 Sunday, December 6, 2009 Volume 82, Number 10 Daily Bulletin

82nd Fall North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith What makes an NABC a hit? Nickell leading in The San Diego NABC has been successful. The attendance was beyond expectations and things BAM moved smoothly. Nick Nickell, six-time winner of the Reisinger “We were ready for this tournament,” said -a-Match Teams, is in position to pick up Ken Monzingo, tournament chair. “Bonnie and No. 7 as his team enters the fi nal day of play with I were co-chairs in Las Vegas. It was rewarding, a carryover of 4.05 boards. and it made us very excited about San Diego Another member of the Nickell team, Bob because of the success there.” Bonnie Bagley is the Hamman, will be going for his 12th Reisinger tournament co-chair. win, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell will be “San Diego was easier than Las Vegas because seeking their 9th, Zia Mahmood his fi fth and we piggy-backed a lot of the preparation,” said Ralph Katz his second. The team, with Richard Monzingo. “We had a core group of volunteers Freeman playing instead of Katz, won last year. from Las Vegas. They all knew what they were The second-highest carryover total in the 10- doing when they came here. That helped jump-start team fi nal fi eld belonged to Ishmael Delmonte, things and helped make this tournament a success. NABC Chairs Ken Monzingo and Bonnie We are a good team. Bagley. continued on page 8 “We think we put on a good show,” said Monzingo. “The food was great, the entertainment Bagley. “We didn’t have to twist arms – they were was a hit and the My Fair (Little Old) Lady show eager to participate. was terrifi c. I’m so proud of the players. They’ve “The hotel also helped make this NABC Lynch leads told us how much they loved this tournament.” successful,” added Bagley. “Even the weather Monzingo and Bagley thank all the volunteers. cooperated. It’s about the place and its beauty.” “They came from Colorado and California,” said continued on page 7 Swiss teams The squad captained by Carolyn Lynch will start today’s play in the Keohane North American Bridge4People wants Swiss Teams with a carryover of 40 victory points, more than 22 VPs ahead of the next highest qualifi er. to know about you Thirty-six teams will play in today’s two fi nal A Danish company hoping to market a new sessions. concept for bridge play is looking for information Lynch, of Scottsdale AZ, is playing with Mike about bridge players as part of the development Passell; Cezary Balicki and Adam Zmudzinski of phase of the product. Poland and Russian stars and According to , who is working Aleksander Dubinin. for the company, Bridge4People will combine The second-highest carryover total, 17.3, actual card play – via BridgeSpinner, a card- belongs to Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM, and dealing device – with the opportunity to have his teammates, Xiadong Shi, Jiang Gu and Walter deals analyzed online. Bridge4People expects to Johnson. launch in the fall of next year. Right behind them with 16.75 VPs of carryover The concept includes the potential for global are Geeske Joel, , Jill Levin, Jill tournaments that can be played at home, after Meyers, Debbie Rosenberg and Janice Seamon- which players can download deals for review Molson. and analysis. Auken, a German star who lives in Denmark, says the plan is to market a product Sabine Aukin. continued on page 2 Marines are fearless Marine Captain Douglas Wacker is stationed in San Diego and invited his mother to come for Thanksgiving. LaNita Wacker of Shoreline WA knew the NABC was being held in San Diego and said she’d come if he’d play bridge with her. There was only one problem: Douglas had never played bridge. Marines are known to be Malvina Aljure and Elsa Castillo, of Cali tough, however, and Semper Fi is their motto. It Colombia, were the winners in the National means always faithful. 99er Pairs on Friday. More on the winners on Douglas went to the library and checked out page 2. some bridge books. He eventually bought 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Goodwill message Seagram and Points Schmoints by Marty Bergen. Mother-and-son LaNita Wacker of Shoreline He says it was a thrill for him and his mother to WA and Douglas Wacker of San Diego enjoy As we prepare to leave this attend the celebrity lecture by Seagram and get their Thanksgiving holidays playing bridge. terrifi c San Diego NABC, let’s all take an extra moment to say “thank continued on page 4 you” to our hosts. The hospitality and entertainment have been spectacular. Attendance I look forward to see you at the Spring NABC in Reno. 12,349 tables , Chairman National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, Dec. 6 1 - 6:30 p.m. . Room: Randle Ballroom, Fourth fl oor. 8 p.m. til Vugraph. Room: Randle Ballroom, Fourth fl oor. ENTERTAINMENT/FOOD Sunday: Potato Soup, noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday: Cookies 5 p.m.

Sunday, Dec 6 11 a.m.- conclusion Vugraph: Final of Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams Admission: Free (refreshments) Room: Randle Ballroom, Fourth fl oor.

Prizes Breaking the rules Bridge4People Players in any strat in any event who win their By continued from page 1 section will receive prizes. There are also prizes for fi rst overall in any event. The Prize Desk is located Consider the following deal where you play in that will help players improve in addition to next to the Registration Desk on the second fl oor 3NT on the lead of the 4. entertaining them. outside the playing areas. “If your score has a 1 She predicts Bridge4People “will become part next to it, you can get a prize,” says Tournament  K 7 6 4 of bridge homes all over the world.” Chair Ken Monzingo.  A 8 3 2 At this phase of the development of the system,  6 2 the company is seeking information about players Airport and rail . Q J 4 and is urging ACBL members to go to the home page – www.bridge4people.com – to register and transportation for $5 provide opinions and general information about By Al Schuster, Transportation Chair  A 2  9 6 5 their habits and interests. It is easy to get to the San Diego Airport or “We invite you to sign up to take part in our the Amtrak train depot via public transportation.  A K . A 9 7 6 5 3 online panel, where you can infl uence us with your Walk across Harbor Drive and catch a north-bound input, feedback and great ideas or just follow our trolley (Gillespie Field destination) to the next stop You take the J with your king. What now? progress,” Auken says. (America Plaza). Get off and walk back to the street Bridge4People has some heavyweight the trolley just crossed (Broadway). The bus stop A simple approach would be to play a spade to dummy and go after clubs – that covers most of supporters, including Fred Gitelman, owner of on the corner is the Airport Shuttle (Route 992). Bridge Base Online, the world’s largest Internet Take the bus for a 10-minute drive to the airport. the bases, but not the 4-0 breaks. Better is to lead a bridge community. Says Gitelman: “BridgeSpinner The shuttle stops at both airport terminals, so tell low club up to dummy at trick two – lo and behold, is an exceptional concept with a huge potential the driver which airline you are fl ying. The time, East shows out. towards millions of bridge players.” including waiting, is about 20 minutes. Now you have to be careful. If you cross back President Gianarrigo Ticketing for the trip is simple. At the trolley to hand with the A to lead a club up, West wins Rona adds: “BridgeSpinner will be a bomb in stop opposite the Hyatt, you will see a ticket the .K, leaving clubs blocked, and plays a second bridge communities around the world and will machine which accepts cash , credit cards or debit diamond. Now you can’t unscramble your tricks. change the game forever.” cards. Purchase a one-day pass for $5 and show it to Better is to make the somewhat unnatural-looking the trolley police, if asked, and the shuttle drivers. move of crossing to the A at trick three. This sets If you are using Amtrak or the COASTER, up the opponents’ diamonds, but in return you get Cell Phones and Electronic the directions are the same except you cross the to play a club up and let West win and cash his tracks at America Plaza and board a Blue Line (Old diamonds. You can win the spade return in dummy, Devices: Know the Rules unblock clubs and come to hand with the A to Town destination) and ride one stop to the Santa Fe • If you’re playing in a national-level event: Depot. If you feel adventurous, walk across Kettner claim the balance. All electronic devices are banned from the playing Boulevard to the Santa Fe Depot in lieu of using the area. trolley to Old Town. The time including waiting is Colombian duo take “Electronic devices, excluding health-related about 10 minutes. National 99er Pairs equipment, capable of sending or receiving See photo on page 1 communication, including but not limited to, headphones, earphones, cellular phones and Slow Play Malvina Aljure and Elsa Castillo, both of Cali, minicomputers: (1) shall not be allowed in the Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful Colombia, took fi rst place in the National 99er playing areas, adjacent hallways, restrooms or play, is discourteous to your opponents -- and to all Pairs. They are a regular partnership in Colombia. accessible break areas; and (2) shall not be used other competitors as well. Players and pairs who The two fi nished their last round early on during a session. take more than their allotted time are subject to Friday and left before getting their photo taken. These restrictions shall apply to all pairs, team penalty. “We had no idea we’d won,” said Castillo. members, captains, coaches, recorders and kibitzers In general, pairs who are rarely late will be and shall apply throughout any actual playing Aljure has a son who lives in Los Angeles, session or segment. warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or and was visiting him. Castillo has a son who lives pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. A violation of this policy shall result in a in Florida and she was visiting him. Because disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs they were both in the U.S. at the same time, they at that form of scoring) for the fi rst offense. A Life Master news decided to check out the NABC. second offense shall result in disqualifi cation from Pamela Fitch of Sacramento needed 11 gold Castillo became an ACBL member four the event for the pair/team. points to become a Life Master, and she and years ago. Aljure is a new member who joined on Kibitzers violating this policy shall be removed Kathrun Le Gro of Carmichael CA had a good Thursday, the day before her win. from the playing area for the remainder of the game in the Poinsettia Pairs on Friday, coming session.” in third overall. It wasn’t quite enough, though, No smoking Participants will be reminded not to approach so Fitch thought she was going to go home Per California law, smoking is not allowed the playing area with a personal electronic device disappointed. A scoring correction, however, moved within 20 feet (six meters) from an entrance. Please in their possession, even if the device is turned off. • If you’re playing in a regional or them into a tie for second, good for 11.92 gold use the designated smoking areas. Intermediate-Newcomer event: Turn those phones points and a new LM for the ACBL. and pagers off. Masterpoint disclaimer “Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar Annette Sincock of Torrance CA and the Long Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are communication equipment may not be operated Beach Bridge Club earned enough gold points in subject to change because of score changes or or operable in the playing area during a session of the Stratifi ed Daylight Open Pairs on Saturday to corrections. play at NABCs except for health-related equipment claim her prized Life Master rank. She was playing The masterpoint awards as shown are, or by permission of the director-in-charge of the with Bettyanne Houts of Long Beach. therefore, also subject to change. tournament or event.” Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

By Marti Ronemus hairdo on his arm Dear New Players: approached. “Sell me an Well, here we are, and it’s the last day of the into your biggest tournament. Did you game!” he said. manage to win a section The director selling top? Did you get any the entries asked if he prizes? knew how to play bridge, Having a souvenir and the man brusquely from the tournament repeated his request. So can really get into some he was given an entry people’s blood. I was into the open area. Edith directing at a tournament forgot to see later how once where a very tall, he did, but two days later large man approached me on the last day and here he came again, still pushed a $20 bill into my breast pocket, saying with the blonde. I know, fi rmly, “My wife is going to win a prize today!” you’ve guessed what is Of course, I told him that under no conditions coming. And it is true. could I accept the $20, but I would ensure his “Give me an entry into wife got a prize. (At that point, we had so many your smallest game,” he prizes left over that we were giving them for said! unusual plays, and other fun things, so I could I hope you have easily fake it.) When I tried to get him to take the learned lots of bridge, lots $20 back, he wouldn’t (did I mention that he was of bridge smarts and had very large?), so I made sure to mention it later to a wonderful time. I’ve my supervisor. enjoyed mentoring you, His eyes crossed and his lips disappeared and I know you will be when I told him a player had given me $20 to guided by my sage advice. give his wife a prize, but when I showed him the Heaven knows, I’ve given man and suggested HE give it back, he just said, you lots. “Use it for a good cause.” Duh. Like I wouldn’t. One fi nal tidbit. A souvenir is fun, but actually the unique Remember to thank your experiences you are taking away from this directors and the people tournament, the cards, meeting people from all who put the tournament over, the competition, the lectures and so on will together. If you had any be among your fi nest memories. As you gain idea what they put up more and more experience, the memories will not with, you’d be bowing and be so sharp. But they will still be unique. throwing money. For instance, make sure you attend a I know you’ll be tournament in Las Vegas some time. My friend, swamped with laundry Edith McMullin, inventor of Easybridge!, was and e-mail when you get directing at an NABC there and happened to be home, but please e-mail standing by the entry table when a gentleman me with all your problems, bridge or otherwise. I dressed in a white suit and white cowboy boots love to hear from you. [email protected]. and with a stunning blonde with a beehive

