Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Volume 50, Number 6 Daily Bulletin 50th Spring North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith Defenses to 1NT Vanderbilt moves into round of 16 Ask a group of Most high seeds survived the third day of play Feldman, won again, ousting the Tony Kasday experts about their in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams as the event team 142-114. favorite methods of moves into the round of 16 today. Some high seeds had close calls on Tuesday. competing when an The highest seed to leave the event was No. 8, No. 2 George Jacobs trailed by 19 going into the opponent opens a captained by Richard Schwartz. His team was final quarter of their match with Doug Simson's strong 1NT (15-17), pummeled 163-85 by the squad led by Piotr squad. Jacobs rallied to win 106-79. No. 4 Lou and you will receive Tuszinski. Also going down was No. 11, Steve Ann O'Rourke trailed Mel Colchamiro 122-103 a variety of answers. Robinson, ousted by the Bill Cole squad 167-113. with a set to go, but came back to win 156-144. The Daily Bulletin The original No. 73 seed, captained by Jason will feature one method each day during the NABC. Top ABA player hunts Grand title Today's expert is Brian Glubok. Note: Players should be aware that several of Chester Johnson, his sixth year of retirement and uses his free time the systems described in this series use Mid-Chart the No. 1 to play extensively. conventions and are not permitted in events that masterpoint holder in "I spend a lot of time at the game. I play four are restricted to the General Convention Chart. the American Bridge to five times a week, and I travel quite a bit. I play The director in charge can provide the information Association, is on a in both ABA and ACBL tournaments," he said. you need. mission. Having He has established partnerships with ABA and The philosophy behind competitive bidding in earned more than ACBL players including Herbert Taylor, Harold tournament bridge has changed a great deal since 36,700 ABA points Bickham, Jean Randall, Harriette Buckman, Roger the Seventies, particularly over the opponents' over the course of his Lord and Harold Singleton. strong 1NT opening. Thirty years ago, you bridge-playing Johnson recently eclipsed Robert Price as the competed if you had safety and thought there was career, which began ABA masterpoint king. Price held the title for a chance for game. in 1968, Johnson is more than 25 years. But aren't the Nowadays, you compete to make life more setting his sights on a different goal - to win a motivating factor for Johnson at this stage of his difficult for the opponents. Conventions such as North American Bridge Championship. career. Rather, it's the lure of the Grand Life DONT, Woolsey and others described in this The American Bridge Association was Master title, one that requires not only that a series illustrate this sea change. founded in the Thirties as an organization for player earn 10,000 masterpoints - which Johnson This article presents a method that allows you African-American players. At the time, the ACBL has already accomplished - but that he also wins to compete over the opponents' 1NT opening in a was racially segregated like most other an non-masterpoint restricted North American maximum number of situations, with a maximum membership organizations of that period. Decades championship. number of hand types. later, however, when the ACBL finally allowed "I've won more than 40 of the ABA national For simplicity and ease of memorization, I black players to participate, the ABA continued its knockout titles, but I want to win one of the ACBL recommend you use the same method in direct and mission to serve black bridge enthusiasts. events now," he said. position, and at matchpoints, IMPs and In recent efforts to combine the missions of Musing on the future of the ABA and the -a-match teams. the two groups, the ACBL recognized the ACBL, Johnson believes the two organizations This method is not suitable against weak 1NT masterpoint system of the ABA, allowing their should merge. openings, for it relies upon an artificial double: players to "convert" their masterpoints to ACBL "They should join up," he says. "You come to masterpoints, though not on a one-to-one basis. a tournament like this one and you see people Dbl = at least two suits (four or Johnson has more than 13,000 ACBL points under from all over the world playing together. It's great. more), fewer than three clubs this system. There are players from all these different 2♣ = at least two suits, at least one Retired as a supervisor for the Ford Motor countries, and they're all moving together. So major, at least three clubs Company after 41 years of service, Johnson is in should we." 2♦/♥/♠ = natural 2NT = minors 49er Pairs kicks off today Defenders leading The begins today as Advancer bids as follows: players compete for masterpoints and the Fifth After double (two suits, fewer than three Chair Trophy. Overall winners will receive gold in Mixed Pairs clubs): points. Karen Walker and Tom Kniest, defending ♣ 2 = please bid your cheapest suit The National 49er Pairs is a two-session event champions in the , took a ♦ ♥ ♠ 2 /2 /2 = natural, prepared to play there limited to players with 0–50 masterpoints. lead of 18.74 matchpoints (25 top) heading into even if the suit named doesn't match either of Sessions begin at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Entries are the event's final two sessions today. yours. $16.50 per player per session. Walker, of Champaign IL, and Kniest of ♣ After 2 : (two suits, at least one major, at Masterpoint awards are red – except overall University City MO, compiled 309.56 matchpoints least three clubs): awards, which are paid at 95% red and 5% gold. in the two qualifying sessions, leading Peggy and ♦ 2 : partner, please bid your cheapest The first National 49er Pairs was held in 1998. of Dallas, followed by about half a (possibly only) major. Winners names are added to the Fifth Chair board by Jane and Bob Teel of Birmingham AL. ♥ ♠ 2 /2 = natural, prepared to play there even Trophy. The Fifth Chair Foundation is an if this is not one of your suits. international non-profit organization dedicated to Today's Goodwill Message General notes. This method will not always promoting bridge on the Internet and attracting "Only a few of us will win championships, but get you to your longest fit (sometimes advancer Continued on page 6 all of us can win new friends. And, unlike the will pass 2♣ with four when there is a longer fit coveted silver trophies, we keep the friends elsewhere) but it will allow you to compete in a without having to win them again and again." maximum number of situations. This method is Smoking notice The late Dick Frey, editor particularly useful in the balancing position, and All Marriott hotels, which of The Bridge Bulletin, wrote when either team is not vulnerable. While the include Renaissance properties, these words in 1960, but they method does not need to change with the form of are smoke–free. Smoking is not are still applicable 40 years scoring or vulnerability, the degree of aggression permitted inside these hotels, later. may vary with these conditions. including the guest rooms. , Chairman 2NT is always forcing. We cannot play in 2NT The 2007 Summer and Fall National Goodwill NABCs will also be hosted at Marriott hotels. Continued on page 4 Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Wednesday, March 14 Saturday, March 17 8:30 a.m. – St. Louis City Tour. Register at the Tour Desk (near 1 - 5:30 p.m. . Room: TBA. Noon Registration). Fee: $26. 8 p.m. til Vugraph. Room: TBA.

