 2 Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Shafik Ismail, Blue Bell PA 60.02% 2 2 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 60.37% 3 1 1 Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA 59.92% 3 3 Felice Carpenter - Rick Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 59.52% 4 2 George Lewis Jr, California City CA; Susan Grever, Dunedin FL 59.82% 4 Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Maurice Fujimoto, Honolulu HI 59.10% 5 John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN; Rene Wallace, Mission TX 59.72% 5 Elton Lipnick - Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 57.38% 6 Rebecca Kinsey - Lyle Kinsey, Las Vegas NV 59.31% 6 Ray Boehne, Oceanside CA; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 57.32% 7 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 56.93% 7 Judy Zhu - Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 57.15% 8 3 2 Christopher Gillmon, Ojai CA; Mark Robbins, Oak View CA 56.73% 8 4 P East - Deborah East, Winchester KY 56.65% 9 4 John Villman, Yorba Linda CA; Richard Baker, Las Vegas NV 55.62% 9 Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL; Ruth Browning, Lanark ON 55.81% 10 Wally Augustin - Adele Gerstenhaber, San Diego CA 55.52% 10 5 Umesh Reghuram, Fremont CA; Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA 55.37% 11 Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 54.81% 11 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Peter Klebofski, San Carlos CA 54.28% 12 Marusa Basa, Slovenia; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 54.61% 12 6 1 Sandra Baggett - Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 54.26% 13 Lynne O’Neill, San Diego CA; Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA 54.40% 13 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 53.11% 14/15 5/6 Leslie Cassoff - Ronald Silverstein, Philadelphia PA 54.25% 14 7 2 Louie Coletti - Linda Coletti, Mesquite NV 52.87% 14/15 5/6 3 L Mizrahi, Bakersfield CA; Edward Mizrahi, Encino CA 54.25% 15 Jeff Jacob, Vancouver WA; Douglas Drew, Toronto ON 52.26% 16 7 Linda Gross, Lafayette CA; Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA 52.94% 16 8 3 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 51.84% 8 Lilly Lachter, Laguna Woods CA; Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda 52.02% 9 4 Gerald Toole, Livingston TX; Gay Anderson, Allen TX 51.50% 9 Visanji Gala, Germantown TN; Saeed Shah, Cordova TN 51.47% 10 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 50.88% 4 Kathryn Shannon, CD; Joan Berrington, New Zealand 48.84%

MONDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ OOO EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 62.00% 1 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 63.15% 2 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 60.08% 2 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, US 61.62% 3 Rene De Waele - Nira Talova, Rotterdam 3038 Netherlands 59.46% 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 60.46% 4 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 58.62% 4 1 Amy Downing, Memphis TN; Julie Kimelman, Los Angeles CA 59.77% 5 Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 55.69% 5 Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 58.31% 6 1 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 54.38% 6 2 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 58.15% 7 2 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Stan Fong, Toronto ON 54.08% 7 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; William Grant, San Diego CA 56.00% 8 Eric Swanson, Golden CO; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 54.00% 8 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 55.31% 9 Rose Bolson, Lake Forest Par WA; John Stafford, Seattle WA 53.85% 9 James Hawkes - Anne Rahtjen Hawkes, Charleston SC 53.92% 10 3 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener ON 53.38% 10 3 Tom Snow - John Fields, Arroyo Grande CA 52.69% 11 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 51.62% 11 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 51.85% 4 Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 50.77% 4 Edward Ashworth - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 49.08% 5 Judy Rice - Peter Rice, Loveland OH 48.46% 5 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 48.77% 6 Wendy Turk, Colorado Spgs CO; Carol Bertz, Englewood CO 48.