Thinking bridge preemptive jump present. A word to the Intermediate-Newcomer By Eddie Kantar wise: opponents hate to hear . Defensive commentary: East starts a high- masterpoint race low in hearts and West continues with the K and Dlr: East  K 10 9 1 22.28 Lynne White, Lincoln CA Q, dummy ruffi ng the third heart with the 9. Vul: N-S  J 4 2 22.28 John White, Lincoln CA Defensive commentary #2: As East, before K Q J 6 5 3 19.32 Jane Dadant, Orange CA overruffi ng a relatively high spot card or even 4 17.59 Jo Hammett, Corinth TX . K 7 3 an honor with a strong holding of your 5 17.59 Virginia Boudreau, Flower Mound TX  –  Q J 7 5 own, ask yourself how many trump tricks you 6 16.78 Andy Dadant, Orange CA  A K Q 10 6 5  8 3 will take if you overruff and how many you 7 16.76 Anyemarie Weaver, San Antonio TX  10 9 4 3  7 2 8 16.76 Dee Baker, San Antonio TX will take if you don’t overruff? In this case, if . 9 5 4 . Q J 8 6 2 9 16.55 John Nicholson, San Diego CA you overruff and partner shows out on the K,  A 8 6 4 3 2 10 16.08 Harold Deroos Jr, Modesto CA declarer will have an easy time fi nessing you out  9 7 2 11 16.08 Donna Deroos, Reno NV of your remaining honor. Even if partner follows  A 8 12 15.07 Anne Ballard, Atlanta GA to the fi rst spade, declarer may take the spade . A 10 13 15.07 Robert Dodd, Atlanta GA fi nesse, playing your partner for short spades. If West North East South 14 14.89 Keith Dawson, Chatham ON you don’t overruff, discarding a diamond instead, 15 14.18 Barbara Hanson, San Diego CA Pass 1 you are slated to take two trump tricks. When 16 14.01 Paul Mershon, Santa Barbara CA 3 4 All Pass declarer plays the king and then the 10, you 17 13.73 Michael Campbell, Dana Point CA cover. Declarer wins the ace and you remain with 18 13.73 Paul Hinman, Dana Point CA : A. 19 13.29 Robert Houghton, Fair Oaks CA the Q-7 and declarer remains with the 8-6-4-3. Bidding commentary: West’s 3 is 20 13.29 Robert Locke, Sacramento CA That’s two trump tricks. Overruffi ng an honor weak. The most descriptive weak jump overcalls 21 12.80 Josephine Willis, San Diego CA with an honor (or its equivalent 9 or 10) are those that have strong suits with little or 22 12.80 James Willis, San Diego CA is almost always a losing play when holding a nothing on the side. Also, at this vulnerability, 23 12.24 Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON trump honor with length along with a relatively one can cheat a card and have a strong six-card 24 11.47 Charles Luke, del Mar CA strong intermediate spot. Something like: A-10-x- suit to jump to the three level. North has a choice 25 10.66 John Naber, Somerville MA (x), K-10-x-(x) A-9-x-(x), K-9-x-(x), Q-9-x-x or 26 10.66 Sandra Naber, Victoria BC of responses. He can cuebid 4 to show a strong substitute the 8 for the 9. 27 10.62 Dennis Gibboney, Latrobe PA spade raise or simply jump to 4. 4 is also a possible response. These are the problems that continued on page 7 Page 4 Daily Bulletin

ACBL joins Monitoring Marines At this and future North American continued from page 1 Facebook, Twitter Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ ACBL members can now discuss their favorite events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Seagram to autograph his book. game on Facebook and Twitter, the popular social will be recorded and will be available for later When asked if he was nervous playing for the media web sites. Players can enjoy conversations offi cial inspection and review. fi rst time, he says: “I wasn’t nervous because I on these free forums, allowing participants to meet By general monitoring of the session and didn’t know what I was getting into.” other bridge enthusiasts from around the world, get participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source He’s enjoyed playing. “My mom’s a great the inside scoop on bridge news and events, and of information that may be useful in determining teacher,” he says. “I’ve really had fun.” even leave messages for the ACBL staff. facts and settling issues arising from some types “This provides a space for players to talk to of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. each other and us,” said Vicki Campbell, ACBL’s Please summon a director if a problem occurs at Finding her majesty marketing director. the table. To become a fan of the ACBL on Facebook, go This procedure is intended to assure everyone This was originally published in the Contract to the ACBL home page and click the “Find us on that the playing fi eld is level and that misbehavior Bridge Forum under the byline of Frank Queen. Facebook” button. will not be tolerated. To follow the ACBL on Twitter, go to www. Okay, now you are really in for a treat: Joyce twitter.com and follow @ACBLbridge. Klein, an offi cer of Broward County Unit 243, Tote bags for sale sent me in a poem that she wrote about 30 years of There are extra tote bags and the tournament is frustration over not fi nding a queen. offering them for sale. You can buy one for $4 or Entry fees I don’t usually include outside poems, but she Players must be ACBL members whose service three for $10. These are the ones that were given as said all the magic things one should say to a bridge fees or dues are current in order to compete in any registration gifts. egomaniac such as me. of the following nationally ranked events: Nail Life She thinks I am funny (okay, she couldn’t get Master Open Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s it all right), invited me to come to their regional Pairs, Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, Keohane reminder Each player is required to have a convention (I note that she did not offer to play with me, but North American Swiss Teams, Kaplan Blue Ribbon card fi lled out legibly and on the table throughout rather to watch. Sometimes bridge is better with a Pairs, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams, a session. Both cards of a partnership must be partner), she said she was a fan (that would have Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match identical and include the fi rst and last names of actually been enough) and fi nally she said she liked Teams and the Senior Knockouts. The entry fees each member of the partnership. my column. I have kept meticulous track of those for these contests are $20 per player per session. If a director determines that neither player has who like my column and soon we will be able to Players must also be current ACBL members a substantially completed card, the partnership may have a nice two-table game. (Please Stacy, I only to play in the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Miles play only the Yellow Card and need three more). Non-Life Master Pairs or National 99er Pairs. The may use only standard carding. This restriction But I digress. entry fee is $17 per player per session. may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent Here is Joyce’s poem: Regional championships are $16 per player per round after convention cards have been properly session for ACBL members, $18 for non-members. prepared and approved by the director. Further, the Tale of the Elusive Queen All other events are $15 per player per session partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint For thirty years, or so it seems for ACBL members, $17 for non-members. penalty for each board played, commencing with I have never, ever found a queen! the next round and continuing until the restriction As a novice I was taught it would be much Bid Box Alerts and is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at better Announcements the discretion of the director. If I fi nessed for the queen with eight in a suit, When using bid boxes, ACBL requires that If the director determines the partnership has at but with nine, never! players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the least one substantially completed convention card This always worked for me when I needed only same time. but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, eight tricks When making an Announcement, use the the director may give warnings or assign such But always failed when I needed nine – and I Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the went down six! the Alert strip at the same time. circumstances. The two-way fi nesse is especially hard A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must The objective of these warnings and penalties As there are two ways to go wrong to fi nd the make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or is the encouragement of full compliance with card! Announcement has been made. ACBL regulations. Singleton kings and jacks always fall But the queen is hardly ever there at all! My partner is pleased when he puts down the dummy Showing all four queens so I won’t have to worry! I’ve taken many bridge lessons and read lots of books But they haven’t told me how to fi nd a queen without taking a look! The great minds of bridge should put their heads together To fi nd the queen for us should be their endeavor! And when your partner has 38 points and you think seven is gin It’s that elusive queen that does you in! When there’s only one way to make your contract and you come undone Because you always fi nesse to the queen and one! As for the tale that the queen lies over the Jack Well, my queens never quite got the knack! Queen and one is never a good lead But when my opponents lead it, it does fi x me, indeed! When we have ten trumps, I claim with pride But then I go down with the queen offside! My best idea to date, as yet Is to throw all of the queens out of the deck! Then we’d only have to look down on the fl oor Where we’d fi nd the queens, maybe even all four! Daily Bulletin Page 5

North South Ozdil on the job Slammed in San Diego 1. 1 By Barry Rigal By 4 6 Pass Two declarer-play problems solved by In team events that involve what I sometimes Melih Ozdil are worth of a wider audience. The refer to as “the William Tell” movement, accurate With a in partner’s suit there seemed fi rst comes from the slam bidding is essential, as in short matches little point in investigating a grand slam. North’s quarterfi nal round. a single slam swing can be decisive. By way space consuming overbid was the real culprit. After of explanation, William Tell, the folk hero of something along the lines of 1. - 1; 3 - 4; 4 Switzerland, was known as an expert marksman - 5.; 5 - 6, North has an easy 7 bid.  Q 7 6 4 with the crossbow. At the time, the Habsburg  J 6 3 emperors of Austria were seeking to dominate Uri. Everyone knows that dealing with a strong  J 7 4 2 Hermann Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian is a nightmare - take a look at this one: . A 5 Vogt of Altdorf, raised a pole in the village’s central  A J 5 2  – square, hung his hat on top of it, and demanded  A Q 8 4  8 5  Q 10 9 4 that all the local townsfolk bow before the hat.  A K Q  A 6 3  K 10 9 5 When Tell passed by the hat without bowing to it,  A K 6 . J 10 9 7 . Q 8 6 4 2 he was arrested. He received the punishment of . A K 5

 K 10 9 8 3 being forced to shoot an apple off the head of his  K 7 3  A K 7 2 son, Walter, or else both would be executed. On 18 November 1307, Tell split the fruit with a single  J 10 8 7 6 4  Q 8 bolt from his crossbow, without mishap. When  7 . K 3 Gessler queried him about the purpose of a second . Q 8 5 West North East South bolt in his quiver, Tell answered that if he had 1 killed his son, he would have turned the crossbow North South Pass 3. (1) Pass 3 (2) on Gessler himself. 2. 2 Pass 3 All Pass Drowning my sorrows at the end of day one 4NT 6 (1) 6-9 high-card points with four or more trumps. of the Keohane North American Swiss Teams (you Pass (2) Game try. will discover why in due course), I just happened Ozdil won the club lead in hand and led a club to pick up a few stories from players who were (1) One king or two queens. to the ace, then a spade to the king, ducked (East willing to spill the beans. Dan Morse told me about this one: I thought everyone in North America would pitched a club). play some version of Kokish in this situation where Now declarer can negotiate trumps easily  Q 7 4 2. - 2; 2 is either natural or a powerful 25- enough but needs to hold his heart losers to one. plus balanced hand, but here North was using a  8 5 With East apparently having the heart length, Ozdil rather old-fashioned method. Even so, when South  A guessed to advance the 8 and run it to East’s 9. jumped to 6, it seems incredible that North did . J 9 8 7 6 4 3 Back came a diamond to the queen and ace, and not go on to seven.

Ozdil ruffed the third diamond with the 8. He This was even worse:  A K 8 3 advanced the 8, ducked, East discarding a club, and led a third spade, East discarding another club.  A Q J 6  A K J 9  A Q J 10 8 4 West won and played back a fourth spade as East  8 4  – discarded a heart. . A K 5 . A 5 4 Ozdil won in dummy and exited with a West North East South diamond, pitching a heart, to East to open 2.  Q 10 8 7 5 3 up hearts for his ninth trick. Pass 2 Dbl ?  5 The second deal comes from the fi rst day of the  5 3 2 Keohane North American Swiss Teams. South’s decision to open 2. rather than 2NT is . K Q 6 open to question. Before we consider the best way Dlr: North  A K 5 to proceed after East’s double of 2 would your West North East South Vul: N-S  A 5 4 3 methods allow you reach the excellent club slam 1 Pass 1  A 9 8 7 after a 2NT opening? Pass 3. Pass 3 . Q J One method that I helped to refi ne with the Dbl 3 Pass 3 Pass 4NT Pass 5  10 3  J 9 8 6 4 famous partnership of Sandra and Sally Pass 5 All Pass  Q J 10 6 2  – Sowter (as she was known then) would have seen the auction go like this:  3 2  Q J 10 6 4 3 . . A 9 8 3 . 7 5 2 North South  Q 7 2 This should be an easy hand to bid if North 2NT  K 9 8 7 opens 2.. After 2 - 2; 2 - 3, it is soup  K 5 3 3NT to cuebid to the cold grand slam. . K 10 6 4 4 4 Still, it should not be impossible to get there West North East South 5 5 after North’s actual choice. Gu Lair Shi Ozdil 6. Pass Over West’s double, North should bid 3. Now 1 Pass 1 South cuebids in clubs and over 4 might well bid 3 asks South to bid 3NT and then 4 4. That would already be enough for North to bid Pass 3 Pass 4 shows a slam try in clubs (4. would be clubs and 7. All Pass diamonds, 4, diamonds and clubs, 4 diamonds North’s failure to bid even a small slam saw the Ozdil won the spade lead in dummy and led a and 4NT 5-5 or better in the minors). After a club- Rabbi’s squad fail to make the cut by the smallest trump to the 7 and 10. Back came a diamond to the agreeing cuebid by South, it is easy enough to possible margin. ace. West won the fi rst club and played a second cuebid to slam. After that I’ll conclude with a deal where diamond. Ozdil won in hand, crossed to the .J and Going back to our fi rst auction, the best move North-South fi nally got things right: led a spade to the queen. He cashed two rounds of for South is to pass the double. That allows North  A K 8 4 2 clubs, pitching a spade and diamond from dummy. to bid 3. and if South then raises to 4., North cuebids 4 and once again the slam is easily  A J 7 4 This was the ending:  K 10 6 3  – reached. However, South elected to bid 3 over the . –  A 5 4 double, asking for a four-card major. North bid 4.  9 and when South raised to 5. North decided to call  Q . – it a day.  5  –  J 9  A Q J 9 8 4  Q J 6 2  – `  A Q 9 5 . A K 10 7 4  –  J 10  – West North East South . – . –  Q 7 4 1  7 . A J 9 8 7 6 2 Dbl Pass 5.  K 9 8 Pass 7 All Pass  –  K J 10 8 3 When North’s saw South show . –  K Q 5 Ozdil advanced the 7, ruffed with the 6 and his pronounced two-suiter, North (who happened to  A K 8 5 2 be the villain of the piece on my third example) had overruffed with the ace. A diamond ruffed with the . – heard enough. 8 let West overruff, but he was trump endplayed Today I’m hoping for a few part scores! at trick 12. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

TOURNAMENT APPEALS

In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeals results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write- ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made.