Friday, March 16 11: 30 p.m. – Women's Team Trials meeting. Room: Lafayette, 2 a.m. Renaissance Grand. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Wednesday, March 14 Friday, March 16 12:15 p.m. Ellen (Wallace) Kent Parameters of 12:15 p.m. Jim Priebe Matchpoint Defense 6:45 p.m. Karen Walker Those Inconvenient Minors 6:45 p.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns

Thursday, March 15 12:15 p.m. Chuck Said Extensions of the 6:45 p.m. Mark Ehret How to Execute a LATE NIGHT / ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, March 14 Stamps has a long and distinguished resume. He has performed, recorded Please join us in Landmark Ballroom 4 after the evening session for "Cajun and arranged for famous music groups including the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Night." Enjoy the great Louisiana food and enjoy the rhythm and blues His group has performed at numerous prestigious events and venues. We styling of the Pennsylvania Slim Blues Band. You loved them on Monday will all enjoy the jazz of the Brett Stamps Jazz Quartet. and you will love them tonight. It might be an original song or it might be a song you have enjoyed for years. Friday, March 16 Please join us in the Landmark Ballroom 4 after the evening session for Thursday, March 15 "Chinese Night." There will be great food and the wonderful music of the Forget the Ides! (But be suspicious of anyone wearing a toga.) It's "Hot Dog Brooke Baker String Quartette. These great musicians will make the evening Night" in Landmark 4 after the evening session. And while you're enjoying memorable. the food, you'll enjoy the music of the Brett Stamps Jazz Quartet. Read your textbooks Dining in the Renaissance By The Renaissance is offering you special I'm a big fan of reading bridge books - after operating hours: all, I wrote enough of them that I want to Breakfast Buffet available from 6:30 am 'till encourage you all to do the same. In our loss to 12:30 pm the Welland team on Monday, this deal presented Capri Breakfast Buffet $15.95 featuring a textbook theme - not one I had encountered in omelets "prepared-to-order" real life before. Washington Avenue Bistro $13.95 serving "the best Eggs Benedict in St. Louis" Dlr: East ♠ – Vul: N-S ♥ 10 8 4 2 Capri Luncheon served 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. ♦ Q J 8 3 Specialty Sandwiches ♣ A K Q 9 4 Shaved Ham & Smoked Gouda Panini with Pesto ♠ J 9 2 Tuna Melt on Toasted English Muffin ♥ A Q 6 3 Chicken Salad Croissant ♦ A K 7 6 4 2 Roast Beef Po' Boy ♣ – Charles Nemes and Martin Morris were second West North East South in the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs. Washington Avenue Bistro Welland Alder Fallenius Rigal Chef McFadden's featured dishes served 1♣ 1♦ Housekeeping Requests 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. ♦ ♦ Chicken BLT Wrap Pass 6 Pass 7 For guests staying in the Renaissance: If you Quiche Lorraine & Mixed Greens Salad All Pass will be using a "Do Not Disturb" sign, please The auction was distinguished by its brevity remember to remove it for your room to be Flash Fried Cod & "the best" Mac and Cheese and elegance. East had given some little thought serviced during normal business hours. If you are Boeuf a' la Bourguignonne to his two passes, so it was likely that there were requesting a special time for your room to be Our Signature Dish breakers ahead in the side-suit splits. cleaned, please dial 5868. Rooms will not be ♥ The was the 7 to the 8, king serviced with Do Not Disturb signs and ace. If trumps were 2-1, life would be easy, so Capri Dinner Buffet serving from 4:30 pm I had to assume they would be 3-0. Refrigerators Old Fashioned Pot Roast When I led a to dummy and East Roasted Turkey Breast discarded, what possible shape could he hold? By The Renaissance hotel has no more Sundried Tomato, Spinach & Goat Cheese far, the most likely was 5=2=0=6, but 5=3=0=5 refrigerators for guest rooms. They were given out Quiche was also possible. East was not expected to have on a first-come, first-served basis and their Spaghetti Squash four hearts. West would have bid spades at the one inventory is depleted. Bread Crumb Stuffing level or at a higher level preemptively. served with Chef Nathan's Salad Bar & Chef The line of play that protects against both Entries Dan's Dessert Display distributions is to cash a second heart, draw All North American championships with no trumps and pitch the two losing hearts on the ♣A upper masterpoint limitation: $18 Visit our vendors! and ♣K. Now you a heart to hand and ruff a Other North American championships: For all of your bridge-related shopping, be spade to dummy, discarding your losing spades on $16.50 sure to check out the vendors here at the St. Louis the club and heart winners. (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to NABC. play in these events.) Visit the America's Center, second level, in the Partnership desk Regional championships: $15.50 for ACBL pre-function area next to where the regional games All partnerships, including NABC+ events, for members, $17.50 for all others are being played. the 1 p.m. games will be done at the America's All other events: $14.50 for ACBL Center only. members, $16.50 for all others. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Strategy at teams and at pairs By Mark Ehret Most of us got our game is one of the most start in duplicate dangerous things you can do. bridge at the local club You gain only 3 IMPs if you game. Our love affair change plus 100 to pluys 200, with bridge soon took but you lose 11 IMPs or more over and we just if the contract is made. It's a couldn’t get enough. Most local club games don't good policy not to double a offer a lot of opportunity, however, to play team part score at IMPs unless you games. When we hit the tournament trail, many can expect a two-trick set of the events are Swiss teams or knockouts, and (that usually means you have the strategies learned at the duplicate table aren't a really good holding in their the same. trump suit). First, pairs games are scored by matchpoints, What about sacrifices at which come from comparing your results with team games? Well, minus 500 the results achieved by every other pair who versus minus 620 will gain played the same deals. In teams, your comparison your side only 3 IMPs, while is with the other table only. The scoring method at a pair game it could be a is called International Matchpoints - IMPs for very good score. Doubling short. the final game contract occurs Bidding vulnerable games at teams is critical. more frequently at IMPs. If you fail to bid a game that is bid and made at It is reasonable at both This cartoon