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS LLL PPP EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Kris Boswinkel - Barbara Lehrer, Asheville NC 62.08% 1 Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 64.08% 2 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 60.62% 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 60.54% 3 Virginia Munafo - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 60.15% 3 Joyce Penn, Columbus OH; Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 59.00% 4 Kathleen Del Corso - Barry Gorski, Reading PA 59.15% 4 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 58.92% 5 2 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 56.38% 5 Dan Dayani, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 58.38% 6 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 55.62% 6 1 Peter Schneider, Las Vegas NV; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 55.54% 7 3 Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA 55.15% 7 2 Susan Bailey Carman - Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 55.31% 8 Craig Kavin, Oxnard CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 54.69% 8 Phyllis Rakevich, Tumwater WA; Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA 55.15% 9 Kerry Holloway, Bloomington MN; Michael Howland, Minneapolis MN 52.54% 9 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 53.92% 10 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 52.38% 10 3 Gayle Grubb, Newport Beach CA; Robert Lavery, Long Beach CA 53.62% 11 Jim Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; C Buddy Carls, Huntingtn Bch CA 51.62% 11 4 Richard Darling - Judy Darling, Morrisburg ON 53.46% 4 Brian Linderman, Plano TX; John Stonebraker, Magalia CA 51.38% 5 Haibo Zhao, People’s Republic of China; Yuqiao Zhao, Marlboro NJ 53.08% 5 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 48.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Nina Lubick, Laguna Woods CA 60.69% 1 1 Elliot Sternlicht - Nancy Garvey, New York NY 62.89% 2 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY 58.08% 2 Bonnie Melchior - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 61.08% 3 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 55.05% 3 2 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 59.59% 4 John Conway - Marcia Freed, Stuart FL 54.25% 4 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Paul Kmetty, Sun Lakes AZ 58.08% 5 Ron Smith, North York ON; Deanna Tomas, Sarnia ON 54.00% 5 John Demeulemeester - Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 56.46% 6 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 53.85% 6 Bill Canfield, St Louis MO; Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 55.89% 7 2 David Rottmayer, Spokane WA; Karen Kimes, Las Vegas NV 53.08% 7 3 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 54.92% 8 3 Hiroaki Miura - Yoshiko Tatsumi, Tokyo Japan 53.03% 8 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 54.44% 9 4 Ying Yuan - Zhige Wang, Kalamazoo MI 52.41% 9 4 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA 53.52% 10 5 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 52.30% 10 5 Matthew Connor, New York NY; Alex Balandin, New City NY 53.23% 11 Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 51.98% 11 6 Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA; David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 52.88%

MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 1ST OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XXX YYY ZZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 60.67% 1 1 Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA; Barbara Hamel, Las Vegas NV 61.06% 2 Liang Fan, Los Angeles CA; J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA 58.26% 2 2 1 William Neely - Dan Neely, Boise ID 59.15% 3 John Russell, North Barringto IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 57.66% 3 Mary Ose - David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 59.06% 4 2 Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL; Patrick Heading, Ormond Beach FL 57.47% 4 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Donald Cline, Ventura CA 58.74% 5 3 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 57.32% 5 Elton Lipnick - Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 58.56% 6 Lilian Yee, Sante Fe NM; Sik Tong Yee, Gilbert AZ 56.78% 6 Sheldon Zimbler, Zephyr Cove NV; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 58.41% 7 4 Phyllis Burnette, Greenville SC; Edward Hearn, Labrador City NL 55.77% 7 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 58.26% 8 Ronald Schick, Prescott Valley AZ; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 55.26% 8 Miles Thomson, Cape Coral FL; Scot Smith, Ft Myers Bch FL 57.20% 9 5 1 Donald Rogers - Tomoko Gragg, Mattoon IL 54.31% 9 Charles Williams, La Quinta CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA 56.61% 10 Elliot Sternlicht - Alan Lechner, New York NY 53.90% 10 Billie Turner, Greeley CO; Robert Hope, Provost AB 55.45% 11 6 2 John Caffrey, Albuquerque NM; Samuel Borkowsky, Los Alamos NM 52.66% 11 3 William Seager - Jean Seager, Coronado CA 54.34% 12 Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Carl Spencer, Scottsdale AZ 52.40% 12 4 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 54.23% 13 7 Jacques Printz, Vancouver BC; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 51.96% 13 Vern Nunnally - Thomas Loveday, Sequim WA 52.16% 14 8 Andrew Straus - Kevin Liberg, San Francisco CA 51.95% 14 Doug Herron - Howard Sloan, New York NY 52.13% 15 9 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Joseph Habeich, Portland OR 51.79% 15 5 2 Jeanenne Chizum, Lake Oswego OR; Shirley Frank, Portland OR 51.88% 16 10 L Hall, Tucson AZ; Helen Atwill, Tubac AZ 51.78% 16 Steven Adelson, Scottsdale AZ; Les Fouks, Vancouver BC 51.81% 3 Virginia Bright, Lakeside MT; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 49.14% 6 Tracey Bauer - Keith Bauer, San Rafael CA 50.98% 4 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA 48.77% 7 3 Margaret Yeh, Rch Palos Vrd CA; Judith Tomic, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 50.95% 8 Louis Ray, San Antonio TX; Janet Lawson, Mesquite NV 50.60% 9 Steven Pessin - Ginny Stark, Eugene OR 49.31% 10 Daniel Stone - Janet Stone, Madison WI 48.23%

MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 62.30% 1 Steven Morford - Catherine Morford, Riverside CA 61.51% 2 Ken Pelowski - Lori Mirek, Atherton CA 59.13% 2 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 60.71% 3 1 Angela Owens - Gordon Owens, Stuart FL 56.75% 3 1 1 Leon Yang - Rui Yang, Beijing Chad 56.35% 4 2 1 Mike O’Connor, Sanford FL; Ma Ya, Beijing Chad 55.16% 4 2 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 52.78% 3 Jeffrey Frieden, Brookline MA; Bonnie Carrell, Moriarty NM 48.81% 2 Ivan Marchant - James Marchant, Fairfax CA 46.83% Page 22 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ernest Rosenthal, Overland Park KS; Peter Schaff, Lenexa KS 65.73% 1 1 1 Sandra Andre - Bob Shuken, Auburn CA 61.61% 2 2 1 David Lindstrom - Sandra Lindstrom, Mercer Island WA 54.98% 2 2 Lynne Castoldi, la Quinta CA; Leigh Castoldi, Renton WA 54.85% 3 3 Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX 51.96% 3 3 Hiroko Kitamura - Hideki Kitamura, Chula Vista CA 54.04% 4 4 2 Judy Hall - Shirley Gilbreath, Ivins UT 49.92% 4 4 Daniel Edelman - Kathryn Edelman, San Francisco CA 53.95% 2 Christine Barkley, Modesto CA; Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA 51.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sandra Lesniak - Rodger Lesniak, Madison AL 63.69% 1 Arnold Gieske - Linda Gieske, Los Angeles CA 58.93% 2 2 2 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 57.74% 2 Bill Rice, Great Falls MT; Kate Spencer, Montague MA 54.46% 3/4 3/4 Victoria Billard - Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO 52.38% 3 1 Dana Brenner, Chatsworth CA; H David Law, Agoura Hills CA 53.27% 3/4 3/4 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Los Gatos CA 52.38% 4 2 1 Ralph Lipe - Nicole Lipe, Bellevue WA 51.19% 3 2 Larry Graves - Vicki Graves, La Quinta CA 49.11%

MONDAY 0-3000 PAIRS MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PPP RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 John Kropinak, Columbus OH; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA 61.39% 1 1 Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly, Sun City Center FL 60.90% 2 2 1 Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 60.88% 2 2 Joan Dziekanksi - Elizabeth Tozer, New York NY 60.05% 3 3 Wayne Hintz - Willem Visser, Helena MT 59.37% 3 3 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 59.17% 4 4 2 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass, St Louis MO 55.64% 4 4 Selma LeVine, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Jane Rusch, Bay Head NJ 59.06% 5 5 Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Regina Scala, Las Vegas NV 55.03% 5 5 1 Susan Colby - Reg Watt, Garland TX 58.52% 6 6 Nadine Kazimi, Clancy MT; Beverly Schmidt, Montana City MT 54.90% 6 6 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 56.84% 7 7 Leigh Anne Shafer - Gord Pippy, Winnipeg MB 53.29% 7 7 Gary Morrison, Westminster CO; Carol Ward, Arvada CO 54.63% 8 8 3 J Kardach, Vacaville CA; John Kardach, Melbourne FL 52.94% 8 8 2 Steven Drucker, Oakland CA; Loredana Bosis, Kutztown PA 54.23% 9 9 4 David Blohm, Vacaville CA; Lynn Odland, Tiburon CA 52.89% 9 9 3 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 53.53% 10 10 Pamela Gorbics, Franklin Lakes NJ; Michael Varhalamas, US 52.78% 10 10 4 Veena Nijhawan - Subash Nijhawan, Germany Germany 52.96% 11 Arlene Greengard, Torrance CA; Jo-Anne Waller, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 52.72% 11 5 Jack Lewis Jr - Cindy Lewis, Luling LA 52.82% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Steve Vaughn, Humble TX; Rick Stell, Houston TX 58.77% 1 Bruce Brownfield - Susan Ohman, Graham WA 60.62% 2 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; John Ide, Carson City NV 58.54% 2 1 Kris Digre, Conroe TX; Lawrence Wolfson, Schaumburg IL 58.08% 3 2 Penny Wentworth - Eva Mroz, Villa Park CA 58.38% 3 Michael Roeder, Madison WI; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 57.62% 4 Peggy Bailey - Mary Terell, Banning CA 58.00% 4 Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Bud Hampshire, Poquoson VA 56.69% 5 3 1 Judy Bagley, US; J Bank, Austin TX 56.62% 5 Judy McNaughton - Chris McNaughton, Scottsdale AZ 56.38% 6/7 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 56.08% 6 2 1 Sandra Wong - Vincent Kwong, Markham ON 56.31% 6/7 4 Lori Morrow - Richard Morrow, Coronado CA 56.08% 7 3 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 55.77% 8 5 Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA; Thomas Stern, San Francisco CA 55.85% 8 