The decision: When there is a BIT that to 3 by North down one and a score of North- APPEAL CASE # 8 might provide unauthorized information, players South minus 50. are encouraged to either call the director or get The appeal: East-West appealed and East and Event: Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs confi rmation of the BIT from the opponents right West were the only players to attend the hearing. Session: Second qualifying session away. By delaying the director call, East-West North-South were joking before the deal to such an Jessica Piafsky considerably weakened its claim of a break. extent that East requested them to be quiet until the Board #28  9 6 5 4 end of the round. North-South alerted their Polish Vul: Both  A K Q Based on the facts presented by the screening Club system. Before South bid 2, he said, “Let’s Dlr: East  A 9 director and North-South, the committee decided see, what should I bid?” East admitted to asking . A 6 4 2 that the time it took North to pass did not constitute questions about both opponents’ bids. The answer Jim Gordon Dick Benson an “unmistakable hesitation.” Thus, the table result to the query about South’s bid was ambiguous. The  Q 10 8 7  A K J of 3NT by North making three and a score of answer was that it might be one- or two-suited,  10 8 7  J 6 4 3 2 North-South plus 600 was restored for both sides. and, if two-suited, South might have only four  10 2  J 8 3 spades. North’s 3 was just natural and based on . K Q 8 5 . J 9 The committee: Doug Doub, chair, Michael the auction. Bob Drijver Kamil, Fred King, Hendrick Sharples and Riggs  3 2 Thayer. East said she just wanted to understand the  9 5 auction. West said East only paused for a second or  K Q 7 6 5 4 two. . 10 7 3 APPEAL CASE # 9 West North East South The decision: A player is allowed to take 1 Pass any legal call that he believes is in his side’s best 2 Pass (1) Pass 3 Event: Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs interest, so long as his partner does not make Pass 3NT All Pass Session: Second Qualifying Session extraneous information available to him that (1) Break in tempo -- alleged to be fi ve suggests a call. North-South alleged to the director seconds. Board #6  Q 7 6 Vul: East-West  Q 10 9 (who was not present at the committee meeting) that East-West took one minute. East admitted to “a Facts: North played 3NT making three for Dlr: East  A 8 2 second.” a score of North-South plus 600 after the lead of . J 9 7 2 the A. The director was called after the play was Mario Rodrigues Sarah Wiener The determination of whether there was over. South contended that there was no BIT and  A 3  10 4 2 unauthorized information available was clearly this hand would always balance with 3.  A 6 5 2  K J 8 7 4  Q 7  J 10 3 going to decide the merits of the case, so the committee carefully examined the evidence on that Director’s ruling: The director judged . A Q 5 4 3 . K 8 issue. East’s time for thinking was disputed, but it that there was a BIT by North over 2. This Alexander Smirnov is clear that West noticed East’s thinking because demonstrably suggested action over inaction (pass)  K J 9 8 5 he told the director that “There had been some by South and pass was judged to be a logical  3 joking during the time East was thinking.” alternative. Therefore, the result was adjusted to  K 9 6 5 4 2 by East down and a score of East-West minus . 10 6 East’s questions about the opponents’ auction 100. West North East South Pass Pass also provided UI to West and they suggested that East had enough values to consider further action. The appeal: North-South appealed the 1NT (1) Pass 2 (2) 2 director’s ruling. North and South were the only 3 3 Pass (3) Pass Regardless of the improprieties that East-West players to attend the committee meeting. According 4 All Pass suggested that North-South committed, these items to the screening director, East-West claimed that (1) 15-17 high-card points. were suffi cient to convince the committee that UI North took fi ve seconds to pass after 2. South (2) Transfer to hearts. was made available to West. Further, the committee said that there was no hesitation. It took at most (3) Hesitation. thought that UI was made available to West. three seconds for North to pass. By the time East- Further, the committee thought that West’s 4 bid West called the director, North had left the table for Facts: The fi nal contract was 4 making four was evidence of the availability of UI. a break. for a score of East-West plus 620 after the lead of the 7. The director was called after the 4 bid Upon determination that UI was present, North-South said that East-West made and again after the play of the deal was completed. suggesting the 4 bid, while pass was a less no comments about any hesitation during the There was disagreement on the length of the successful logical alternative, the committee auction or when dummy was displayed. After the hesitation by East. North-South said the hesitation adjusted the result for both sides to 3 by North completion of play, one of the East-West players was one minute while East said it was only a down one and a score of North-South minus 50. remarked that North had quite a good hand. They second. West said that there had been some joking decided that there must have been a hesitation. during the time East was thinking. The appeal was found to have merit because of South also argued that because the opponents the dispute about the existence of UI. had found a fi t and stopped in 2 that North was Director’s ruling: The director judged that marked with a good hand, and that it was clear to there was an unmistakable hesitation by East, that The committee: Michael Huston, chair, balance by bidding his good six-card suit. the hesitation demonstrably suggested action over inaction and that the pass by West over 3 was a Darwin Afdahl, Mark Feldman, Robb Gordon and logical alternative. Therefore, he adjusted the result .

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Safe Answers on page 8 travels, see you soon. 61 7.56 Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA 96 6.08 Raghu Agarwal, San Jose CA IN Newcomers 62 7.50 Nance Lodge, Los Angeles CA 97 6.08 Manju Agarwal, San Jose CA continued from page 3 63 7.38 Ron Kollmansberger, Escondido CA 98 6.05 Eva Neu, Borrego Springs CA 64 7.37 Lawrence Erickson, Carlsbad CA 99 6.03 Joan Gross, San Diego CA 28 10.62 Carol Gibboney, Latrobe PA 65 7.07 Allan Thomas, Wallaceburg ON 100 5.73 Phillip Alfandary, Mahattan Bch CA 29 10.50 Nancy Spelke, San Marino CA 66 7.07 Louise Abbott, Los Osos CA 101 5.73 Alain Fleurot, Manhattan Beach CA 30 10.33 Bruce Hanson, Sqan Diego CA 67 7.06 Millie Carr, Rancho Santa Fe CA 102 5.72 Gayle Moyers, Austin TX 31 10.29 Frank Vlach, Trophy Club TX 68 7.06 John Carr, Rancho Santa Fe CA 103 5.72 Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 32 10.29 Karen Vlach, Trophy Club TX 69 7.02 Dennis Walsh, Mashpee MA 104 5.70 Paul Croft, San Diego CA 33 10.01 Connie Bartlett, Riverview NB 70 7.02 Eleonore Freihofer, Monument Bch MA 105 5.70 Sandy Kristoferson, Denton TX 34 10.01 Jennifer Huntsman, Moncton NB 71 6.99 Stuart Fletcher, Palm Springs CA 106 5.70 Miles Bowler, San Diego CA 35 9.98 Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA 72 6.96 David Lading, Appleton WI 107 5.67 Susanne Lee, Corona Del Mar CA 36 9.98 Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA 73 6.96 Christina Mann, Gold Canyon AZ 108 5.65 Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 37 9.81 Piper Smith, Lincoln CA 74 6.92 Rhea Dickson, Rochester MN 109 5.65 Louis Golm, San Francisco CA 38 9.68 Elsa Castillo, Wilton Manors FL 75 6.92 Rita Bertsch, Rochester MN 110 5.57 Sarajane Woolf, Carpinteria CA 39 9.68 Malvina Aljure, 76 6.74 Tim White, Mercer Island WA 111 5.57 Nicholas Woolf, Carpinteria CA 40 9.39 Phyllis Selig-Kerns, Pacifi c Plsds CA 77 6.74 Jane Green, Mercer Island WA 112 5.50 Krystyna Hollingworth, Redondo 41 9.39 Marsha Kerns, Marina Del Rey CA 78 6.74 Renae Gunstone-White, Beach CA 42 9.32 Alan Dirkin, San Clemente CA Mercer Island WA 113 5.50 Dennis Hollingworth, Redondo 43 9.08 Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX 79 6.74 James Green, Mercer Island WA Beach CA 44 9.08 Lynn Dotts, La Canada CA 80 6.66 Thomas Story, Borrego Springs CA 114 5.46 Chris Leppard, Colorado Spring CO 45 8.51 Patricia Newman, Carson City NV 81 6.65 Patrick Galvin, Anchorage AK 115 5.46 William Leppard, Colorado Spring CO 46 8.35 Hiroko Kitamura, Chula Vista CA 82 6.65 Alyse Galvin, Anchorage AK 116 5.45 Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 47 8.34 Barbara Lotief, Las Vegas NV 83 6.61 Terry Tweedt, Orange CA 117 5.45 Ann Raymond, South Pasadena CA 48 8.20 Harry Fish, Moraga CA 84 6.61 Carol Tweedt, Orange CA 118 5.45 David Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 49 8.20 Sheilah Fish, Moraga CA 85 6.57 Jane Skjei, Fargo ND 119 5.45 Margie Hall, Glendora CA 50 8.07 Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 86 6.52 Robert Monroe, San Diego CA 120 5.44 Sue Collett, Medina WA 51 8.04 David Denomy, Chatham ON 87 6.52 Ron Evanko, San Diego CA 121 5.44 Sheila Bray, Rcho Palos Vrde CA 52 8.02 James Crone, Sylvan Lake AB 88 6.40 Candyce Gregston, San Angelo TX 122 5.44 John Bray, Rcho Palos Vrde CA 53 8.02 Myra Crone, Sylvan Lake AB 123 5.43 Diane Krall, Del Mar CA 89 6.40 Frances Grogan, San Angelo TX 54 7.88 Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA 124 5.38 Anne Hurwitz, Woodland Hills CA 90 6.38 Tom Snooks, San Clements CA 55 7.76 Madge Nusenow, Huntington Bch CA 125 5.38 Martin Hurwitz, Woodland Hls CA 91 6.35 Sheilah Wasserman, San Rafael CA 56 7.76 Carolynn Zocchi, Petaluma CA 126 5.38 Margy Sievers, Encino CA 92 6.32 Sharon Gordon, Chula Vista CA 57 7.76 Jacqui Larkin, Newport Beach CA 127 5.38 David Sievers, Encino CA 93 6.24 Barbara Schafer, Chula Vista CA 58 7.76 Patty Harberson, Petaluma CA 128 5.37 Rae Weisz-Logan, Carson City NV 94 6.10 Jeanne Flynn, San Diego CA 59 7.73 Barbara Tuck, Chatham ON 129 5.34 Lee Erickson, Carlsbad CA 95 6.08 Temo Arjani, Glendale CA 60 7.58 Dana Lee, Corona Del Mar CA 130 5.31 Susan Taylor, San Diego CA Page 8 Daily Bulletin

The Senior Knockout Teams Reisinger By Phillip Alder continued from page 1

Who played the most boards in one event at Lair guessed well to lead the 10, Ozdil Daniel Zagorin, Kevin Bathurst, Bas Drijver, Sjoert this tournament? encouraging with the 4 (upside-down signals) Brink and Ashley Bach. They start the day with 2.45 boards. When Senior events (then, 55 and older) were and Graves winning with his king. On declarer’s Also close, with 2.18, are Michael Becker, started by the , they played low-club lead, West won with his queen and East Aubrey Strul, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni, fewer boards than in the women’s and open events. dropped the 9, the unnecessarily high card being a and Boye Brogeland. It was felt that the older players would not have Smith Echo emphasizing that he liked spades. as much stamina as the younger competitors. And Lair continued with the spade 8. After declarer in those days, the , and played low from the dummy, Ozdil overtook with Rodwell set MP record at Team Olympiad tournaments required teams to his queen and shifted to the 3, the low card play 64 boards a day for two weeks. By the end, guaranteeing at least one honor in the suit. So when last year’s Fall NABC the level of play noticeably deteriorated. declarer played the king, Lair won with his ace and Eric Rodwell was on fi re at last year’s Fall Now that the WBF has reduced schedules to returned the J. NABC in Boston: He was on the winning team in 48 boards a day, Seniors play as much as everyone South ducked this trick, took the diamond the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams and the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, and he won the else. continuation and played a club. Lair won with his Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs with Jeff Meckstroth. He Here, though, the most boards were played by ace and led a spade through dummy’s J-7 to East’s was also second in the Nail Life Master Open Pairs the fi nalists of the Senior Knockout Teams, who A-8, allowing Ozdil to win two tricks in spades and with John Diamond. had six days of 64-board matches. the 10. Rodwell’s performance is the best ever at the In the fi nal, Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, The defense took three spades, three diamonds Fall tournament. He won 623.75 points in Boston, Garey Hayden, Mark Lair and Melih Ozdil won and two clubs for down two. and captured the Goren Trophy (which replaces the easily against Amos Kaminski, Arnold Fisher, Fred Plus 90 and plus 200 gave the winners 7 IMPs Herman Trophy) as the award for the player who Hamilton, , George Mittelman and on the board. earns the most at a Fall NABC. This total eclipses the previous record of 449.37 by Geir Yeshayahu Levit from Israel by 104 IMPs. Now back to the defensive problem, which Helgemo in 1999. First, a problem on defense from the fi nal: featured a missed opportunity. This was the full deal: Dlr: South  A J 6 5 2  A J 6 5 2 The truth according Vul: N-S  K 5 4 3 2  K 5 4 3 2  2  2 to Eddie . 6 5 . 6 5 An item in the NABC Diary on Saturday  8  K 10 7 4 3  8 recounted an anecdote from an NABC in San  A Q 10 7  J 9 6  A Q 10 7 Diego 41 years ago. According to the author, there  10 6 5 4  9 7  10 6 5 4 were many sick players at the tournament, and one of the symptoms of whatever was going around . 10 9 8 7 . A J 2 . 10 9 8 7 was that players were throwing up a lot.  Q 9 The story was that Eddie Kantar and Marshall West North East South  8 Miles had a bad auction to a worse slam. Later in 1  A K Q J 8 3 the game, a player at the table where those boards 1 Dbl Pass 3NT . K Q 4 3 had been sent jumped up and ran for the restroom All Pass West North East South but didn’t make it. Kantar supposedly said, “I guess Fisher Ozdil Hamilton Lair they just duplicated our slam auction from the last Partner (West) leads the .A. You play the 10, 1 round.” Kantar dropped by the Daily Bulletin offi ce to an upside-down attitude . Partner now shifts 1 Pass Pass 3 tell what really happened. to the J. After declarer calls for dummy’s 2, what Pass 3NT All Pass Kantar’s partner was actually Bob Hamman, would you do? who had a case of whatever was affl icting so many others. This deal (rotated to make South the declarer) “We had an auction that made Bob declarer,” featured smooth defense by Lair (West) and Ozdil. West North East South Kantar said. “And when the opening lead was made Dlr: East  J 7 6 5 Passell Graves Hayden Mittelman and I put down the dummy, Bob threw up on the table.” Vul: N-S  A K 5 2 1 Kantar recalled that one of his opponents was  9 7 4 1 Dbl Pass 3NT B. Jay Becker, who looked at Hamman and said, . J 10 All Pass “Bob, it’s not that bad a dummy.”  10 9 2  A Q 8 4  9 7 6 3  J 8 When 3NT played by Ozdil, Hamilton led the  A J 6  10 8 5 3 .10. But when Fisher took dummy’s king with his Unit 514 Day . A Q 7 . 9 5 2 ace, he returned the .J. Now Ozdil had nine tricks:  K 3 two spades (with the marked fi nesse), six diamonds Today is Bakersfield,  Q 10 4 and one club.  K Q 2 Passell led the .A, then found the lethal shift Unit 514, Day. . K 8 6 4 3 to the J. When declarer called for a low card from dummy, Hayden removed the 10 from his Puzzle is on page 7 West North East South hand, which would have allowed them to defeat the Kaminski Passell Levit Lynch contract because West could have continued with &RPLFDO$QDFURVWLF Lair Mittelman Ozdil Graves the 9 and 6, giving the defense one club and 6KRUW$QVZHU.H\ Pass 1. four hearts. D %LJJLH Pass 1 Pass 1NT Hayden, however, returned the 10 to his hand E 7UDGH F 0RRW All Pass and played the 7. G )LUP Kaminski led a heart. Lynch won in her hand Passell continued with the 9, but East had H 'HDG0HDW and played a club toward the dummy. West took to win with his 10. When Hayden did not cash I :DUP his queen and shifted to the 10, ducked around the A, Mittelman took 10 tricks: two spades, six J 6RPEHU the South’s king. Lynch led another club and lost diamonds and two clubs. K +LUHG*XQ only six tricks: three spades, one diamond and two L 'RZQSOD\ clubs. M )HXG N (\H Daily Bulletin Page 9