is from Jude Goodwin's new book, Go ahead, Laugh, published by the other table, you lose 10 IMPs when your side forms of scoring to bid slams , and available from bridge suppliers and major bookstores. is vulnerable. If you bid game and go down when that have a 50% chance of they stopped in a partial at the other table, you making. At teams, it can help to know whether course, that overtrick can be the difference lose 6 IMPs. That's 10-6 in favor of bidding a the players in your seats at the other table are between a top and an average. vulnerable game. If a game has even a 40% aggressive or conservative. You should not bid a In a team game, do not put yourself in a chance of making, go for it. grand slam at either form of scoring unless you position to go for a "phone number." If you make When your side is not vulnerable, however, can count 13 tricks. a super-aggressive and go down 1700, you lose only 6 IMPs for failing to bid a making Declarer play and defense at teams is also that result can cost you the match. Save your game, losing 5 IMPs if you bid game and go somewhat different than at pairs. Going after a flights of fancy for matchpoints, where one bad down when they make a partial at the other table. risky overtrick can get you a top in a pairs event, board won't cost that much. That means your non-vulnerable game should and if you are in a normal contract, go for it. Worrying about what is happening at the have at least a 50% chance of making. That extra IMP you might gain at teams for other table doesn't do much good either. If you Competing for the part scores at teams is not an overtrick is not worth going for unless it is think your team is behind in a match, don't as aggressive as at pair games. At pairs, some absolutely safe. Just make your contract. Safety overreach trying to get back to even. I once bid a players will never let their opponents play at the plays (playing for a bad break) are correct grand slam off a king because I thought we were two level (unless it's a doubled contract). procedure at teams. They can be the correct play behind in a match. Well, guess what: They didn't In team games, the goal is to go plus. Plus 50 at pairs if you are in a great contract that most even bid the small slam at the other table, and we versus minus 110 costs only 2 IMPs. Plus 100 other pairs won't reach. lost because we went down in the grand slam at versus minus110 is a wash. At pairs, doubling a Overtricks generally are not crucial at team our table. close part score for a plus 200 can get you a top. games, so try to beat the opponents' contract even Finally, don't forget your Swiss team prayer: In a team game, doubling the opponents into if it may give them an overtrick. At pairs, of Don't let it be my fault. Thinking bridge club with the king (not the queen – please!) and a winner that has become an albatross – before realizes (or should realize) that East is probably starting on trumps. Simple enough, but South has By Eddie Kantar now in clubs. If a spade is led and West has to see it. the ace, West can give East a club ruff. The ♥A Whenever a suit is led and continued (clubs ♠ Dlr: West 9 6 would then be the setting trick. If East has the in this case), declarer usually gets a fairly ♥ Vul: N-S K Q J ♠A, West may have the ♥A. If so, East will lead accurate reading of the distribution. If declarer is ♦ A K 8 5 over to the ♥A to secure a club ruff. It is also threatened with a defensive ruff, one technique to ♣ 7 6 3 2 possible that West is the one who is short in avoid the ruff is to discard a winner in the ♠ ♠ A 8 4 3 clubs. No matter. South is threatened with a club threatening suit before drawing trumps. It only ♥ ♥ 9 7 4 3 A 8 6 5 ruff and can put a stop to all this nonsense by hurts for a little while. ♦ ♦ Q 10 6 2 J 7 4 3 playing the ♦A and ♦K and discarding the ♣Q – ♣ J 10 9 4 ♣ A8 ♠ K Q J 10 7 5 2 ♥ 10 2 ♦ 9 ♣ K Q 5

West North East South Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Mike Flader answered Pass 1NT Pass 4♠ questions on Ruling the All Pass Game at the Celebrity Spearker series on ♣ Monday. Each day a Opening lead: J. director or bridge Bidding commentary: South's sequence expert will give a free shows opening-bid values with a powerful six- lesson/talk. or seven-card suit. A direct response of 4♠ describes a weaker, preemptive-type hand. Defensive commentary: East wins the ♣A and returns the ♣8. Play commentary: South wins the second Page 4 Daily Bulletin

NT Defense Hero worship according to partner, one ace and one king outside diamonds. After we compared scores (we were no Continued from page 1 By Allan Falk longer leading), my teammate, , In 1966, my sister and then new brother-in- when they have bid 1NT. Doubles of their asked how we went for a number on the board, law gave me a subscription to artificial bids show that suit. Doubles of their and I recounted the sordid details. for my birthday. Therein I read avidly of the natural bids are for takeout. Geoff shook his head sadly and said, "That exploits of Eddie Kantar and , and As Larry Cohen emphasized in his articles on must be the worst auction in the history of hoped someday to achieve their level of success DONT (Disturb Opponents No Trump), the bridge." and recognition. Eddie would frequently write emphasis is not on getting to game, but on getting I immediately responded, "That wasn't even about a new convention he imposed on Marshall in the bidding, competing at the two level, and the worst auction in this match!" and the mayhem that followed when they failed to taking the opponents out of their comfort zone. He leaped out of his chair, practically discuss follow-ups. While the opponents may occasionally double screaming, "Impossible!" Well, I can at least match their success, as you and collect a large penalty, it is both difficult I then told him about another deal later in the proved by this deal from an Internet team game and risky for the opponents to double you at the match. He blinked, sat down, ashen-faced, and (spots approximate): two or three level. If the cards lie well, or you muttered almost inaudibly, "My God, you're Me Partner have extreme distribution, you will make your right." ♠ J 10 6 5 4 2 ♠ K Q doubled partscore. This will more than With my place in bridge history thus firmly ♥ J 10 8 3 ♥ Q 7 compensate for the occasional penalty you will cemented, I offer this additional exemplar of ♦ 4 ♦ AQ 5 suffer. success in emulation of my idols, also from a ♣ 10 5 ♣ A K J 9 3 2 Most important, using this convention will Swiss teams, where I was playing with a different make you a more difficult opponent and will be partner every match (five-person team). Spots are Me Partner fun for you and your partner. What could be better approximate. 