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 54.62% 9 6 Peter Attwood, Sarnia ON; Jackie Brickey, Las Vegas NV 55.62% 9 4 Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 53.85% 10 7 Frank Baca - Betty Adler, Lakewood CO 53.77% 10 5 2 Tom Mehrhoff - Carol Mehrhoff, Henderson NV 53.15% 8 Shirley Jobes, Winnabow NC; Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR 52.46% 6 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 52.77% 9 2 David Minson, Littleton CO; David Porter, Aurora CO 50.85% 7 Calvin Waller, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Stanley Greengard, Torrance CA 52.69% 3 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 50.62% 8 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 51.31% 4 Pat Sandler - Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ 48.38% 3 Ruth Rouse, Gardnerville NV; Beverly Meyer, Carson City NV 49.54% 4 Debra Pride, Laguna Woods CA; Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA 47.08%

MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Norma Lorn, Hartsdale NY; Tecla Martemucci, Scarsdale NY 58.85% 1 1 Vladimir Stemkovski - Tatyana Stemkovski, Holly Springs NC 59.78% 2 Leda Fields, Arroyo Grande CA; Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA 52.89% 2 2 Edward Pyle - Kevin Liberg, San Francisco CA 58.71% 3 1 Carl Baeuerlen - Jim Hulseman, Los Altos CA 51.23% 3 Colleen Gardner - Jane Reid, Long Beach CA 56.04% 4 2 Glenda Bradley - Nancy Sparrow, Salt Lake City UT 50.51% 4 Janet Burk - Patricia Fitzgerald, Chico CA 54.25% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sandy Fox - Mary Shapiro, Scottsdale AZ 58.60% 1 David Brown, Morro Bay CA; Joseph Hooker, Studio City CA 57.96% 2 Michael Lo, Monterey Park CA; C Tsou, Richmond BC 54.43% 2 1 Barbara Schafer, Chula Vista CA; Laurie Dodson, Bonita CA 57.18% 3 Richard Smith, Ivins UT; Sharlyn Marsh, Rancho Mirage CA 53.89% 3 Scott Smith, Bloomington MN; Liliana Higginbotham, San Juan PR 56.09% 4 2 Harvey Rosenberg, Livermore CA; D Lynn Shaeffer, Pleasanton CA 53.11% 4 2 Ann Gruidel - John Crittenden, Boulder CO 52.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Darrell Graham, Portland OR; Elsebeth Sexton-Stryker, Vero Beach FL 55.65% 1 1 Raianne Heading, Ormond Beach FL; Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL 65.18% 2 Spencer Newman, Moorpark CA; Donna Bowser, Reisterstown MD 55.36% 2 Benay Cooper, Delray Beach FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA 64.58% 3 Norm Morrison, Brentwood NH; Robert Howard, Ogunquit ME 54.17% 3 2 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 52.98% 4 1 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA 53.27% 4 Pam Barksdale - Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 50.30% 2 David Benson - Jill Benson, Bethesda MD 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Ginger Hebert - William Freeman, Lafayette LA 61.31% 1/2 Maureen Kiernan - Michael Kiernan, West Fargo ND 58.33% 2 1 Ann Matthews, Saint George UT; Mary Bujanovich, St George UT 58.04% 1/2 1 Charlie Schutz, Lake Forest CA; Brian Emge, Anaheim CA 58.33% 3 2 Alfred Delio, Midland Park NJ; Estella Lau, St Louis MO 55.65% 3 2 Richard Blacksmith, Las Vegas NV; Michael Blanchard, Henderson NV 58.04% 4 Bennie Vaughan - Catherine Vaughan, Surrey BC 53.57% 4 Ann Van Dyke, Purchase NY; Donald Lacey, Clearwater FL 54.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Jeanette Roberts - Terri Schmalz, Delta CO 61.61% 1 1 Bill Rice, Great Falls MT; Kate Spencer, Montague MA 58.63% 2 Robert Hartman - Shane Garner, Memphis TN 55.65% 2 2 Nancy Shirley, Escondido CA; Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA 53.87% 3 2 Beverly Wedel - John McReynolds, Bartlesville OK 49.70% 3 Ronald Grantz, Scottsdale AZ; Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA 52.08% 4 3 Patrica Bogacz, Scottsdale AZ; Michele Brosius, Columbus OH 49.11% 4 3 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY 51.79%

MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 1ST OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS FFF EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Marie Covey, Palm Desert CA; Nancy Erickson, Indio CA 59.10% 1 1 Gary Moye, Marietta GA; Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 62.34% 2 2 1 Claire McGuire, Northfield IL; Susan Doyle, Winnetka IL 57.12% 2 2 Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA; Belinda Gu, San Francisco CA 59.42% 3 3 N Ferrell, Burlington ON; Jacqueline Syer, Oakville ON 56.96% 3 3 Jerri Harper - John Harper, Collierville TN 57.78% 4 Ronald Schick, Prescott Valley AZ; Jane Friedman, Prescott AZ 56.83% 4 4 Barbara Peck - Charles Peck, Houston TX 57.17% 5 Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 56.34% 5 Dennis O’Brien, Ambler PA; Sheldon Per, Bensalem PA 56.85% 6 4 Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 55.75% 6 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Ft Lauderdale FL 56.76% 7 Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ; Joan Brody, Morristown NJ 54.73% 7 5 Howard Litsky - Miriam Litsky, Dunwoody GA 55.43% 8 5 Clair Kretschmann, Tucson AZ; Rodney Bias, Phoenix