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables Top masterpoint winners A B C 2.54 1 1 1 Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 61.67% in San Diego through 1.67 2/3 2/3 Claudia Cochran, Covina CA; Barbara Lotief, Las Vegas NV 57.08% Saturday 1.67 2/3 2/3 2 Dennis Ngan, ; Eugene Chung, San Francisco CA 57.08% 1.07 4 4 3 Anyemarie Weaver - Dee Baker, San Antonio TX 55.00% 1 Bjorn Fallenius 247.52 0.80 5 Barbara Bayer - Doris Lange, Calgary AB 54.58% 2 Bart Bramley 224.45 0.72 5 Wendy McCrea, North Vancouver BC; Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC 53.75% 3 John Hurd 204.82 2ND SAT EVE 299ER SWISS 4 204.82 8 Tables 5 Jeff Meckstroth 193.60 A B C 6 Benedicte Cronier 172.85 2.54 1 1 Nancy Perkins, Escondido CA; Ronald Perkins, Escodido CA; Bonnie 7 172.85 Humes - Jacey Humes, San Diego CA 90.00 8 Joyce Hampton 169.67 1.91 2 2 1 Richard Skow - Janice Skow, Carmel CA; Carolynn Zocchi - Patty 9 169.67 Harberson, Petaluma CA 83.00 1.43 3 Carole Kugler, Stony Brook NY; Renee Schwartz, Nesconset NY; 10 Tor Helness 169.03 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 73.00 11 Jacob Morgan 167.68 12 Michael Polowan 167.68 REISINGER B-A-M TEAMS QUALIFIERS 13 Sabine Auken 166.81 10 Tables Carryover 14 166.81 1 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Eric Rodwell, 15 Martin Andresen 163.22 Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 4.05 2 Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Kevin Bathurst, New 16 Debbie Rosenberg 162.74 York NY; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 17 Hannah Moon 156.11 Netherlands; Ashley Bach, Eggenfelden Germany 2.45 18 Ken Gee 155.54 3 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Claudio Nunes, Rona 19 Douglas Doub 152.48 Italy; Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Espen Lindqvist, Oslo Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 2.18 20 152.48 4 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington 21 Eric Rodwell 150.39 Hts IL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 0.88 5 - , Pebble Beach CA; Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk 22 Mark Lair 149.05 Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands 0.77 23 Melih Ozdil 148.45 6 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand - Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 0.61 24 Mike Passell 147.32 7 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Piotr Tuszynski, 25 Garey Hayden 147.08 Warsaw Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jason Hackett, 26 Cezary Balicki 146.76 Manchester M206 England; Justin Hackett, Manchester England 0.20 27 Adam Zmudzinski 146.76 8 David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; , Nottingham England; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands; Jon Sveindal, Bergen Norway 0.11 28 Aleksander Dubinin 145.90 9 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Fred Gitelman - Geoff 29 Andrew Gromov 145.90 Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 0.02 30 Carolyn Lynch 145.35 10 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legiowowo Poland; 31 Josef Blass 140.00 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 0.00 32 Jerzy Zaremba 140.00 33 Alon Apteker 139.17 San Diego 1994: A look back 34 Craig Gower 139.17 35 Renee Mancuso 138.07 The answer There were many well-played deals when the 36 James Cayne 136.57 NABC was in San Diego in the last time. Here are Miguel Reygadas of Mexico was faced with a diffi cult task — fi nding a ninth trick in his notrump 37 136.57 a few of them: game contract on this deal from the Swiss Teams. 38 Bob Carteaux 136.56 After a little thought, he found the answer. 39 136.45 Endplayed in spades Dlr: West  J 5 2 40 Eric Greco 136.45 Don Blum had trouble seeing the light at the Vul: E–W  K Q 8 3 41 Fred Gitelman 136.35 end of the tunnel on this deal. It seemed he had one  Q 10 6 4 too many losers, but he found the way to eliminate . 7 2 42 Chris Compton 135.60 one.  Q 10 9 4 3  8 7 43 Rafal Jagniewski 134.93 Dlr: East  Q 4 3  J 4  10 9 7 5 2 44 Michal Kwiecien 134.93 Vul: Both  J 9 8  A K 8 7  J 3 45 134.90  A 3 . J 6 . Q 8 4 3 46 Alfredo Versace 132.94  A K 6 . A K 7 6 4 47 Ishmael Delmonte 130.19  A 6  8  K J 9 7 6 2  9 5 2 48 Ashley Bach 130.19  A 3  Q 10 5 . A K 10 9 5 49 Hemant Lall 129.02  Q 9 7 5 2  10 4 West North East South 50 Victoria Gromova 127.24 . Q J 9 5 3 . 10 8 1 Pass Pass Dbl 51 Tatiana Ponomareva 127.24  A 10 5 Pass 2 Pass 2NT 52 Jill Meyers 123.54  K 7 6 4 2 Pass 3NT All Pass 53 Yeshayahu Levit 120.10 With a spade lead, Reygadas would have  K J 8 6 54 Amos Kaminski 120.10 2 had no problem — as a matter of fact that was . 55 Jane Teel 119.90 West North East South the opening lead at the other table. That declarer quickly made 10 tricks by giving up a trick to the 56 Robert Teel Jr 119.90 2 Pass .Q and taking four clubs, three hearts and three 57 Chris Larsen 117.52 Pass Dbl Pass 4 spades. All Pass 58 Josef Piekarek 116.33 But West led the A and continued with a 59 Alexander Smirnov 116.33 West led his singleton spade to the jack and diamond, ducked to the jack. Back came a spade ace, and Blum led a club to the king to start work and Reygadas played the ace. He set up a diamond 60 Joseph Kivel 112.08 on the trumps. He led the 8 and passed it, West trick by leading the 9 to West’s king, and he own 61 Jill Levin 111.34 winning with the ace. West led the .Q, and Blum the heart return with the ace. This is when he 62 Bas Drijver 111.24 shed a diamond on the ace. He cashed the K, stopped to think — “Where am I going to fi nd my 63 Sjoert Brink 111.24 noticing that both opponents followed. ninth trick?” 64 Arnold Fisher 111.23 Next came the A, the K and a diamond Finally he led a low spade. West took the 65 Fred Hamilton 111.23 queen and got out with a heart, but now Reygadas with the J — East was fi xed. He could 66 Allan Graves 109.95 overruff now, or be thrown in later — either way was in charge because he had rectifi ed the count for a squeeze. He cashed the Q and carefully 67 George Mittelman 109.95 he was gong to have to lead away from his spade discarded the K so that he could maintain the 68 Mitch Dunitz 109.47 holding, and the queen in dummy was going to be lead in dummy. Next he cashed the J and East 69 Lorenzo Lauria 109.28 Blum’s game-going trick. East actually ruffed in could not fi nd a safe discard from the three clubs 70 Connie Goldberg 108.54 immediately, cashed the K and led another spade, and two hearts he had left. If he threw a heart, both 71 108.51 hoping his partner had one more trump. No way. of dummy’s hearts would be good. If he discarded 72 Krzysztof Martens 108.51 another club, declarer’s suit would run. 73 Michael Rosenberg 107.57 continued on page 10 74 Zia Mahmood 107.08 75 Susan Picus 105.35 Page 10 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY 7:30 SIDE GAME Looking Back 23.0 Tables continued from page 9 A B C 5.01 1 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Shoko Imai, Tokyo Japan 69.05% The Good the Bad and the Ugly 3.76 2 Timothy Flaherty - Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 63.05% By Richard Colker 2.82 3 Mary Green - Roy Green, Carlisle MA 60.76% Can you fi nd a way to make 5 on the 2.11 4 Paul Foster - Donna Wood, Vista CA 60.71% following deal from the IMP Pairs? The Good news 1.59 5 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL 59.86% is that I did. 1.96 6 Ronald Kay - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 57.14% Dlr: East  A 6 5 4 4.10 1 Donald Quittschreiber - Ruth Swain, West Fargo ND 57.10% Vul: E–W  A Q 9 3 3.08 2 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Gene Keidan, Pittsburgh PA 55.99%  9 4 2.31 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 54.80% . A J 9 1.73 4 Ray Davie - Marnie Davie, Meota SK 54.42%  K Q J 9 7 3  8 2.88 5 1 M Douglas Magde - Peggy Magde, San Diego CA 54.21%  10 6 4  K J 7 2 1.68 6 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Merritt Island FL 52.98% 2.16 2 Christopher Chapin - Lynn Chapin, Manasquan NJ 51.19%  8 2  K 10 7 6 1.62 3 Kathie Hoehne - Linda Vernon, Anchorage AK 50.30% . 3 2 . 10 8 6 5 1.22 4 Hannah Davis, Louisville KY; Patricia Harwood, Prospect KY 50.00%  10 2 1.24 5 Patrick Church - Anu Church, Cobourg ON 49.36%  8 5  A Q J 5 3 SECOND SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS . K Q 7 4 56 Tables West led the K, won by dummy’s ace. The A B C 4 was led to the queen, and the Q was fi nessed, 10.01 1 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY; Michael losing to the king. East returned a low heart, won Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Tom by dummy’s ace, and the 9 was led to the jack. Townsend, London W9 1sd England; , Reading R The Q was cashed, revealing the unhappy news Great Britain 112.00 that there was an unavoidable trump loser. The 7.51 2 Debra Hyatt, Edgewater CO; Inger Hjellemarken, Heimdal Norway; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 105.00 .4 was led to dummy’s ace, leaving the following 5.63 3 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, position: Dol-D-Ormeaux QC; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA 92.00  6 5 4 4.22 4 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Bob  9 3 Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Michael  — Myers, Ottawa ON 89.00 . J 9 3.17 5 Norma Sands, Denver CO; James La Force, Greeley CO; Roger  Q J 9 7  — Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 88.00  6  J 7 2.38 6 Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Craig  —  K Huston, Portland OR; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 86.00 . 2 . 10 8 6 5.16 1 1 Franco Gusso, Pompano Beach FL; Carlos Mendoza, Caracas  10 Venezuela; Gustavo Alujas, Buenos Aires Argentina; Julio  — Alfonsin, Argentina 81.00 3.87 2 2 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX; Mary McCarron -  5 3 David McCarron, Austin TX 68.00 . K Q 7 2.90 3 William Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Alene Wrobel, Farr West I ruffed a heart, cashed the .K, led the .7 UT; James Flesher, Bountiful UT; Aaron Cavender, Sandy UT 67.00 to dummy’s jack, ruffed dummy’s last heart with 2.18 4 Fred Galbraith, Sioux Falls SD; Solange Graziani, W Los Angeles my last trump, and cashed the .Q — while East CA; Eleanor Gendill, Denver CO; Nina Lubick-Reich, Fullerton CA 66.00 followed to all fi ve tricks. At trick 13, West won 1.43 5/6 L. Anne Posch - Jonathan Shute, Sackville NB; Anne Mahoney - my 10, while East ruffed with his high king of Leo Mahoney, Moncton NB 64.00 trump. 1.70 5/6 3 Fred Nachman - James Hooker, Paradise Valley AZ; James Woodman And now for the Bad news. The contract was - Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 64.00 6. Now that was Ugly. 1.28 4 William Rogers - Michael Shaw, Los Angeles CA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; David Pingel, Kentwood MI 49.00 The worst trump break SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN By Billy Miller 62.0 Tables Playing in a new partnership with Howard A B C Chandross, our auction produced a normal 25.00 1 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA 63.45% sounding, but rather strange, fi nal contract 18.75 2 Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 62.72% considering the distribution. This was the deal: 14.06 3 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 60.61% Dlr: South  6 10.55 4 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Mike Dorn Wiss, Palm Desert CA 59.93% Vul: None  A J 8 8.33 5 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 59.19%  A K Q 9 7 7.14 6 Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 59.00% . Q J 9 4 6.25 7 Mark Liberman - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 58.90%  A 8 7 5 4 3 2  — 5.56 8 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas  K 7 5  9 6 4 3 Mexico 58.59%  J  10 8 6 4 2 12.24 9 1 Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL; Daniel Wilderman, Brooklyn NY 58.24% 4.36 10/11 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 57.67% . 10 5 . K 6 3 2 9.18 10/11 2 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 57.67%  K Q J 10 9 3.85 12 Dominique Moore - Arthur Moore, Arcadia CA 57.62%  Q 10 2 4.96 13/14 Donna Hay, Encino CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 57.39%  5 3 3.45 13/14 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 57.39% . A 8 7 3.18 15 Richard Wieland, Redding CT; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 57.03% North South 2.94 16 John Russell, North Barringto IL; , Stony Brook NY 56.82% Miller Chandross 6.89 3 Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ 56.53% 1 5.16 4 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 56.16% 2 2NT 4.08 5 Delmas Parker, Dallas TX; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX 55.84% 3. 3 3.50 6 James George - Kamel Haddad, Bakersfi eld CA 53.60% 4 4 3.06 7 Tong Tjoa, Pomona NY; Basant Shah, Valencia CA 53.24% Pass 2.72 8 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Robert Levy, Los Angeles CA 52.65% 2.57 9 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 52.63% I leave the critique of the auction to you. 5.19 1 Aaron Siegel, San Francisco CA; Thomas Dorsey, San Diego CA 51.23% Chandross has received many a bad break in 3.89 2 Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA; Sharon Gordon, Chula Vista CA 50.84% is time, but I submit this one for a record. A 7–0 2.92 3 Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; Chris Stewart, Medicine trump break at a four-level contract, and he made Hat AB 49.53% it! 2.19 4 John Evans - Stephen Rattner, San Diego CA 49.15% Declarer won the opening diamond lead and 2.60 5 Laura Waisler, Santa Monica CA; Rhoda Weisler, Los Angeles CA 48.92% knocked out the trump ace. His jaw dropped when 1.48 6 Annette Mickle, Golden CO; Robert Prevaux, Palo Alto CA 48.11% his right-hand opponent showed out. I was dummy and assumed we were doomed. Calmly, he took a couple of fi nesses, which worked, and allowed LHO to take the ace of trumps and two low ruffers. Plus 420 and, luckily, the game was IMPs. Daily Bulletin Page 11