2♣ than that? 2♦ (1) 3♣ Brian Glubok is a New York-based bridge Me Partner 3♦ (2) 3♠ (3) professional and screenwriter. He is the executive ♠ A6 ♠ K Q 8 5 3 5♠ (4) 6♣ (5) producer of "The Bridge Movie," a documentary ♥ K 8 3 ♥ A 7 5 2 6♠ (6) 6NT (7) (Dbl) about tournament bridge filmed at the Fall NABC ♦ A K J 9 6 5 4 3 ♦ – 7♣ (8) (Dbl) Pass (9) in 1996. A five-time U.S. national team champion, ♣ – ♣ 5 4 3 2 7♠ (10) (Dbl) Pass (11) he was also a long-time partner of the late . Me Partner 1♦ 1♠ Me Partner 4♦ (1) 4♥ (2) The tough get going ♥ (1) Waiting (1) Positive (2 would 5♣ (3) (Dbl) Pass (4) By Barry Rigal be an immediate second Redbl (5) Pass (6) On this deal from the Vanderbilt Knockout negative) (1) Too good for 3♦. Teams, Kyle Larsen was faced with a tough (2) Second negative (2) Wow! Partner has (2) Partner must be showing a big spade raise. defensive problem - partly because the "normal" diamonds. Well, can't hurt to cuebid 4♥. play looks obvious and the winning play is (3) Suit (3) I'll show my spade (3) Ooh, cuebid! Me, too! counterintuitive. stopper and see if pard (4) I prefer clubs to diamonds. ♥ Larsen sat East and defended 4 . can bid 3NT (5) Second-round control also. (4) Time for the (5) Oh, oh - the wheels (6) I still prefer clubs to diamonds. Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 3 old Stanislavsky have come off. This must ♥ ♠ Vul: None A 10 4 be better than 5 Result: Minus 3400. ♦ A Q 6 2 (6) Oh, oh - (7) This must be better We also won this event. So success has proved ♣ ♠ Q 7 3 the wheels have than 6 easy, once I mastered the Kantar-Miles approach. ♠ Q J 9 come off; this must Recognition has thus far eluded me, but with these ♥ ♣ 7 6 2 be better than 6 results I can't be too far from the second part of ♦ 9 8 3 (8) This must be (9) This must be my goal. ♣ A 10 6 5 better than 6NT better than 6NT doubled By the way, the last deal shows that - 20 years doubled ago, anyway - I was not yet a "true bridge player," West North East South (10) This must be (11) This must be better according to no less an authority than Bob ♦ ♥ ♣ 1 Pass 1NT 2 better than 7 than 7NT doubled Hamman. ♣ ♥ ♣ ♥ 3 3 4 4 doubled Playing in the halcyon days of All Pass his youth, Hamman dealt and found himself Result: minus 800 looking at a 9-point hand with seven spades to the ♣ Rose Meltzer (West) led the 4 (fourth best). Note how, just as Kantar and Miles used to do, king and six clubs to the ace-queen. Both sides ♣ It looks natural to try to win the A and then we achieved an auction epitomizing the were vulnerable. attempt to cash three spade tricks. Larsen looked a partnership aspects of bridge. In fact, we Hamman tried 1♠, and it went 2♥ - Pass - 3♥ little deeper. He realized that with only 21 high- surpassed my heroes - as we reached the back to him. He tried 4♣, and it went 4♥ - Pass - card points out that the most likely shape for apotheosis, we were clearly on the same Pass. Now he offered 4♠, and it went Dbl - 5♦ - declarer was 4=6=1=2 with good hearts and a top wavelength more and more, practically a mind Dbl. He "slid" with 5♥ to emphasize his spade. Meltzer, Larsen figured, was 3=1=5=4. meld. Not bad for an obscure seven-round willingness to play clubs, and it went Dbl - Pass - ♥ For South to bid 4 , he was surely a favorite sequence in an inexperienced partnership - and we Pass. ♠ ♠ to hold the A instead of the K. If Larsen won did win the match. Hamman observed, "The technically correct ♣ the A and did not cash the second club, it would Please do not be misled. I have had other call is redouble, but at rubber bridge, opposite a ♦ go away on the A after a successful of successes of this nature, but usually aided by partner who bid 5♦, a 'real bridge player' has to ♣ the queen. If he won the A and played another partnership discussion. For example, playing once recognize that it is no longer a question of finding club, declarer would discard two spades on the (and only) with a likeable young professional the optimal contract but simply one of being able ♣ good Q and the high diamond. player, I was asked if I would play Exclusion to wear your pants and shoes as you exit the club." ♣ So Larsen put in the 10, which won. He then Blackwood. I agreed, specifying one condition: So Bob bid 5♠, "which was by no means a ♣ cashed the A and the defense eventually got two never in opener's first suit. success - except in comparison with 5♥ spade tricks. Leading a Swiss teams after three rounds (our redoubled." The full deal: teammates were really good), I picked up Another hero for my pantheon! ♠ 7 6 3 ♠6 5 ♥Q 7 5 4 3 ♦K Q 7 6 3 2 ♣– ♥ A 10 4 ♦ A Q 6 2 West North East South Cell phones ♣ Q 7 3 Partner Me Cell phones, audible pagers ♠ K 10 4 ♠ Q J 9 1♦ (1) 1NT 2♣ (2) or any similar communication ♥ 8 ♥ 7 6 2 Pass 2♠ Pass 5♦ equipment may not be operated ♦ K J 10 7 4 ♦ 9 8 3 Pass 5♠ Pass 6♦ or operable in the playing area ♣ K J 9 4 ♣ A 10 6 5 Pass 6♠ Dbl 7♦ during a session of play at ♠ A 8 5 2 Pass Pass Dbl All Pass NABCs except for ♥ K Q J 9 5 3 (1) Five-card majors. health–related equipment or by ♦ 5 (2) Stayman. permission of the director–in–charge of the ♣ 8 2 Of course, the 5♠ and 6♠ bids showed, tournament or event. Daily Bulletin Page 5

TOURNAMENT APPEALS Europe opens major championship again In order to keep the seconds after they noticed a pause. E-W did not The 3rd European Open Bridge bridge public informed of think it was that long. There was agreement that Championships will take place June 15-30 in appeals results in a timely the second BIT was longer than the first. Antalya, Turkey, a holiday resort in the fashion, the NABC Daily Director's Ruling: The BIT demonstrably Mediterranean region. Bulletin staff publishes suggested that 2♥ not be passed. Pass was The tournament is open to all players who are write-ups. Every effort is considered a logical alternative (LA). Therefore, members in good standing of their respective made to ensure that these reports are accurate and in accordance with Laws 16.A and 12.C.2, the national bridge organizations. complete. However, before they are published in the score was adjusted to the result of 2♥ doubled by All events are transnational and there are no NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. West, down one and N-S plus 100. quotas. The Appeal: West stated that he felt that The championships are Mixed Teams and North's double of 2♥ was very fast and that his APPEAL CASE 2 Pairs; Open, Women's and Senior Teams, and bid of 2♥ was bad. E-W agreed that East hesitated Subject: Unauthorized information/ Open, Women's and Senior Pairs. prior to passing over the double