AZ 51.96% 8 Elaine Everett, Downers Grove IL; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 52.30% 9 John Villman, Yorba Linda CA; Douglas Drew, Toronto ON 51.76% 9 Katherine Rehak, Oak Park IL; Stephen Cheston, Chicago IL 52.14% 6 Daniel Stone - Janet Stone, Madison WI 48.67% 6 Myrna Keisman - Sue Projain, Boca Raton FL 52.12% 2 Lucia Teulecke, Laguna Woods CA; Art Linderman, Anaheim CA 46.37% 1 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 50.42% 2 Sherry Newman - Michael Newman, Encino CA 46.03% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 57.92% 1 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL 58.62% 2 1 1 Elizabeth Settle - Larry Settle, McLean VA 57.31% 2 Gretchen Smith - David Smith, Davidson NC 58.38% 3 2 Mitch Miladinovich - Terri Miladinovich, Acampo CA 57.08% 3 Maurice Fujimoto, Honolulu HI; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA 57.00% 4 Stephen Maltzman - Donna DePesa, Tucson AZ 56.46% 4 Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 56.77% 5 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 55.85% 5 Justine Hancock - Barbara Dunkley, Las Vegas NV 55.15% 6 Leelyn Main, St Petersburg FL; William Atteberry, Clearwater FL 55.00% 6/8 1 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Greg Chang, Lexington MA 55.08% 7/8 Danny Molenaar, 2592 Bz Netherlands; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 53.92% 6/8 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM 55.08% 7/8 Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Selim Benardete, New York NY 53.92% 6/8 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI 55.08% 9 Judy McDonald - R Dee McDonald, Lavonia GA 52.15% 9 Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL; Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA 54.15% 10 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Janet Macchi, Statham GA 51.77% 10 2 1 Michael Lieberman - Alevtina Asarina, Cambridge MA 53.15% 3 Sharon Wilson, Stratford TX; Beverly Busacca, Bakersfield CA 49.69% 3 2 Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA; Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA 50.31% 4 2 Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 48.77% 4 Carol Williams - John Williams, Seattle WA 48.54% 5 Rick Carpenter - Felice Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 48.46% 5 Paul Amer, Newark DE; Nolan Chang, San Gabriel CA 47.15% 6 Janice Joerger, Rcho Santa Fe CA; Barbara Hamel, Las Vegas NV 48.38% 3 Grace Martin, Sparks NV; Janice Vernia, Carmel IN 44.31%

MONDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS LLL III EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 61.92% 1 Kerry Holloway, Bloomington MN; Michael Howland, Minneapolis MN 60.54% 2/3 Phyllis Rakevich, Tumwater WA; Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA 59.08% 2 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 59.69% 2/3 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 59.08% 3 1 Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL; James Bridges, Bradenton FL 58.62% 4 1 Ilene Morgan, Rolla MO; James Morgan, Phoenix AZ 58.92% 4 2 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 55.38% 5 2 Tim Tilton, Bloomington IN; Richard Claussen, Bethlehem PA 58.69% 5 Craig Kavin, Oxnard CA; Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 55.31% 6 Judith Shulman, Delmar NY; A Lindop, CD 57.46% 6 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 55.15% 7 3 Marc Raphael, Scottsdale AZ; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 56.54% 7 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 54.69% 8 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 54.23% 8 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX 53.54% 9 4 Tom Snow - John Fields, Arroyo Grande CA 54.15% 9 3 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 53.46% 10 Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 53.69% 10 4 Haibo Zhao, People’s Republic of China; Yuqiao Zhao, Marlboro NJ 52.85% 11/12 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 53.62% 11 5 George Bessinger, la Mesa CA; Kathee Bessinger, La Mesa CA 52.00% 11/12 5 Susan Bailey Carman - Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 53.62% 12 6 Ronald Oest - Sandi Oest, Palmdale CA 51.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A B A B 1 David Wei Chuan, Rancho Mirage CA; Louis Shen, Fullerton CA 63.23% 1 Bonnie Melchior - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 62.69% 2 David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 62.31% 2 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 59.38% 3 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 58.00% 3 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA 59.15% 4 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 56.85% 4 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Paul Kmetty, Sun Lakes AZ 57.69% 5/6 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Joan Rubin, Encino CA 55.85% 5 1 Jonathan Holmes, North Hills CA; Donna Sparks, Fulshear TX 57.54% 5/6 1 Matthew Connor, New York NY; Alex Balandin, New City NY 55.85% 6 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 