NATIONAL SWISS QUALIFIERS FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO I 16 Tables 36.88 1 Lynn Johannesen - Dale Johannesen, Saratoga 36 Tables Carryover CA; Karen Willenken, New York NY; Claudia Vandersalm, Den 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Cezary Balicki, Haag Netherlands; Aida Saldzieva, Spijkenisse Netherlands Smolec Poland; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Adam 25.82 2 Michel Coveney - Carole Coveney, Montreal Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 40.00 QC; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS; Karl Hicks, Dominion NS 2 Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Jiang Gu, 14.75 3/4 Marcia Shaw - Stuart Eastwood - Terry Shaw, Mountain Lakes NJ; Walter Johnson, Columbus OH 17.35 Halifax NS; Edward Hynes, Penobsquis NB; Barbara Mackay, 3 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin, Lake Ariel Fredericton NB PA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; 14.75 3/4 Hanan Deeby - Bernard Figueiredo, Vista CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 16.75 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 4 Marius Agica - Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Daniel Wolkowitz, Hastings-On-Hud NY; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC; Elliot Shalita, Elkins FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO II Park PA; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 11.97 16 Tables 5 Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO; Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Linda Gordon 25.72 1 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; G. Margie On Lake ON; Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE Gwozdzinsky, New York NY 11.75 18.00 2 Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Lynn Yokel - 6 Bob Glasson - Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA Sioux Falls SD 11.52 10.29 3/4 Stephen Young, Mississauga ON; Andrew 7/8 Al Blinder, Torrance CA; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI; Art Gulbrandsen, Firko - Linda Lane, Oakville ON; Danny Ioannidis, Stoney Creek Monrovia CA; Mike Spero, Burbank CA 10.08 ON 7/8 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Billy Miller, 10.29 3/4 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfi eld IL; Las Vegas NV; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA; Wafi k Abdou, Bakersfi eld CA; Gordon Decker - Bob Meixner, Hinsdale IL Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 10.08 9 Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Peter Friedland, FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO III Cupertino CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfi eld CT 9.49 16 Tables 10 Marc Glickman, Woodland Hls CA; Joshua Donn - James Glickman, Las Vegas 22.05 1 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Edward Frymoyer, NV; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA 9.36 Half Moon Bay CA; Linda Danzig, Tiburon CA; Sara Foster, San 11 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen Trendafi lov - Kalin Francisco CA Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 9.26 15.44 2 Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA; John 12 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Yang, Chicago IL; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Kohler, Litchfi eld Park AZ; Douglas Dorland, Palmer AK; Marie Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 8.38 Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 13 Robert Krochmalik, Nsw Australia; Paul Lavings, Double Bay N S Australia; 8.82 3/4 Michel Giguere, Breakeyville QC; Preston David Stern, Redfern Australia; Nye Griffi ths, Sydney Australia 8.21 Carlisle, Ogdensburg NY; Solange Graziani, W Los Angeles CA; 14 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; William Harker, Copperopolis CA; Cheryl Fred Galbraith, Sioux Falls SD Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, 8.82 3/4 Alan Schneider - Sherie Schneider, Beverly Corte Madera CA 7.43 Hills CA; Michael Halberstadt, West Hollywood CA; Viktor 15 Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC; David Abelow, Anikovich, Los Angeles CA Owings Mills MD; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Yi Zhong, Cockeysville MD; Yu Xiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 6.68 FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO IV 16 Tables 16 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; , Waterloo ON; Michael Yuen, 17.82 1 Rochelle Braunstein - Fani Hason, San Diego Vancouver BC; Maurice De La Salle, Edmonton AB 6.20 CA; Rosemary Hayden, Scottsdale AZ; Greg Stander, Solana 17 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON; Krzysztof Beach CA Kotorowicz, Bialystok Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 6.12 12.47 2 John Tolson - Lynne Tolson, Bedford NS; 18 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Abe Sandra Boddy - Fred Boddy, Riverview NB Pineles, Jackson NJ; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 5.81 7.13 3/4 Warren Cummings, Bonsall CA; Ken Matson, 19 Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; Lewis Poway CA; Nikki Gilberg, San Diego CA; Thomas Nolan Jr, San Gamerman, Westwood MA 5.74 Marcos CA 20 Justin Lall - Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Hemant 7.13 3/4 David Dilkes - Patricia Chen - Jane Shimokura Lall, Dallas TX; , Pleasantville NY; Lapt Chan, Forest - Howard Shimokura, Vancouver BC Hills NY 5.46 21 Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Varis Carey, Fort Collins CO; Jeffrey Goldsmith, FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO V Tujunga CA; David Caprera, Denver CO 4.92 16 Tables 22 Patrick Dunn - Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA; Steve Bruno - Darrell Keel, Peoria AZ 4.85 13.00 1 Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Michael Baker, 23 Paul Cornelius, Redwood City CA; Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; Scottsdale AZ; Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacifi c Plsades Stephen Castellino, Fremont CA 4.30 CA 24 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Mike Savage, Signal 9.10 2 Lynne Ostrow - Vicki Kane, Morgantown WV; Hill CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 4.00 Barbara Stanton, Kanata ON; Zora Bain, Sammamish WA 25 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA; Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro 5.20 3/4 Thomas Collins, Sedona AZ; Donna Kellerman, Valley AZ 3.13 Bradenton FL; Susan Reiley - Robert Reiley, Great Falls MT 26 Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie France; Daniele Gaviard, Paris France; 5.20 3/4 Mark Hartzell, Los Angeles CA; Sandra Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Franciscus - Connie De Rosa, Pasadena CA; Amr Elghamry, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 2.73 Monrovia CA 27 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille FRIDAY - SATURDAY KO VI Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 14 Tables 310 4 Sweden; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 2.69 9.79 1 John Simpson, Madera CA; Nancy Lee, San 28 Melih Ozdil - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Mateo CA; Susan Vildosola - Peter Weber, Fresno CA Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA 2.65 6.85 2 Marc Phillips, Del Mar CA; Philippe Lamoise, 29 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Thomas Weik, Solana Beach CA; Connie Unger - Ruth Aronsohn, San Diego CA Reading PA; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD 2.47 3.92 3/4 David Slagle - Joan Slagle, San Diego CA; 30 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Michael Kohn, La Mesa CA; Susan Ehrhardt, El Cajon CA Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Roger Bates, 3.92 3/4 Floyd Jones, Des Moines IA; Ginger Calvert - Mesa AZ; , Houston TX 1.30 Judy Dveris, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Karen Perling, La Jolla CA 31 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX 1.23 Great discounts for local 32 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; John Swanson, Mission Viejo CA; restaurants in your Sid Brownstein, Ottawa ON 1.20 33 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; Chien-Yao Tseng, tournament Pasadena CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Riverside CA 0.89 schedule guide. 34 Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Stephen Kanzee, Hayward CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA 0.09 35 Joel Hoersch - Greg Michaels, San Diego CA; Richard Meffl ey, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 0.06 36 Stephen Sturm - Charlotte Sturm, Fullerton CA; Irwin Kostal Jr - Shawnee Kostal, Indio CA 0.00 . 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SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY KO I SAT 1 PM SIDE GAME 16 Tables 34.0 Tables Bruce Rogoff, Tenafl y NJ; Joshua Parker - Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY A B C vs 6.67 1 1 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 60.67% Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Marcin 5.00 2 2 Takemi Totes - Teiko Peterson, San Francisco CA 60.04% Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag 3.75 3 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 59.66% Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland 3.19 4 3 1 Rajeeva Sharma, San Jose CA; Corinne Carter, Saratoga CA 59.16% Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Gerry McCully - Rhonda Foster, 2.43 5 B Marshall, Colonia Burocra Mexico; Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA 58.64% Victoria BC; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 1.83 6 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 58.52% vs 2.24 4 Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT 58.02% David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; William Wickham, Los Angeles CA; Geoffrey Brod, West Palm Beach FL; Eugene Saxe, 2.61 5 Lisa Burton, Houston TX; Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT 57.95% Briarcliff NY; Victor King, Hartford CT 2.39 6 2 Lynn Chapin - Christopher Chapin, Manasquan NJ 57.01%

SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY II 1.79 3 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 55.17% 16 Tables 1.35 4 George Berris - Lawrence Eden, Encinitas CA 53.98% Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Ethan Yi Liu, Chicago IL; Weishu Wu, 1.01 5 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 51.89% Irvine CA; Qiang Zhang, Mountain House CA vs 0.87 6 Gregory Wetz, Chula Vista CA; Martin Gilbert, Long Beach CA 51.65% Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Bob Drijver, Tilburg Netherlands; , SECOND SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN Taby Sweden 63.0 Tables Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Will A B C Engel, Freeport IL; Charles Jeffers Jr, Denver CO 25.29 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 61.55% vs Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; 18.97 2 Jack Scott - Carol Scott, El Cerrito CA 60.51% Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Ann Cady, Roxbury CT 14.23 3 Michael Hansen - Kathy Angstadt, Vancouver WA 60.32%

SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY III 10.67 4 Timothy Flaherty - Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 60.11% 16 Tables 15.92 5 1 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Danville CA 59.19% James Martin - Lynette Martin, Oceanside CA; John Kissinger - 7.23 6 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL 59.09% Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA vs 6.32 7 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 58.81% Mark Dean, Pleasanton CA; Victor Chubukov, San Francisco CA; 11.94 8 2 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 58.62% Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA; Michael Crawford, San 8.96 9 3 Ruth Howard, Tampa FL; Carol Krug, Sarasota FL 58.14% Diego CA 4.60 10 Michael Kenny - Julie Berdock, Richmond Hill ON 57.67% John Morgan, Navan ON; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON; Arthur Crystal 4.22 11 Linda Smith - , Hixson TN 57.58% - Debbie Benner, Fairfi eld CT vs 3.89 12 Jay Helekar - Marcella Lane, Newport Beach CA 57.43% Patricia Brodsky - Art Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Lesley Decker 6.72 13 4 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 57.14% Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 5.31 14 5 Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 57.01% SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY IV 4.55 15 6 Roderic Kerr, Long Beach CA; Michael Ventri, Fullerton CA 56.72% 16 Tables 3.51 16 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Yukiko Umezu, Tokyo Japan 56.68% Raymond Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; Raymond 2.81 17 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 56.53% Hickey, Gulf Breeze FL; Carla Hickey, Pensacola FL vs 3.98 7 Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Robert Rubinstein, New York NY 55.17% Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; 3.54 8 Alan Rowen - Ray Rowen, Coronado CA 55.11% R Bruce Martin, Paia HI; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 7.42 9 1 Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ; Frederick Berry, Scottsdale AZ 54.55% Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Gustav Axen, New 5.57 10 2 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfi eld MA 54.26% Westminster BC; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel; Lars 3.11 11 Lunsford Laverty, Los Angeles CA; Charles Jurgens, Encino CA 54.09% Ritzman, Stockholm Sweden vs 4.17 12/13 3 Annette Sincock, Torrance CA; Bettyanne Houts, Long Beach CA 54.07% Stephannie Russo - Maria Tsoukalas - Evan Markowitz - John 2.36 12/13 Gary Anziani - Doug Cross, San Antonio TX 54.07% Fout, New York NY; David Morrow, Reno NV; Marshall Lewis, 3.13 4 Jack Hawks - Belinda Ledgerwood, Walnut Creek CA 52.37% Cleveland Hgts OH 2.47 5 Robert Manz, Odessa FL; Terry Brown, Eddyville IA 52.31% SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY V 2.12 6 M. Ann Dewar, Scarborough ON; Isla Winkler, Toronto ON 52.18% 16 Tables Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s Republic of SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON 10/20/50 PAIRS China; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 5.0 Tables vs Herbert Jordan - Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Juan Castillo, A B C Wilton Manors FL; Jorge Barrera, Bogota Dc Colombia 1.58 1 1 Mary Lou Anziani - Nancy Cross, San Antonio TX 62.50% 1.19 2 2 Sheri Kirby - James Kirby, Placentia CA 59.50% Ken Rosenfeld - Joel Koransky, San Jose CA; Melinda Foos, Campbell CA; Michael Fleisher, Sunnyvale CA 0.89 3 3 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 55.00% vs 0.59 4/5 4/5 Arlene Pergamit - Lyn Lazzaro, Del Mar CA 54.50% Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfi eld MN 0.59 4/5 4/5 Kim Lazarus - Liane Brennar, San Diego CA 54.50%

SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY VI SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 13 Tables Richard Stein, Newport Beach CA; Laura Loring - Robert Walters 20.0 Tables - Sebastian Holsclaw, San Diego CA A B C vs 4.24 1 1 Dee Baker - Anyemarie Weaver, San Antonio TX 66.37% Thomas Felice, Anaheim CA; Richard Shuirman, Santa Ana CA; Frederick Solomon, Irvine CA; Renata Blocker, Tustin CA 3.18 2 2 Helen Frey - Alexander Frey, Oceanside CA 65.22% 2.39 3 Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA; Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA 60.63% Andrew Loh - Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Larry Roberts - Marcia Schulman, San Diego CA 1.95 4 3 Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA; Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA 60.54% vs 1.46 5 4 Alan Bostrom - Robert Chase, San Francisco CA 59.44% Marc Franklin, Portland OR; Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA; 1.01 6 Barbara Maloy - Terence Maloy, Encinitas CA 57.27% Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Kenneth Tishgart, Ross CA 1.26 5 Carol Erbeck - Mary Ahearn, Pearce AZ 56.13% 2.02 6 1 Raymond Gogolewski, Oceanside CA; David Goldfarb, Carlsbad CA 55.27% SECOND SATURDAY - SUNDAY VII 1.52 2 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 54.76% 12 Tables David Hoch - Judith Cross - Susan Knox, Aspen CO; Courtney 1.14 3 Carolynn Zocchi - Patty Harberson, Petaluma CA 51.45% Keller, Basalt CO 0.85 4 Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 51.27% vs 0.83 5 Irwin Rosenfeld, Laguna Hills CA; Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Fred Bode - Marilyn McDonald, San Diego CA; Diana Ellis, Kennewick WA; Joseph Gaynor, Oxnard CA Canyon CA 50.71%

Robert Kleinman - Madelaine Kleinman, Vail CO; Judith Hoffman - Stephen Hoffman, San Antonio TX vs Eileen Utter - Gee Gee Alexander, Sun Lakes AZ; Chuck Irwin - Judith Edinger, Gilbert AZ Daily Bulletin Page 13

SATURDAY AM SIDE GAME THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO #1 22.0 Tables 8 Tables 24.07 1 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Lawrence A B C Harding, Hampstead NC; Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; John 4.85 1 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 60.42% Russell, North Barringto IL; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 3.64 2 1 1 Martha Woodworth - Douglas Woodworth, San Diego CA 60.12% 12.76 2 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Bob Carteaux, Fort 2.73 3 Rana Ghadaki, Toronto ON; Hazel Wolpert, Thornhill ON 59.52% Wayne IN; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 1.79 4/5 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 58.63% THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO #2 1.79 4/5 Kyoung-Won Yoo, Seocho-Ku Seoul South Korea; Daniel Takahashi, 8 Tables Las Vegas NV 58.63% 15.31 1 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay 2.73 6/7 2 2 Jo Anne Kelley - Charles Kelley, Pacifi c Plsades CA 58.33% Village OH; Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Riverside CA; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA; Hui Lin Zhu, Chongqing People’s 1.01 6/7 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Richard Gross, Las Vegas NV 58.33% Republic of China 2.05 3 Shirley Hoffert, Ottertail MN; Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX 58.04% 8.11 2 Cookie Potter, Boca Grande FL; Kevin Dwyer, 1.35 4/5 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 56.55% Fort Myers FL; Zachary Brescoll, Versailles KY; Will Engel, Freeport IL; Charles Jeffrey Jr, Safety Harbor FL 1.49 4/5 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Janet Dunlap, Oceanside CA 56.55% 1.54 6/7 3 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 55.06% THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO #3 1.18 6/7 Don Friedman - Gary Near, San Francisco CA 55.06% 7 Tables 9.26 1 Marc Franklin, Portland OR; Kenneth Tishgart, 1.24 4 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 54.17% Ross CA; Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Robert Roman, 0.87 5 Jeffrey Hecht, Dana Point CA; M. Gregory Goggin, Naples FL 53.57% Greenbrae CA 4.91 2 Erin Gove, Los Gatos CA; Nadia Nilsson, Santa Clara CA; Fung Bao, Cupertino CA; Anthony Trebaol, SECOND SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SWISS Milpitas CA; Vern Vanderpol, Pasadena CA 18 Tables 2.08 3/4 Barbara Hill, Porterville CA; Mary Ann Florio A B C - Mike Florio - Suzanne Cederborg, Visalia CA 4.25 1 1 1 K Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Woodbridge ON; William Bidermann, THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO #4 San Diego CA; Elaine Brestel, Greenville NC 106.00 8 Tables 8.09 1 Valentin Vieru, Citrus Heights CA; Jerry 3.19 2 2 Michel Giguere, Breakeyville QC; Preston Carlisle, Ogdensburg Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA; John Shealy - Lillian Shealy, NY; William Wood, Jr, Hartsdale NY; Lorraine Hinds, White Colorado Spgs CO Plains NY 80.00 4.29 2 Mary Ann Bond - Mary Shaw, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN; Mary Fisher, Scottsdale AZ 2.09 3/4 Judy Hummel - Jerry Curtright - Toshiko Yingst, Colorado Spgs 1.82 3 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; CO; Chris Champion, Denver CO 77.00 David McCarron - Mary McCarron, Austin TX 2.09 3/4 Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY; Leonard Gellman, Wilkes Barre PA; THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO # 5 Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA 77.00 8 Tables 2.22 5 3 Daniel Simon - Donna Simon, South Bend IN; Carol Urdahl, La 6.64 1 Ken Collins, Richmond Hill ON; Yuan Chen, Quinta CA; Joan Conger, Sun Valley ID 76.00 Toronto ON; Yosh Mataga, Stockton CA; Zeke Mataga, Glendale CA 1.66 4 Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA; Donna Bell, Thousand Oaks CA; 3.52 2 Dorothy Lipsky - Michael Camras - Linda John Aslin, Seattle WA; David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA 73.00 Camras, Los Angeles CA; Audrey Pauly, Beverly Hills CA 2.27 5/6 2 Lawrence Erickson - Richard Thome, Carlsbad CA; Eileen Garbutt, THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO #6 Irvine CA; Mark Rehms, Villa Park CA 64.00 8 Tables 1.09 5/6 Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ; Melissa Baker, 4.92 1 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Judith Harris West Harrison NY; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 64.00 - Rhea Dickson - Rita Bertsch, Rochester MN 2.61 2 Richard Skow - Janice Skow, Carmel CA; 1.70 3 Marty Freer, Spring Valley CA; Loretta Westler, Philadelphia Carolynn Zocchi - Patty Harberson, Petaluma CA PA; Eva Jonas, Harwich Port MA; Phillip Fulkerson, Las Vegas NV 58.00 FRIDAY EVENING ZIP KO’S 1.28 4 David Hoch - Susan Knox - Judith Cross, Aspen CO; Courtney 16 Tables Keller, Basalt CO 57.00 3.94 1 Leslie Williams - Brandon Sheumaker, Golden CO; David Camillus, Dayton OH; Ryan Schultz, Bellbrook OH; Tammy Pepper, Raleigh NC; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN SIDE SERIES 6 2.76 2 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Robert 67.50 Tables / Based on 33 Tables McCaw, Sudbury MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Barry 10.54 1/2 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 121.78% Margolin, Arlington MA 1.58 3/4 Chris Poulos, Eugene OR; Dollie Poulos, R San 10.54 1/2 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 121.78% Margarita CA; Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ; L Madinger, 6.77 3 Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 116.20% Riverside CA 1.58 3/4 Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN; Keith 5.08 4 Paul Foster, Vista CA 115.02% Connolly - David Neiman, Minneapolis MN; Michael Cassel II, 3.73 5/6 Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX 113.99% Roseville MN 3.73 5/6 Shirley Hoffert, Ottertail MN 113.99% SECOND FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 3.26 7 Ken Kenfi eld, Cincinnati OH 113.75% BRACMET 1 5.61 8 William Smits, Kapolei HI 112.95% 16 Tables 3.97 9/10 Gwendolyn Baker, Dunnellon FL 112.88% 16.78 1 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Tom Breed, Aurora CO; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC 3.97 9/10 James Baker, Dunnellon FL 112.88% 11.75 2 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Keith White, Fort SECOND SATURDAY MORNING 5/20/50 PAIRS Myers FL 7.0 Tables 7.55 3 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Loretta A B C Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA 1.79 1 Tanya Johnson, San Clemente CA; Surendra Gupta, Laguna Niguel CA 67.82% 5.87 4 Richard Olson - Mary Olson, Colorado Sprgs 1.34 2 Louis Golm - Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 58.63% CO; Alice Crain - Joe Luk, Colorado Spgs CO 1.01 3 Laurel Shupp, San Diego CA; Judi Bunch, Chula Vista CA 58.00% SECOND FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1.30 4 1 Kim Lazarus - Liane Brennar, San Diego CA 55.63% BRACKET II 0.98 5 2 Arlene Pergamit - Lyn Lazzaro, Del Mar CA 51.73% 16 Tables 1.01 3 1 James Kirby - Sheri Kirby, Placentia CA 50.09% 7.29 1 J Steffes, Pacifi c Palisad CA; John Campbell, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Harriet Elston - Trudy Sokol, Los Angeles CA 0.55 4 Mary Lou Anziani - Nancy Cross, San Antonio TX 48.78% 5.10 2 Mike Moser, San Diego CA; Marian Zeldin, 0.76 2 Walter Tobias - Barbara Tobias, San Diego CA 47.82% La Mesa CA; Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Jean Jones, Maryville 0.57 3 Sandy Baker, Hinton WV; James Corbitt, Riverside CA 46.91% TN 3.28 3 Norman Sweed - Ronnie Sweed, Potomac MD; Linda Thies - Dorothy Case, Anchorage AK SECOND SATURDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS 2.55 4 Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Michael Baker, 19.5 Tables Scottsdale AZ; Walter Carlson - Charlene Carlson, Sarasota FL A B C SECOND FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 4.24 1 1 Nancy Shuma - Richard Shuma, La Quinta CA 63.10% BRACKET III 3.18 2 2 Stuart Fletcher, Palm Springs CA; Nance Lodge, Los Angeles CA 59.99% 16 Tables 2.39 3 3 1 Denise Pitsch - Clara Chang, Palo Alto CA 58.93% 4.96 1 Claire Tremaine, La Mesa CA; Pauline Altman 1.79 4 4 Ron Walenius - Eleanor Walenius, Toronto ON 58.13% - Karen Dempsey, San Diego CA; Mahin Zahirnia, La Jolla CA 3.47 2 Kathy High - Dee Alexander, Modesto CA; 1.34 5 Ron Kollmansberger, Escondido CA; Charles Luke, del Mar CA 58.04% Candace Garvey, Surprise AZ; Terry McMillan, Indio CA 1.41 6 5 Terry Paul, Del Mar CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA 57.92% 2.23 3 Marcia Metzger, Saratoga Spgs NY; Nancy 1.61 6 2 Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX; Sandy Kristoferson, Denton TX 56.85% Goldberg - Berdele Katz - Barbara Rozansky, San Diego CA 1.20 3 Jennifer Huntsman, Moncton NB; Connie Bartlett, Riverview NB 54.82% 1.74 4 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Eric Rasmussen, Cable WI; Carol Erbeck, Pearce AZ; Sheilah Wasserman, San 0.90 4 Ellen Davidson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Joan Lee, Redondo Beach CA 51.69% Rafael CA 0.68 5 Katherine Tyner - Craig Tyner, Albuquerque NM 50.60% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY 7:30 SIDE GAME - 2 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mary Green - Roy Green, Carlisle MA 60.76% 1 Timothy Flaherty - Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 63.05% 2 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL 59.86% 2 1 Donald Quittschreiber - Ruth Swain, West Fargo ND 57.10% 3 1 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Gene Keidan, Pittsburgh PA 55.99% 3 2 Ray Davie - Marnie Davie, Meota SK 54.42% 4 2 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 54.80% 4 Pat Ramsey, Stephenville TX; Betty Henderson, Abilene TX 53.27% 5 3 1 M Douglas Magde - Peggy Magde, San Diego CA 54.21% 5 3 Ruth Logan, Greeley CO; Susan Cuff, Denver CO 52.68% 2 Pat Matsumoto, Solana Beach CA; Paul Alesu, San Diego CA 45.88% 4 1 Patrick Church - Anu Church, Cobourg ON 49.36% 2 Mark Hartzell, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 47.28% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Shoko Imai, Tokyo Japan 69.05% 1 Ronald Kay - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 57.14% 2 Paul Foster - Donna Wood, Vista CA 60.71% 2 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Marvin Shatz, Hilton Head SC 53.57% 3 Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN; Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 53.27% 3 Ferd Bernjak, Winnipeg MB; Walter Dedio, Morden MB 53.27% 4 1 1 Christopher Chapin - Lynn Chapin, Manasquan NJ 51.19% 4 1 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Merritt Island FL 52.98% 2 2 Kathie Hoehne - Linda Vernon, Anchorage AK 50.30% 2 Bruce Burns, Lincoln NE; Terrence Ibbs, Miami Beach FL 50.89% 3 David Bakalar - Ada Bakalar, Buellton CA 48.51% 3 1 Hannah Davis, Louisville KY; Patricia Harwood, Prospect KY 50.00% 2 Jane Shimokura - Howard Shimokura, Vancouver BC 48.81%

SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN - 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Tom Breed, Aurora CO 60.98% 1 John Twineham, Coos Bay OR; John Hodges, Santa Clara CA 60.42% 2 Matthew Haag, Walnut Creek CA; David Stevenson, Wirral England 59.47% 2/3 David Rottmayer - William Rottmayer, Spokane WA 56.82% 3 1 Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ 58.52% 2/3 James Weeks, Irvine CA; Lloyda Jones, Edmonton AB 56.82% 4 Ross Rainwater - Jackie Jarigese, Vancouver WA 54.73% 4 Tony Miller - Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 55.68% 5 Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Elaine Chan, La Jolla CA 54.55% 5 Mark Liberman - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 54.55% 6 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 51.14% 6/7 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 52.84% 2 Alan Curtis - Donna Bell, Thousand Oaks CA 50.76% 6/7 1 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Robert Levy, Los Angeles CA 52.84% 3 Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA; Ken McClenahan, Lone Tree CO 50.38% 2 James George - Kamel Haddad, Bakersfi eld CA 51.33% 1 Z Kadah, Los Gatos CA; Paula Olivares, Valencia CA 45.08% 3 1 Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA; John Nydick, Plano TX 48.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Hindupuram Sriharsha, Orillia ON; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 60.80% 1 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 64.20% 2 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 60.04% 2 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Julie Bradley, Jacksonville FL 58.71% 3 1 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 59.66% 3 Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 57.20% 4 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 54.36% 4 Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON; Roman Klein, Oakville ON 54.36% 5 William Corliss, Davis CA; Jack Yeasley, Goleta CA 53.03% 5 Dominique Moore - Arthur Moore, Arcadia CA 54.07% 6 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 51.89% 6 1 Mary Ruth Di Carlo, Portland OR; Justin Beck, Millbrae CA 52.46% 2 Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 50.95% 2 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Keith White, Fort Myers FL 52.27% 3 1 William Smits, Kapolei HI; L Madinger, Riverside CA 49.43% 3 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 49.05% 1 Howard Zuckerman - Charlotte Zuckerman, Encinitas CA 37.31% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donna Hay, Encino CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 60.23% 1 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA 58.33% 2 Dorothy Case, Anchorage AK; Brian Meyer, Cheektowaga NY 57.20% 2 1 Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL; Daniel Wilderman, Brooklyn NY 56.25% 3 1 Marise Hambrick, St Laurent QC; Marie Duval, Montreal QC 54.17% 3 2 1 Annette Mickle, Golden CO; Robert Prevaux, Palo Alto CA 55.11% 4 Konrad Garret - Robert Garret, Gardnerville NV 53.03% 4 Don Campbell - Cydney Hayes, Saskatoon SK 54.73% 5 2 J Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 51.89% 5 Marta Peltz, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 53.60% 6 3 Carl Sharp - Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL 50.95% 6 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 51.89% 4 William Rauld, Pembroke Pines FL; Steven Ashe, Tampa FL 48.48% 3 Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 49.05% 1 Aaron Siegel, San Francisco CA; Thomas Dorsey, San Diego CA 46.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 64.08% 1 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Mike Dorn Wiss, Palm Desert CA 66.06% 2 Richard Wieland, Redding CT; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 60.09% 2 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 61.55% 3 1 Delmas Parker, Dallas TX; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX 58.85% 3 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico 60.36% 4 Chris Champion, Denver CO; Toshiko Yingst, Colorado Spgs CO 55.30% 4 Susan Furchtenicht, Moorpark CA; Mary Gorkin, Hallandale Bch FL 56.72% 5 Bonnie Beardsley, Milpitas CA; Jack Clinch, San Jose CA 55.11% 5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Sylvia Riewerts, Eureka CA 53.44% 6 2 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 52.05% 6 Jack Ochs, Chugiak AK; Walter Pease, Anchorage AK 53.38% 3 Tong Tjoa, Pomona NY; Basant Shah, Valencia CA 50.41% 1 1 Terry T Brown, Rochester Hills MI; Deborah Ives, La Mesa CA 48.97% 4 1 Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA; Sharon Gordon, Chula Vista CA 50.17% 2 Judy Chapman - Dora Lee, Edmonton AB 47.73% 2 Patrick Galvin - Alyse Galvin, Anchorage AK 40.08% 3 Laura Waisler, Santa Monica CA; Rhoda Weisler, Los Angeles CA 47.47%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS SATURDAY EVENING - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Claudia Cochran, Covina CA; Barbara Lotief, Las Vegas NV 57.08% 1 1 1 Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 61.67% 2 2 1 Anyemarie Weaver - Dee Baker, San Antonio TX 55.00% 2 2 2 Dennis Ngan, ; Eugene Chung, San Francisco CA 57.08% 3 Barbara Bayer - Doris Lange, Calgary AB 54.58% 3/4 3/4 Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Yaping Ge, 50.00% 3/4 3/4 Lynne Phillips, Sammamish WA; Denise Owen, Seattle WA 50.00%

SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON 10/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sheri Kirby - James Kirby, Placentia CA 59.50% 1 1 Mary Lou Anziani - Nancy Cross, San Antonio TX 62.50% 2 2 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 55.00% 2 2 Kim Lazarus - Liane Brennar, San Diego CA 54.50% 1 Martha Berner - Jackie Mullin, San Diego CA 48.00%

SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dee Baker - Anyemarie Weaver, San Antonio TX 66.37% 1 1 Helen Frey - Alexander Frey, Oceanside CA 65.22% 2 2 Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA; Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA 60.54% 2 2 Alan Bostrom - Robert Chase, San Francisco CA 59.44% 3 Barbara Maloy - Terence Maloy, Encinitas CA 57.27% 3 Judy Litman, Encinitas CA; Judy Gruenberger, White Plains NY 52.98% 4 3 1 Raymond Gogolewski, Oceanside CA; David Goldfarb, Carlsbad CA 55.27% 4 Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Karen Rice, San Jose CA 51.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA; Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA 60.63% 1 1 1 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 54.76% 2 1 Carol Erbeck - Mary Ahearn, Pearce AZ 56.13% 2 Patsy Lord, San Diego CA; Edgar Wessel, Solana Beach CA 53.10% 3 2 Sheilah Wasserman, San Rafael CA; Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA 51.19% 3 2 Gary Gelman, San Diego CA; Patricia Newman, Carson City NV 51.53% 4 3 Stuart Fletcher, Palm Springs CA; Nance Lodge, Los Angeles CA 50.98% 4 3 2 Carolynn Zocchi - Patty Harberson, Petaluma CA 51.45% 4 1 Irwin Rosenfeld, Laguna Hills CA; Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA 50.71% 4 Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 51.27% 2 Craig Tyner - Katherine Tyner, Albuquerque NM 48.73%

REISINGER B-A-M TEAMS - FIRST SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTION X 1 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand - Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 16.50 2 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Claudio Nunes, Rona Italy; Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Espen Lindqvist Oslo Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 15.50 3 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Christal Henner-Welland - Brian Glubok, New York NY; , Paris France 15.00 4/5 Alon Apteker - Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa; Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 14.00 4/5 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legiowowo 0 Poland; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 14.00 SECTION Y 1/2 David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag Netherlands; Jon Sveindal, Bergen Norway 16.50 1/2 Rita Shugart - Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA; Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Voorhou Netherlands 16.50 3/4 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 16.00 3/4 Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 16.00

SECOND SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING STRATIFIED OPEN - SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY; John Langer, Santa Clarita CA 61.36% 1 Mark Liberman - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 63.26% 2 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 58.52% 2 1 James George - Kamel Haddad, Bakersfi eld CA 55.87% 3 1 Tong Tjoa, Pomona NY; Basant Shah, Valencia CA 56.06% 3 Chris Champion, Denver CO; Toshiko Yingst, Colorado Spgs CO 54.17% 4 2 Beverley McDonald - J Darryl Pistone, Halifax NS 52.27% 4 Richard Wieland, Redding CT; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 53.98% 5 Tony Miller - Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 52.08% 5 2 Bernard Eddleston - Margaret Eddleston, Hitchin Herts England 53.22% 6 John Twineham, Coos Bay OR; John Hodges, Santa Clara CA 51.89% 6/7 Harry Sacks, Hacienda Hgts CA; Mark Sacks, Irvine CA 52.84% 3 1 Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA; Sharon Gordon, Chula Vista CA 51.52% 6/7 3 Delmas Parker, Dallas TX; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX 52.84% 1 Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA; John Nydick, Plano TX 46.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Philip Altus - Muriel Altus, Tampa FL 58.33% 1 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 61.74% 2 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico 56.82% 2 1 1 Aaron Siegel, San Francisco CA; Thomas Dorsey, San Diego CA 56.06% 3 Bill Cubley, San Leandro CA; , London England 55.68% 3 Richard Cutler, Beverly Hills CA; Jeri Berger, Marina Del Rey CA 55.30% 4 Susan Furchtenicht, Moorpark CA; Mary Gorkin, Hallandale Bch FL 54.73% 4 2 Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY; Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ 54.55% 5 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Mike Dorn Wiss, Palm Desert CA 53.79% 5 3 Michelle Rosenzweig, Santa Barbara CA; Peter Gray, Ketchum ID 53.98% 6 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 52.08% 6 Albert Zagury, Mont-Royal QC; Sarko Kassabian, Saint Laurent QC 52.65% 1 1 Laura Waisler, Santa Monica CA; Rhoda Weisler, Los Angeles CA 50.38% 2 Teresa Martin - Linda Thies, Anchorage AK 49.43% 3 Judy Chapman - Dora Lee, Edmonton AB 49.05% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA 68.56% 1 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 60.98% 2 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 62.88% 2 1 Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL; Daniel Wilderman, Brooklyn NY 60.23% 3 1 1 John Evans - Stephen Rattner, San Diego CA 55.68% 3 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 58.33% 4 Marta Peltz, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 55.30% 4 William Corliss, Davis CA; Jack Yeasley, Goleta CA 57.77% 5 Donald Sache, Delta BC; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC 53.03% 5 2 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 55.68% 6 Roger Stern - Sandra Stern, Chevy Chase MD 52.84% 6 Martin Chaitt, West Palm Beach FL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 53.98% 2 Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 46.78% 3 Bev Drill - Arnold Drill, Kaneohe HI 46.78% 3 Allan Karro, Burnaby BC; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 44.70% 1 William Smits, Kapolei HI; L Madinger, Riverside CA 46.59% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 63.26% 1 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 57.01% 2 Dominique Moore - Arthur Moore, Arcadia CA 61.17% 2 Donna Hay, Encino CA; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 54.55% 3 Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 60.80% 3 1 William Rauld, Pembroke Pines FL; Steven Ashe, Tampa FL 54.36% 4 George Pisk, Manchaca TX; Thomas Clark, Austin TX 57.58% 4 2 Carl Sharp - Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL 54.17% 5 2 1 Sue Bailey, Stockport United Kingdom; Chris Stewart, Medicine Hat AB 56.44% 5 3 Marlene Stein, Las Vegas NV; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 52.46% 6 Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Pamela Koester, Riverside CA 56.06% 6 Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON; Roman Klein, Oakville ON 51.89% 3 Kathie Angione - Patricia Lane, Chula Vista CA 47.16% 4 J Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA 50.95% 1 Janice Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA 47.35% Daily Bulletin Page 15

SATURDAY 1 PM SIDE GAME - 1 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 60.67% 1 B Marshall, Colonia Burocra Mexico; Joseph Fox, Oakhurst CA 58.64% 2 2 Takemi Totes - Teiko Peterson, San Francisco CA 60.04% 2 Mario Rodrigues, Mississauga ON; Sandra Williams, Walnut Creek CA 57.95% 3 3 1 Rajeeva Sharma, San Jose CA; Corinne Carter, Saratoga CA 59.16% 3 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Takako Fujimoto, Tokyo 180 Japan 57.03% 4 4 Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT 58.02% 4 1 Paul Pearson, Enfi eld CT; Edgwin Simpson, San Diego CA 55.27% 5 5 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Edwina Corn, Hurst TX 55.87% 5 2 1 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 55.17% 6 Sally Naumann - Jacqueline Walker, San Diego CA 52.63% 6 3 Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO; Jacquelyn Sollner, St Thomas VI 52.58% 2 Gregory Wetz, Chula Vista CA; Martin Gilbert, Long Beach CA 51.65% 4 Antoni Baranski, San Mateo CA; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 52.56% 5 Nancy Riley - William Riley, Silver Lake OH 52.46% 2 Eva Jonas, Harwich Port MA; Phillip Fulkerson, Las Vegas NV 45.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 59.66% 1 1 Lisa Burton, Houston TX; Lindsay Pearlman, Trumbull CT 57.95% 2 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA 58.52% 2 2 Virginia Grogan, Irvine CA; Jane De Briyn, Easton MD 56.06% 3/4 1 1 Lynn Chapin - Christopher Chapin, Manasquan NJ 57.01% 3 3 Hansford Rowe - Mira Rowe, Newhall CA 55.49% 3/4 Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Richard Gross, Las Vegas NV 57.01% 4 Bob Luebkeman, Walnut Creek CA; Jan Parker, El Cerrito CA 54.55% 5 Diane Lazarus - Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 56.25% 5 4 1 George Berris - Lawrence Eden, Encinitas CA 53.98% 6 Mark Teaford, Seal Beach CA; Ronald Resnick, Makawao HI 53.60% 6 5 Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA; Maarten Tjebbes, Vancouver BC 53.60% 7 2 Bruce Burns, Lincoln NE; Terrence Ibbs, Miami Beach FL 53.22% 7 6 2 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 51.89% 3 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Janet Dunlap, Oceanside CA 52.84% 4 2 Robert Hope, Provost AB; Terrence Rawlings, Prescott Valley AZ 47.92%