of 2♥. West felt DIC: Henry Cukoff There will be cash prizes for overall finishers. he was bidding 3♣ as soon as North doubled and Event: Silidor Open Pairs The tournament will be played at the World of ignored the BIT by East. Session: Second qualifying Wonders Resort, Kremlin Palace Hotel. The Decision: The committee found that the Walter Schafer For more information, visit BIT suggested action rather than pass. In fact, Board #: 6 ♠ 10 6 www.bentourevents.com or e-mail to West even told the committee that he knew that Vul: E-W ♥ K J 8 7 5 4 [email protected]. his partner had heart shortness when he hesitated. Dlr: East ♦ J The committee considered the authorized ♣ 6 5 4 3 information that North, allegedly, doubled rapidly. New Life Masters Steven Love Julian Heicklen The evidence for such undue speed was not so JerryThiessen of Weyburng SK made Bronze ♠ 5 3 2 ♠ K Q J 7 clear that West's obligations (to carefully avoid Life Master in the Monday Compact KO. He was ♥ Q 10 6 3 2 ♥ 9 taking any advantage that might accrue to his side playing with his wife Ilyne Thiessen and teammates ♦ 5 4 ♦ AK 6 from his partner's BIT - Law 73.C) were reduced Gordon and Diane Bell. He also plans to play in the ♣ AJ 2 ♣ K 10 9 8 7 in any way. The committee decided that West had Flight B. Bill Kent not fulfilled those obligations. Therefore, an David Dyer of Houston TX made Life Master ♠ A 9 8 4 adjustment had to be considered. in the Morning KO Teams playing with Don ♥ A After considering the play of 2♥ doubled, the Morgan. His teammates were Philip Duterme of ♦ Q 10 9 8 7 3 2 committee decided that most lines of play would Bellaire TX and Charlotte Blum, Bakersfield CA ♣ Q result in the contract failing by one trick. All new Life Masters please report to the Daily Accordingly, the committee so adjusted the result. Bulletin office to be recognized. Include you and West North East South Players in unlimited nationally rated events your partner's names and hometowns, the event you Pass 1♣ 1♦ are expected to know of and adhere closely to the were playing in and teammates if that applies. The 1♥ Pass 1♠ 2♦ standards imposed by law. The committee found Daily Bulletin office is located in the Renaissance 2♥ Dbl Pass (1) Pass that this was a clear case of failure to comply to Hotel on the Mezzanine level in the Parkview 3♣ Pass 3NT (2) All Pass legal standards. The E-W pair should not have Room. (1) Break in tempo (BIT). appealed the table director's ruling. Therefore, an (2) A longer BIT. appeal without merit warning (AWMW) was issued to E-W. Facts: The table result was 3NT making three Baron Barclay Committee Members: , chair, for E-W plus 400 after the opening lead of the Gene Kales, Ellen Kent, Tom Peters and Jeff ♦10. The director was called when dummy's hand Roman. Bridge Supply was tabled. N-S timed the first BIT as being 10 Visit our location in the America's St Louis native Mike Edwards Center, second level, Tom Oppenheimer has advanced to in the pre-function area. is a new Platinum Platinum Life Master, ACBL members receive a Life Master. He has a rank that requires many high finishes 10,000 masterpoints. 10% discount. in NABC events, Edwards of Rock Baron Barclay has the newest book titles including second in Island IL is a retired available, including: accountant. He also the IMP Pairs in Three Notrump in Depth by August Boehm ran a bridge club for Toronto in 1992. How You Can Play Like an Expert 23 years and is a Oppenheimer is a by Mel Colchamiro Charity Committee perennial contender Off-Road Declarer Play by member. He played his for the District 8 Canada's Bridge Warriors: and first game in the Bettendorf (IA) City Community North American Pairs. He is a recently retired Sami Kehela by Center – the venue where he also won his 10,000th Anheiser-Busch capital investment analyst. My System: The Unbalanced Diamond masterpoint. He has played with or been teammates Besides bridge, his other passion is fishing, by Marshall Miles with a who's who of bridge including , something he now is able to spend more time Back Through the Pack by , Eric Rodwell and . He doing in Mexico and Canada. Oppenheimer has 2006 World Championship Book: Verona says he plays for the love of the game. "I've never also been active in bridge governance, serving as Leading Questions in Bridge by both Unit and District president. really chased points," he said. Bid Box Alerts and Plus a large selection of books Monitoring available at half price. At this and future North American Announcements championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real–time cameras. When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that The images will be recorded and players tap the Alert strip and say "Alert" at the will be available for later official same time. inspection and review. When making an Announcement, use the By general Announcement word – such as "transfer" – and monitoring of the session tap the Alert strip at the same time. and participants' behavior, A player who Alerts or Announces a bid ACBL has another source of information that may should make sure his opponents are aware that an be useful in determining facts and settling issues Alert or Announcement has been made. arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated. ♠♥♦♣ Page 6 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS 49er Pair 19.0 Tables Continued from page 1 ABC 14.70 1 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 62.05% new players to the game. 11.03 2 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Barton Buffington, North Additional events for newer players include Kingstown RI 61.61% the 199er Pairs at the Summer NABC and the 99er 8.27 3 Donna Pedrotti - Mary Hruby, Maryland Hts MO 59.08% Pairs at the Fall NABC. 6.20 4 Marsha Bernstein - Sanford Lobliner, Houston TX 58.93% Past winners: 6.20 5 1 Doug McQuaid, Lebanon IL; Christopher Shaw Jr, Carlinville IL 57.44% 1998 Roberta Lyon, Jim Washburn 3.49 6 Ann Caparros, Springfield IL; John Cox, Kellogg ID 55.06% 1999 Linda C. Bell, Kristina Bohdanowicz 4.65 2 John Link, Houston TX; Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX 54.91% 2000 Daniel Taylor, Judith Hunt 3.49 3 George Hawley - Robert Wheeler, Florissant MO 54.32% 2001 Bill Nabors, John Balog 2.62 4 Denny Penticoff, Mountain Home AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 52.98% 4.20 5 1 Gale Dimick - Katie Dimick, Hollister CA 51.19% 2002 Brian Duran, Stephen McDevitt 3.15 6 2 Charles Clark, Jr, Edwardsville IL; Bob Biarkis, Glen Carbon IL 50.60% 2003 Paul Weintraub, Marilyn Weintraub 2.36 3 Teri Harrison, Columbia MD; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 49.55% 2004 Candace Carlton, Terry