57.38% 7 2 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 54.69% 7 2 Ying Yuan - Zhige Wang, Kalamazoo MI 56.15% 8 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 53.69% 8 John Demeulemeester - Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 52.46% 9 3 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA 53.31% 9 Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 52.38% 10 4 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 53.08% 10 Bill Canfield, St Louis MO; Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO 52.31% 11 5 Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 51.54% 11 3 Antoni Baranski, San Mateo CA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 52.00% 6 Ghada Darawish, Toronto ON; Esther Climans, Thornhill ON 50.54% 4 Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA; David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 51.54% 5/6 John Peter Lagodimos - Kathie Angione, Chula Vista CA 50.46% 5/6 Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ 50.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ TTT EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Mihai Cucuiu, Bucharest Romania; Ion Muller, Laval CD 63.62% 1 1 Ludmila Antonova, San Francisco CA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 67.00% 2 Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, New York NY 61.00% 2 2 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 57.69% 3/4 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 58.92% 3 3 Chip Dombrowski, North Bend OR; Ian Milligan, Corvallis OR 57.38% 3/4 Naomi Paasch, Moorhead MN; Roark Johnson, Edina MN 58.92% 4 4 Judy Rice - Peter Rice, Loveland OH 54.92% 5 Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV 56.77% 5 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 54.77% 6 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; William Grant, San Diego CA 56.38% 6 5 Jason Larrivee, Regina SK; Stan Fong, Toronto ON 54.23% 7 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 53.31% 7 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 52.08% 8 2 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 52.77% 8 6 Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina 1123 Argentina 51.77% 9 3 Jim Dingwerth - William Hoge, Olathe KS 52.31% 9/10 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI 51.31% 10 4 Sheryl McEwan, Reston VA; Livingston Johnson, Fairfax VA 51.46% 9/10 Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA 51.31% 11 5 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 50.62% 11/12 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener ON 51.08% 11/12 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 51.08% Daily Bulletin Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Page 23

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Louise Holmes - John Kotlarsky, Manotick ON 62.27% 1 Mark Conley - Rohini De Silva,Esq, Encino CA 67.05% 2 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 55.91% 2 Kathryn Dougherty - William Dougherty, Saratoga CA 60.68% 3 Elaine Whicher, Lantzville BC; Charles Pasick, Las Vegas NV 54.55% 3 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 56.36% 4 1 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 53.18% 4 1 Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA; Theadore Rausch, 53.86% 5 Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC; Pam Schrock, Kenwood CA 51.82% 5 Ronald Erickson, Indio CA; William Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 53.64% 2 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Wilmette IL 48.18% 2 D Joann McCarthy, Oklahoma City OK; Darylan Stratten, Sebastop CA 52.95% 1 Joyce Gannon, Palm Desert CA; Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA 45.91%

MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Victoria Billard - Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO 60.80% 1 1 1 Kenneth Koutz, Guerneville CA; Robert Rottmayer, Santa Rosa CA 59.28% 2 2 2 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 57.95% 2 2 2 John Shribbs - Patricia Shribbs, Petaluma CA 58.33% 3 3 3 Kathryn Lindahl - Katherine Demong, Denver CO 57.01% 3 3 3 Ingrid Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Michael Hu, San Jose CA 56.82% 4 4 4 Dennis Brewer - Teddie Lynn Brewer, Las Vegas NV 56.25% 4/5 David Mack, Bellevue WA; Don Moore, Yountville CA 56.44% 5 5 Joe Varga, Vancouver WA; Dan Branscum, Oak Harbor WA 51.70% 4/5 Stephanie Miller - Larry Miller, N St Paul MN 56.44% 6 Steven Munk, Lake Worth FL; Stephen Seidner, West Palm Beach FL 50.76% 6 4 Norma Varellas, Azusa CA; Lora Smith, San Marino CA 54.55% 5 Hiroko Kitamura - Hideki Kitamura, Chula Vista CA 48.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Lorraine Porfido, Isle of Palms SC 58.75% 1 Joseph Curley, Rockport MA; Mark Boucher, Centennial CO 60.42% 2 2 1 John Snyder - Carol Snyder, Goleta CA 55.63% 2 1 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Jack Smith, Palm Desert CA 58.70% 3 3 2 Vicki Graves - Larry Graves, La Quinta CA 54.63% 3 2 1 Debby Saunders - Steve Saunders, Durango CO 56.68% 4 Eileen Miech - Janet Thornber, Los Angeles CA 54.17% 4 3 Jennifer Duval - Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA 55.46% 5 4 Judy Zimmermann, Fulton MO; Linda Litton, Columbia MO 53.55% 5 4 2 Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA; Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA 54.98% 6 5 3 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 49.61% 6 5 3 George Pooley - Carma Pooley, Riverside CA 53.08%