SECOND SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Donald Rumelhart, Ann Arbor MI 60.98% 1 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 62.88% 2 Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL; Judy Cardin, Chesterfi eld MO 56.25% 2 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 56.63% 3 1 Joseph Radvansky, Marblehead OH; Neal Strand, Mountain View CA 54.55% 3 1 1 Annette Sincock, Torrance CA; Bettyanne Houts, Long Beach CA 55.68% 4 Clayton Parker - Edith Parker, Surprise AZ 54.36% 4 2 Alan Rowen - Ray Rowen, Coronado CA 53.79% 5 2 1 D Ross White - Barbara White, Coronado CA 53.60% 5 Tom Tatham - Marianne Klayman, San Diego CA 53.60% 6 3 Greta Jeunehomme - Michel Jeunehomme, Lake Forest CA 53.41% 6 3 David White, Thousand Oaks CA; Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX 53.22% 4 2 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfi eld MA 51.33% 4 2 William Sperry - Nancy Sperry, San Diego CA 52.65% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL 68.56% 1 1 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 61.55% 2 1 Ruth Howard, Tampa FL; Carol Krug, Sarasota FL 57.58% 2 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Marvin Shatz, Hilton Head SC 59.66% 3 Jack Scott - Carol Scott, El Cerrito CA 57.01% 3 2 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Danville CA 57.77% 4 2 1 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA 53.79% 4 3 John Berry, New Hyde Park NY; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 53.98% 5 3 2 Jack Hawks - Belinda Ledgerwood, Walnut Creek CA 51.89% 5 4 1 Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ; Frederick Berry, Scottsdale AZ 53.41% 2 Robert Willmann - Suresh Kanekar, San Diego CA 51.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ 64.39% 1 Robert Craig - Peggy Craig, El Paso TX 63.26% 2 Arne Maki - Gene Maki, Green Valley AZ 61.55% 2 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Milton Spinner, del Mar CA 57.58% 3 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA 59.47% 3 1 1 Lucia Teulecke, Laguna Woods CA; John Currie, Toronto ON 55.87% 4 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Yukiko Umezu, Tokyo Japan 56.06% 4 Michael Kenny - Julie Berdock, Richmond Hill ON 52.65% 5 1 Jack Patnode, Kula HI; George Boettger, Kihei HI 53.98% 5 2 Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 52.27% 2 1 Robert Manz, Odessa FL; Terry Brown, Eddyville IA 53.79% 3 2 Susan Bristol, Aliso Viejo CA; Eleth Fields, Tustin CA 50.38% 3 Barbara Dicker, San Marcos CA; Linda Kaeser, Rancho Santa Fe CA 52.84% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Frederick Parker - Patrick Mahoney, San Diego CA 65.91% 1 Michael Hansen - Kathy Angstadt, Vancouver WA 66.29% 2 Kumiko Matsuo, Yokohama-Shi Japan; Misuzu Ichihashi, Tokyo Japan 58.14% 2 1 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 62.69% 3 2 Roderic Kerr, Long Beach CA; Michael Ventri, Fullerton CA 55.49% 3 2 1 William Rogers - Michael Shaw, Los Angeles CA 57.95% 4 3 Jeffrey Holmes, San Diego CA; Gail Whiteley, San Marcos CA 54.73% 4 3 Lunsford Laverty, Los Angeles CA; Charles Jurgens, Encino CA 50.57% 5 1 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA 50.19% 5 4 James Hooker - Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ 50.38% 2 David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 47.35% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 68.75% 1 Jay Helekar - Marcella Lane, Newport Beach CA 58.03% 2 Timothy Flaherty - Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 61.31% 2 Greg House, San Diego CA; V Everett Boyer, San Bruno CA 57.44% 3 1 Winnie Jasper - Jerry Chamberlain, Moraga CA 54.17% 3 1 Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Robert Rubinstein, New York NY 54.47% 4 2 1 Kay Childs, Solana Beach CA; Elizabeth Garber, Carlsbad CA 51.78% 4 2 Ian Collins, Vista CA; Lorraine Gordon, Carlsbad CA 52.38% 3 Paul Alesu, San Diego CA; Pat Matsumoto, Solana Beach CA 49.70% 1 Maureen Greeley, Olympia WA; Randy Ross, Aberdeen WA 45.24%

SECOND SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA 63.26% 1 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI 60.98% 2 Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ; Kenneth Kenfi eld, Cincinnati OH 60.42% 2 Timothy Flaherty - Marina Fomenkova, San Diego CA 58.90% 3 1 Alan Rowen - Ray Rowen, Coronado CA 56.44% 3 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 54.36% 4 2 1 Annette Sincock, Torrance CA; Bettyanne Houts, Long Beach CA 52.46% 4 1 1 Bryan Reese, W Reading PA; Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY 53.03% 5 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 52.27% 5 Christopher Pisarra - Gail Giffen, Lafayette CA 51.89% 3 John Ielmini - Joyce Ielmini, Patterson CA 51.89% 2 2 Paul Alesu, San Diego CA; Pat Matsumoto, Solana Beach CA 50.57% 4 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Wichita KS 50.57% 3 Paul Schommer - Robert Rouch Jr, Visalia CA 49.81% 2 Lori Hamm - Gary Washington, San Diego CA 46.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Danville CA 60.61% 1 Francy Starr - Freda Anderson, La Jolla CA 59.66% 2 Donald Croysdale, Elm Grove WI; Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND 60.04% 2 Wayne Hintz, Helena MT; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB 57.77% 3 2 1 Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ; Frederick Berry, Scottsdale AZ 55.68% 3/4 1/2 1 Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfi eld MA 57.20% 4 Michael Hansen - Kathy Angstadt, Vancouver WA 54.36% 3/4 1/2 Marilyn Florin, San Diego CA; Jeri Adams, Rancho Santa Fe CA 57.20% 5 3 2 David Pingel, Kentwood MI; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 53.60% 5 Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL; Judy Cardin, Chesterfi eld MO 56.06% 3 2 Nahid Mahdavi, Solana Beach CA; Pat Stein, Rancho Santa Fe CA 51.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 61.74% 1 Jack Scott - Carol Scott, El Cerrito CA 64.02% 2 2 Ruth Howard, Tampa FL; Carol Krug, Sarasota FL 58.71% 2 1 1 Garth Greene, Playa del Rey CA; Peter Menotti, Los Angeles CA 57.58% 3 Jay Helekar - Marcella Lane, Newport Beach CA 56.82% 3 Jackie Matthews, Roseville CA; Elaine Ware, Vernon BC 54.73% 4 3 Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Robert Rubinstein, New York NY 55.87% 4 2 2 Jack Hawks - Belinda Ledgerwood, Walnut Creek CA 52.84% 5 4 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 55.68% 5 Greg House, San Diego CA; V Everett Boyer, San Bruno CA 52.46% 1 Mark Austerlitz, La Mesa CA; Mimie Anderson, La Jolla CA 47.73% 3 Diane Winiger - Ofra Blonder, New York NY 50.95% 4 Ian Collins, Vista CA; Lorraine Gordon, Carlsbad CA 49.43% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Kenny - Julie Berdock, Richmond Hill ON 62.69% 1 1 1 Judith McClain, Alamos Mexico; Mary Thompson, Carlsbad CA 58.90% 2 1 1 M. Ann Dewar, Scarborough ON; Isla Winkler, Toronto ON 59.47% 2 2 Gary Anziani - Doug Cross, San Antonio TX 58.33% 3 2 2 Ronald Morris, Santa Barbara CA; Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA 56.06% 3 3 Roderic Kerr, Long Beach CA; Michael Ventri, Fullerton CA 57.95% 4 Michael Kutska, River Forest IL; Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL 53.03% 4 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Milton Spinner, del Mar CA 53.03% 5 Dan Dayani, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Manoochehr Bahmanian, Escondido CA 52.65% 5 Alice Lane - Janet Ansfi eld, La Jolla CA 51.89% 3 Jeffrey Holmes, San Diego CA; Gail Whiteley, San Marcos CA 50.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Peter Petruzzellis, Toronto ON; Martin Morris, Wheeling IL 61.83% 1 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Yukiko Umezu, Tokyo Japan 57.29% 2 1 Lunsford Laverty, Los Angeles CA; Charles Jurgens, Encino CA 57.61% 2 1 1 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 55.13% 3 2 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 52.25% 3 Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA; Jill Leach, Carmel CA 54.88% 4 3 1 Patti Harp - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA 51.73% 4 Georgann Humphrey - Jim Humphrey, Highland Park IL 52.71% 5 4 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC 51.58% 5 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA 52.17% 2 James Hooker - Fred Nachman, Paradise Valley AZ 49.44%

SECOND SATURDAY AM 5/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Louis Golm - Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 58.63% 1 Tanya Johnson, San Clemente CA; Surendra Gupta, Laguna Niguel CA 67.82% 2 Laurel Shupp, San Diego CA; Judi Bunch, Chula Vista CA 58.00% 2 1 Kim Lazarus - Liane Brennar, San Diego CA 55.63% 3 1 Arlene Pergamit - Lyn Lazzaro, Del Mar CA 51.73% 3 2 Mary Lou Anziani - Nancy Cross, San Antonio TX 48.78% 2 1 James Kirby - Sheri Kirby, Placentia CA 50.09% 1 Walter Tobias - Barbara Tobias, San Diego CA 47.82% 2 Sandy Baker, Hinton WV; James Corbitt, Riverside CA 46.91%

SECOND SATURDAY AM 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Nancy Shuma - Richard Shuma, La Quinta CA 63.10% 1 1 1 Denise Pitsch - Clara Chang, Palo Alto CA 58.93% 2 2 1 Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX; Sandy Kristoferson, Denton TX 56.85% 2 Ron Kollmansberger, Escondido CA; Charles Luke, del Mar CA 58.04% 3 Jeannette Proctor - David Nicol, Del Mar CA 56.55% 3 2 Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Jon Hoy, Adel IA 54.17% 4 3 Jo Hammett, Corinth TX; Virginia Boudreau, Flower Mound TX 55.95% 4 3 Barbara Lemme, Sonoma CA; Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA 51.19% 2 Katherine Tyner - Craig Tyner, Albuquerque NM 50.60% 2 Raymond Gogolewski, Oceanside CA; David Goldfarb, Carlsbad CA 47.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Terry Paul, Del Mar CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA 57.92% 1 1 Stuart Fletcher, Palm Springs CA; Nance Lodge, Los Angeles CA 59.99% 2 Joan Fedor, Sun City West AZ; Janet Silver, Dana Point CA 57.53% 2 2 Ron Walenius - Eleanor Walenius, Toronto ON 58.13% 3 2 Bill Goodman - Marty Goodman, Troy MI 55.93% 3 3 1 Ellen Davidson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Joan Lee, Redondo Beach CA 51.69% 4 3 1 Jennifer Huntsman, Moncton NB; Connie Bartlett, Riverview NB 54.82% 4 Gary Gelman, San Diego CA; Patricia Newman, Carson City NV 51.40% 2 Nancy Spelke, San Marino CA; Martha Marcon, Glendale CA 49.02%

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Martha Woodworth - Douglas Woodworth, San Diego CA 60.12% 1 Rana Ghadaki, Toronto ON; Hazel Wolpert, Thornhill ON 59.52% 2 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 56.85% 2 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 58.63% 3 2 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 56.55% 3 Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 58.04% 4 3 2 Glenn Mason - Judith Mason, Honolulu HI 55.06% 4 1 Donna Wood, Vista CA; Janet Dunlap, Oceanside CA 56.55% 2 1 Vivian Terkel, San Diego CA; Mary Fenton, Carlsbad CA 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Shirley Hoffert, Ottertail MN; Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX 58.04% 1 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 60.42% 2 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 55.95% 2 Kyoung-Won Yoo, Seoul South Korea; Daniel Takahashi, Las Vegas NV 58.63% 3 2 Don Friedman - Gary Near, San Francisco CA 55.06% 3/4 1 1 Jo Anne Kelley - Charles Kelley, Pacifi c Plsades CA 58.33% 4 3 1 Gwendolyn Baker - James Baker, Dunnellon FL 54.17% 3/4 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Richard Gross, Las Vegas NV 58.33% 2 Jeffrey Hecht, Dana Point CA; M. Gregory Goggin, Naples FL 53.57% 2/3 Thomas Brent, Foresthill CA; Joann Cavros, Sacramento CA 48.81% 2/3 2 Phyllis Landry, Orleans ON; Margo Allore, Ottawa ON 48.81% Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events See page 2 for other events Sunday, December 6, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Bakersfi eld Unit 514 Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams Play-through Douglas Ballroom B, 1st Floor $16 $18 Bakersfi eld Unit 514 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Swiss Teams Play-through Manchester Ballroom D, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Sunday, December 6, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratifi ed Open Pairs 1-2 Manchester Ballroom A, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $16 $18

Sunday, December 6, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Douglas Ballroom A, 1st Floor $20 -- BILL KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Douglas Ballroom D, 1st Floor $20 --

Sunday, December 6, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $16 $18 Stratifi ed 299er Swiss Teams single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Manchester Ballroom G, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratifi ed events are: A (2500+), B (750-2500), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-2500), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

FRIDAY MORNING NATIONAL 99ER PAIRS - 1ST OF TWO SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 1 Mary Levine - Elizabeth Silver, Oakland CA 61.61% 1 Rosemary Boss - Peter Boss, Benicia CA 58.63% 2 Connie Bartlett, Riverview NB; Jennifer Huntsman, Moncton NB 59.82% 2 Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA; Tom Snooks, San Clements CA 57.44% 3 Esther Rubke, Piedmont CA; Estelle Baum, Oakland CA 57.14% 3 Katherine Tyner - Craig Tyner, Albuquerque NM 56.85% 4 Ron Evanko - Robert Monroe, San Diego CA 53.27% 4 Robert Collett - Sue Collett, Medina WA 54.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST 1 Bruce Hanson, Sqan Diego CA; Barbara Hanson, San Diego CA 61.65% 1 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA 65.35% 2 Malvina Aljure, Colombia; Elsa Castillo, Wilton Manors FL 60.59% 2 Harold Deroos Jr, Modesto CA; Donna Deroos, Reno NV 56.25% 3 Carol Zimmerman, Juneau AK; Linda Johnson, US 55.65% 3 Linda Atkinson - Claire Steuernagel, Carlsbad CA 55.32% 4 Ann Clemmons, Langley BC; Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO 52.34% 4 Louis Golm - Linda Golm, San Francisco CA 51.32%

REISINGER B-A-M TEAMS SECOND SEMIfi nal SESSION SECTIONS X Y 1 Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands; Ashley Bach, Eggenfelden Germany 21.00 2 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 20.00 3 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Claudio Nunes, Rona Italy; Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Espen Lindqvist, 0777 Oslo Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 17.50 4 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jason Hackett, Manchester M206 England; Justin Hackett, Manchester M20 17.00 England 5 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , Carlsbad CA; , New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jie Zhao, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 16.50 6 Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legiowowo 0 Poland; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany 16.00 7/9 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Fred Gitelman - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA 15.50 7/9 Marty Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 15.50 7/9 Rita Shugart - Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA; Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands 15.50

See you at the 2010 Spring NABC in Reno, March 11-21.