Carlton 1.77 4 Darrel Matlock - Annette Matlock, Springfield MO 49.26% 2005 Joan Dixon, Bernie Weiss 1.91 5 Malou Flato, Austin TX; Richard Muse, Hornell NY 48.81% 2006 Eric Sieg, Jim Thompson TUESDAY SENIOR PAIRS 27.0 Tables ABC 10.36 1 1 Cheryl Morrison - Larry Morrison, Edmond OK 59.54% 7.77 2 Betty Marggraf, Muskego WI; Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI 58.62% 5.83 3 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Harry McKinney, Troy MI 58.35% 4.79 4 2 1 Nellie Chang - Walter Chang, Honolulu HI 58.08% 3.28 5 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Greg House, S San Fran CA 58.04% 2.46 6 Jaime Roitman, Clifton NJ; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 57.12% 3.14 3/4 Paul Janus, Lincolnshire IL; Erby Satter, Incline Village NV 56.38% 3.14 3/4 Sarah Furlow - Richard Furlow, Midland MI 56.38% 2.52 5 2 Barry Ekman - Sue Ekman, Evanston IL 54.23% 2.95 6 Aaron Cohen, Manchester To NJ; Mary Butts, Dixon MO 53.50% 2.15 3 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 52.38% 1.56 4 Charles Whitman - Ira Marcus, Chicago IL 50.38% 1.06 5 Daniel Wong - Lucille Y Wong, Honolulu HI 47.62% Eric Sieg and Jim Thompson won the 2006 NABC 49er Pairs. TUESDAY AFTERNOON 10/20/50 PAIRS 10.0 Tables MONDAY MIDNITE KNOCKOUTS ABC 12 Tables 2.10 1 Wayne Welborn, Waxhaw NC; Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC 62.50% 3.34 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; McKenzie Myers, 1.58 2 Frederic Beattie, St Louis MO; Elizabeth Beattie, Saint Louis MO 61.61% Portland OR; Jennifer Lin, Rockville MD; Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; , Dallas TX; Jon Rice, Winston Salem 1.18 3 Eric Bardin, Nashville TN; Walter Sackville, Vero Beach FL 60.42% NC 0.89 4 David Rowe, Laredo TX; Paul Paris, Maryville IL 59.23% 2.51 2 Bill Lough, Edina MN; Richard Kain, 1.05 5 Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO; Thomas Poppas, Kokomo IN 58.33% Minneapolis MN; Charlotte Blum, Bakersfield CA; Elizabeth 1.38 6 1 Ann Gruver, Ballwin MO; Shirley Tucci, St Louis MO 57.44% Becker, Evansville IN 1.04 2 1 Richard Ashby, Dallas TX; Susan Reiter, Caesarea Israel 55.65% 1.67 3/4 Bob Bainter - Linda Leinicke, Saint Louis 0.78 3 Caroline Gilje - Tara Hartke, St Louis MO 55.06% MO; Richard Edwards Jr - Carole Burt, Chesterfield MO 1.67 3/4 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Pam 0.71 4 2 Ruth Sobel, Olivette MO; Sylvia Holtzman, Clayton MO 51.79% LaShelle, Round Rock TX; Thomas Corlett, Waco TX; Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX TUESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS 20.5 Tables MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KO BRACKET I ABC 7 Tables 4.38 1 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 60.96% 12.88 1 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Janet Neel Fleenor - Harley McCabe, 3.29 2 Sandy Bigg - Charles Parker, Saint Louis MO 59.70% Bowling Green KY 3.73 3 1 1 James Lyon - Louella Lyon, Paducah KY 58.93% 9.66 2 David Bish, Cherokee Vlg AR; Frank Yoder 2.80 4 2 Joyce Sass - Lois Frank, Saint Louis MO 58.76% III, Goshen IN; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN; Larry Klein, 1.39 5 David Olson, Owings Mills MD; Kay Cohen, Saint Louis MO 58.59% Cincinnati OH 2.10 6 3 Ronald Stevenson, Sr, New Buffalo MI; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 57.65% MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KO BRACKET II 1.61 4 2 Karen Sarsfield, Hinsdale IL; Nona Rathsack, Park Ridge IL 55.88% 7 Tables 1.40 5 Raymond Struck - Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS 55.58% 7.78 1 Bert Shramko - Susan Shramko, Chattanooga 1.20 6 3 Celine Fox, Saint Louis MO; Carole Fowler, Charlevoix MI 54.61% TN; John Buechner - Betty Buechner, Hixson TN 1.20 4 Philip Wilner - Wynn Wozobski, Tulsa OK 54.55% 5.84 2 John Nesser, St Paul MN; Donna Nesser, 0.74 5 Jennifer Larkin, Carpinteria CA; Suzanne Mason, Vero Beach FL 54.43% Minneapolis MN; Fred Bode - Marilyn McDonald, San Diego CA TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KOS BRACKET I 20.0 Tables 7 Tables / Based on 11 Tables ABC 12.88 1 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Janet Neel Fleenor - Harley McCabe, 4.55 1 1 1 Jeroen Swinkels, St Louis MO; Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 65.39% Bowling Green KY 3.41 2 Betty Freedman - Terry Currie, Houston TX 63.54% 9.66 2 David Bish, Cherokee Vlg AR; Frank Yoder 3.08 3 2 2 Susan Edwards - Allan Edwards, London ON 61.34% III, Goshen IN; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN; Larry Klein, 2.31 4 3 Jack Miller - William Grant Jr, Saint Louis MO 60.42% Cincinnati OH 1.44 5 Brian Berglund, Saint Louis MO; Brian Berglund, Santa Barbara CA 60.21% MONDAY-TUESDAY SENIOR KOS BRACKET II 1.73 6 4 James Sullivan - Carolyn Sullivan, Richfield OH 59.93% 7 Tables 1.79 5 3 Roberta Trochtenberg - Joann Sandler, Saint Louis MO 58.10% 7.78 1 Bert Shramko - Susan Shramko, Chattanooga 0.97 6 Jack Berry - Sue Wessner, Hamburg PA 53.94% TN; John Buechner - Betty Buechner, Hixson TN 1.68 4 Schmuel Greenberg, Israel; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 53.70% 5.84 2 John Nesser, St Paul MN; Donna Nesser, 1.18 5 Elizabeth Gilman - Janice Brown, Topeka KS 53.47% Minneapolis MN; Fred Bode - Marilyn McDonald, San Diego 0.84 6 Betty Markey, Indianapolis IN; Janice Van Buren, Saint Louis MO 52.31% CA RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 1 TUESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS 16 Tables Geoffrey Brod - Stephen Earl, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, 14 Tables Riverside CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT ABC vs 3.39 1 1 Alan Broddon - Sanford Spitzer, Saint Louis MO; David Sterneck, Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Chesterfield MO; Jeff Kopolow, St Louis MO 58.00 David Levy, Cannes La Bocca France; Nader Hanna, Willowdale 2.54 2 Carolyn Joseph, Birmingham MI; Cydnie Reich, W Bloomfield MI; ON; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA Donna Eide - Franklin Alan, Indianapolis IN 53.00 David Siebert - , Little Rock AR; John Swanson Jr, 1.91 3 2 Thomas Frank - Mary Ann Frank, Indianapolis IN; Linda Stokes - Mission Viejo CA; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Fred Gary Stokes, Lakeside TX 52.00 Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1.55 4 3 1 Karen Sarsfield, Hinsdale IL; Nona Rathsack, Park Ridge IL; vs Frank Nick - Yvonne Hunter, Madison WI 49.00 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; 1.07 5 John Buechner - Betty Buechner, Hixson TN; Bert Shramko - Susan Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA Shramko, Chattanooga TN 47.00 Daily Bulletin Page 7