MONDAY AFTERNOON NEWCOMER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Jim Farmer - Beth Farmer, Henderson NV 67.71% 1 Marvin Robbins - Mary Robbins, Shadow Hills CA 63.54% 2 Athena Chow - Alexander Chow, Hong Kong 55.21% 2 1 Amy Chan - Antonia Chow, Hong Kong 59.38%

MONDAY DAYLIGHT 0-3000 PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PPP RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 67.30% 1 1 Kerma Jones, North Salt Lake UT; A Carmichael, West Jordan UT 61.85% 2 2 Norman Segal, Deerfield IL; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 64.36% 2 2 Meena Sethi - Ashok Sethi, Carlsbad CA 58.32% 3 Joanne Wiley, Indio CA; Shirley Carroll, Indian Wells CA 58.53% 3 3 Wayne Hintz - Willem Visser, Helena MT 57.39% 4 3 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 58.51% 4 4 Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA; Thomas Stern, San Francisco CA 56.16% 5 4 Millicent Wear - Susan McMahan, Houston TX 57.91% 5 5 Stephen Castellino - Colette Castellino, Castro Vly CA 55.24% 6 5 1 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 57.19% 6 6 David Stonex, Las Vegas NV; Nancy Fillmore, Ft Lauderdale FL 54.02% 7 Anne Marie Harrington - Carol Cortez, Scottsdale AZ 57.05% 7 Jess Jurkovic - Barbara Raynor, New York NY 53.22% 8 6 Darryl Depew - Bert Kulic, Henderson NV 56.95% 8 7 John Kropinak, Columbus OH; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA 53.14% 9 7 2 Ann Murray, Plandome Mnr NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY 51.86% 9 8 1 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN; Jerry Moore, 52.96% 10 8 3 Patrick Callaghan, Manchester, UK; Lillian Harris, Oakland CA 50.49% 10 9 2 Helene Siegfried - Judy Pass, St Louis MO 52.91% 11 9 Laurence Mayer, Overland Park KS; Jack Mayer, Shawnee Mission KS 50.01% 11 10 Leigh Anne Shafer - Gord Pippy, Winnipeg MB 50.81% 10 Gary Morrison, Westminster CO; Carol Ward, Arvada CO 49.36% 3 Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 50.56% 4 Betty Witteried, Signal Hill CA; Judy Zimmerer, Fresno CA 48.45% 4 Joe Lewis - Steve Seiden, Las Vegas NV 50.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bruce Brownfield - Susan Ohman, Graham WA 66.31% 1 1 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 61.54% 2 1 Brian Snell, Columbus OH; Judith Auer, Dublin OH 61.62% 2 Bruce Scott, San Jose CA; Robena Foland, Grand Island FL 61.45% 3 2 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 59.23% 3 2 1 Judith Edinger - Glenn Struck, Gilbert AZ 59.75% 4 3 1 John Maloney, Champaign IL; J Alex Maloney, Mahomet IL 57.83% 4 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; John Ide, Carson City NV 59.17% 5 Michael Roeder, Madison WI; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL 57.19% 5 3 2 Sandra Wong - Vincent Kwong, Markham ON 55.92% 6 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 57.08% 6 4 3 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 54.42% 7 Judy McNaughton - Chris McNaughton, Scottsdale AZ 56.78% 7 5 Steve Vaughn, Humble TX; Rick Stell, Houston TX 54.05% 8 4 Kris Digre, Conroe TX; Lawrence Wolfson, Schaumburg IL 56.44% 8 6 P East - Deborah East, Winchester KY 53.07% 9 5 Calvin Waller, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Stanley Greengard, Torrance CA 55.44% 9 Peggy Bailey - Mary Terell, Banning CA 52.17% 10 6 Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 54.83% 10 Dianne Schechter - Sheryl Martin, Scottsdale AZ 51.86% 7 2 Judy Bagley, US; J Bank, Austin TX 52.52% 7 Penny Wentworth - Eva Mroz, Villa Park CA 51.79% 8 3 Ruth Rouse, Gardnerville NV; Beverly Meyer, Carson City NV 52.37% 8 Shirley Jobes, Winnabow NC; Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR 50.02% 4 Gail McBeth - Edgwin Simpson, San Diego CA 50.16% 4 David Minson, Littleton CO; David Porter, Aurora CO 49.96%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Wednesday, July 23, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Thursday Morning KO Teams 2nd Paradise South $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 3rd single Paradise North $16 $20 Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Pavilion 6 $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Pavilion 6 $16 $20 0-3000 Stratified Pairs (3000/2000/1000) 1-2 TBA $16 $20 Wednesday, July 23, 1 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 1st Paradise North $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Wednesday, July 23, Noon & 7 p.m. WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS SF Conference Room 11, second floor $20 --- Screens, second session at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, 1 & 7:30 p.m. WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F