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 2 26.0 Tables 15 Tables ABC William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Ron Haack, New York NY; James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Dave Swarthout, San Antonio 5.46 1 David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; William Treble, Winnipeg MB 63.45% TX 4.10 2 Ken Gee, Regina SK; James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL 63.26% vs 4.10 3 1 E Hale, Rolla MO; David Poriss, Burlington CT 62.31% David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Ruman Nenov 3.08 4 2 Leslie Brown, Huddersfield Great Britain; Karen Bradley, Trendafilov - , Varna Bulgaria Huddersfield England 61.93% 1.73 5 Dick Duff, Denver CO; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel 61.74% Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Brad Carmichael, Overland Park KS; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL 2.15 6 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 60.98% vs 2.88 3 1 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 60.23% G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver WA; Greg 2.16 4 2 Nancy Wein - Martin Wein, Richmond VA 57.58% Hinze, San Antonio TX; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico; 1.30 5 Jack Berry - Sue Wessner, Hamburg PA 57.20% Richard Helams Jr, West Monroe LA; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 1.51 6 Aslam Siddiqui - Sandra Siddiqui, Carmel IN 55.11% RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 3 1.62 3 Trudie Weber-Penta - Marian Rogge, Tucson AZ 54.17% 16 Tables 1.22 4 Arthur Stepp, Saint Louis MO; Endre Tary, 63225 Langen Germany 53.79% Claire Jones - Richard Anderson - Doug Rankin, Regina SK; 1.18 5 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO 51.33% Norman Athy, Saint Louis MO; Glenn Smith, Chesterfield MO; Dennis Nelson, Saskatoon SK TUESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN vs 33.0 Tables Dennis Groden, West Vancouver BC; Donald Sache - Doug Hansford, Delta BC; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC ABC 20.30 1 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 62.73% Mike Miller, Temple TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX; James 15.23 2 John Schwartz, Plano TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 61.23% Bauer, Dallas TX; Howard Tureff, Plano TX 11.42 3 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Vish Viswanathan, West Windsor NJ 60.88% vs 8.56 4 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 59.49% Edward Nield, Westchester IL; Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Alan 6.42 5 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 58.33% Resser - Carl Sharp, Chicago IL 8.56 6 1 Bert Sheldon, San Antonio TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 56.94% Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Alec Price, Red Springs NC; 3.61 7 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 56.71% Robert Park, Gibsonia PA; William Holt, Sewickley PA 6.42 2 1 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA 56.13% vs 4.82 3 John Weber, Watseka IL; Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA 55.67% Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA; 3.61 4 Margaret France, Astoria IL; Carol Umbach, Havana IL 55.21% Barry Falgout, Rockville MD; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 2.71 5 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Lakewood CO 54.98% RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 4 2.03 6 Paul Wolf II, Shrewsbury MA; Ramaratnam Soundarajan, St Louis MO 54.51% 16 Tables 3.34 2 Sandra Anderson - Paul Weiland, Troy MO 53.13% Stephen Czecha, Potomac MD; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; 2.50 3 Morris Gross, Godfrey IL; Krzysztof Jarosz, Edwardsville IL 52.66% Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Sima Sadri, West Vancouver BC 2.09 4 W Turner - Jane Turner, College Station TX 51.97% vs 2.48 5 Mark Dean, Union City NJ; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 51.62% Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; David Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY; Penny Lane, Williston VT

TUESDAY STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Mansfield TX; Mike Marlin - 79 Tables Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY ABC vs 11.79 1 Deana Liddy - Sue Himel, Omaha NE; Sarah Imig, Sioux City IA; Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO; Leah Newell, Springfield IL; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 104.00 Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL; John Samsel, Chesterfield MO 8.84 2 Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Mike Petras - Heather Peckett, Nepean ON 101.00 Sandra Nott - Jean Swann - Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN; 6.63 3 Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Diane Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN Lazarus - Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 98.00 vs 4.97 4 Hans Wandel - Naomi Wandel, Portland OR; Ronnie Burns, Fort Mark Patton, Dubuque IA; Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA; Frank Hellenthal, Cedar Rapids IA; Marsha McElroy, Davenport Smith AR; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA 94.00 IA 3.27 5/6 Bob Todd - Douglas Fisher - Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB; Karl Gohl, Oakbank MB 88.00 RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 5 3.27 5/6 Kathy Longman - Jack Longman, Clearwater FL; Joan Webb - Keith 16 Tables Harrison, Ballwin MO 88.00 Ray Grace - Helene Grace, Sherwood Park AB; James Metcalfe - 8.34 7 1 Lois Scott, Carmel IN; Ruben Egeberg, Rock Island IL; Sarah Patty Metcalfe, Edmonton AB vs Dotson, Decatur AL; Charlene Lutz, Indianapolis IN 86.00 Shirley Ashby - Preston Morrow, Dallas TX; Jules Schoenberg - 6.26 8 2 1 Philip MacFarlane, Parma OH; Barbara Kotton, Beachwood OH; Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker Heights OH 85.00 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; 4.69 3 2 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO; William Bunn, Billie Vickers, Montgomery AL; Robert Fournier - Jared Fournier Brentwood MO; Mary Jarrells, Wildwood MO 84.00 - Jeremy Fournier, Knoxville TN vs 3.52 4 Villa Aschenbrenner, Ledbetter KY; Evelyn Pruitt, Paducah KY; Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte Susan Davis, Marion IL; Karen Coe, Ewing IL 81.00 NC; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove 2.64 5 Bill Harris Jr, Lombard IL; Michael Strong, Winfield IL; Randal FL Gentillon - Robert