TBA $20 --- SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 3 TBA $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 3 TBA $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 3 TBA $17 --- Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 0-3000 Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Wednesday-Thursday KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Wednesday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Tuesday-Wednesday KO Teams 3-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Wednesday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single Paradise North $16 $20 Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Paradise South $15 $19 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom G $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Wednesday, July 23, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom G $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. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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 24 Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Tuesday, July 22, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Thursday Morning KO Teams 1st Paradise South $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single Paradise North $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Morning Stratified Swiss Teams 2 of 2 Paradise South $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Tuesday, July 22, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs (3000+, 0-3000) 1-2 Pavilion 6 $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750, 0-300) 1-2 Pavilion 6 $16 $20 0-3000 Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Pavilion 9 $16 $20 Tuesday, July 22, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd Paradise North $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Tuesday, July 22, 1 & 4 p.m. Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Tuesday, July 22, Noon & 7 p.m. WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS QF Conference Room 11, second floor $20 --- Screens, second session at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 1 & 7:30 p.m. WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 1-2 Q Ballroom C $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 Ballroom B $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 2 Paradise South $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 2 Ballroom B $17 --- TRUSCOTT / USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Ballroom A $20 --- Stratified Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 A/X Pairs (5000+/0-5000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Newly added event. 0-3000 Stratified Pairs (3000/2000/1000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Tuesday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single Paradise North $16 $20 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Paradise South $15 $19 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom G $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Tuesday, July 22, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom G $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. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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.

www.acbl.org/privacysettings Daily Bulletins are posted. Under Privacy Settings, NABC results Update opt in/out settings for email update NABC Bulletin Notices to “send via email.” available online notifications. This will give you a link directly to that daily Looking to quickly and conveniently get www.acbl.org/youthnabc bulletin page. information on the Summer NABC? Check out Results pages for the Youth NABC. Additionally, the links on the NABC Results the new ACBL website. There you can find daily www.acbl.org/collegiatechampionship page showing KO team rosters and brackets are schedules of all events and track results of every Results pages for the collegiate championship. in a new mobile-friendly format. The Spingold game. We are offering members a new benefit: an and Wagar Knockout pages will include real-time The following pages provide information on the email notification once their game results have been updates. NABC: posted online. To access your results, you must opt www.acbl.org/nabchome in to this feature. Log in to your MyACBL portal, NABC home page. go to Privacy Settings and change NABC Results New events added www.acbl.org/nabcresults Notices to “send via email.” An A/X Pairs event (5000+/0-5000) has been One-stop links to daily bulletins, schedules, You will receive a link to the new formatted added to the Las Vegas schedule for Tuesday and results, recaps, hand records, new results pages and results page for that event, as well as a link to a new Thursday at 1 and 7:30 p.m. each day. special event information. My Results page in the MyACBL portal. This page www.acbl.org/myresults gives detailed individual information about the Individual player results and links to game game. information (MyACBL login is required). We are also offering an email blast when the