Kroupa, Idaho Falls ID 80.00 1.98 6 Gregory Sellgren, Las Vegas NV; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables Laura Raczek, Joliet IL; Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA 78.00 John Pulles - Mark Churchman, Saskatoon SK; Dora Lee - 2.64 3 Mary Lagu - Avinash Lagu, Carmel IN; Floyd Bilderback, William Cox, Edmonton AB Englewood CO; David Meeker, Commerce City CO 69.00 vs 1.98 4 Elizabeth Gilman - Janice Brown - Gladys Dixon - Adeline Towle, Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY; Donna Harrison Topeka KS 62.00 - Vickie Lanes, Columbia MO 1.49 5 Frank Nelson II - Nancy Anderson - Theodore Flach, Louisville Phyllis Harlan - Bill Harlan - Fay Freeman - Leamon Freeman KY; Kenneth Gustafson, Crestwood KY 61.00 Sr, Oklahoma City OK 1.12 6 Harvey Laux - Robert Riggs, Saint Louis MO; Raymond Ford - vs Beverly Butler, Highland IL 59.00 Ron Haney, West Hill ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON; Leigh Ives - Paul Campbell, Barrie ON TUESDAY EVENING 50/100/300 PAIRS 11.0 Tables RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables ABC Richard Olson, Colorado Sprgs CO; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago 2.97 1 1 Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX; Carol Sossamon, Kemp TX 66.37% IL; Carol Bertz - Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 2.23 2 Ronald Stevenson, Sr, New Buffalo MI; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 63.43% vs 1.67 3 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA; Loysius Zupancic, Joliet IL 61.18% Adam Kaplan - Todd Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Elizabeth 1.25 4 Jim Bufkins, Denton TX; Mary Erdberg, Fishers IN 55.99% McGuffey - Michael McGuffey, Durham NC 1.52 5 2 Stuart Kane - Eleanor Kane, Prospect KY 55.49% James Keating, Saint Peters MO; Norman Marks II, Hayward 1.58 6 3 1 Travis Bogart, Columbia MO; Thomas Poppas, Kokomo IN 54.25% CA; Edward Wang, Chesterfield MO; Paul Rezabek Jr, 1.19 4 2 Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC; Wayne Welborn, Waxhaw NC 52.13% Hazelwood MO 0.89 5 3 Lawrence Segar - Gayle Segar, Rochester MN 51.11% vs 0.67 4 Saluatore Martorelli - Michael Mitra, Lake St Louis MO 48.89% Patricia Hoffman, Beavercreek OH; Joyce Dennis, Fairborn OH; Marilyn O'Connor - Wayne O'Connor, Dayton OH Page 8 Daily Bulletin

RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 8 16 Tables MIXED PAIRS QUALIFIERS Amy Staska, Lakeville MN; Edie Siemens - Marv Riedesel - Carryover Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 1 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 309.56 vs 2 - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 280.82 Scott Wansbrough, Dallas TX; Patrick Dutson, Cincinnati OH; 3 Jane Teel - Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 266.88 Judith Ensor - Charles Ensor, Seabrook TX 4 , Cambridge MA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 265.97 Doris Rich - Johnie Imes, Lake Ozark MO; Roy Coplen - 5 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 257.07 Geraldine Cunningham, Jefferson City MO 6 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 253.44 vs 7 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 238.59 William Miller - Robert Reiley, Great Falls MT; Deborah 8 Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Jack Lacy, Round Rock TX 233.25 Gregory - Joy Sisk, Madisonville KY 9 Anton Tsypkin, Sharon MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 229.82 RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 9 10 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 227.97 16 Tables 11 Sue Weinstein - Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 227.42 Stephen Schmetz - Diane Schmetz, Boca Raton FL; Debbi Myers 12 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; , Toronto ON 226.18 - Kay Olness, Billings MT 13 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 212.18 vs 14 Susan Jackowitz, New York NY; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 211.90 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; William Nason, Groton MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 15 Steven Cooper - , Albuquerque NM 206.86 16 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 199.33 Ann Hamilton, Naples FL; Jean Carpenter, Harbor Springs MI; 17 Kathy Baum - Jay Baum, Germantown TN 199.11 Marcy Rowan, Topinabee MI; Jane Huff, Columbus OH 18 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 196.87 vs 19 , Cincinnati OH; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 195.30 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, 20 Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson OH; Gerty Grotte, Aventura FL 195.05 Westerville OH; Brian Simet, Rogers AR; John West III, Siloam Spgs AR 21 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 192.75 22 Sara Sivelind, Ludvika Sweden; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 191.85 RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 10 23 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 190.76 14 Tables 24 Jack Weingold - Joanne Antoniou, Boca Raton FL 188.94 Robert Johnson - Dianne Johnson, Louisville KY; Sharad Joshi - 25 , Thornhill ON; , Toronto ON 186.87 Shobhana Joshi, Ann Arbor MI vs 26 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA 183.49 Pamela Jones, Shaker Heights OH; Barbara Cunliffe, Bentleyville 27/28 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Elena Ziuleva, Walnut Creek CA 179.86 OH; Stephanie James, Chagrin Falls OH; Susan Hall, Cleveland 27/28 Marilyn Kivel - Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 179.86 OH 29 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA 174.92 30 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 174.66 Alan Lemley, Saint Louis MO; Suzanne Martin, Saint Charles 31 Steve Clark - Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA 172.84 MO; Mary Smith, Eureka MO; Joan Wieber, Ballwin MO vs 32 Jill Meyers - Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 167.14 Richard Kain, Minneapolis MN; Bill Lough, Edina MN; Diane 33 Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 161.91 Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 34 , Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 159.87 35 Elbert Moore, Crofton KY; Julia Bomalaski, Cocoa Beach FL 159.23 RUSSELL STOVER KO BRACKET 11 36 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Arno Hobart, Toronto ON 158.97 12 Tables 37 Linda Smith - , Hixson TN 157.26 Patricia Coontz, Palm Desert CA; Charlene Brennan, Lake Quivira KS; Robert Quintin, St Charles IL; Nancy Rafiner, 38 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 156.24 Kansas City MO 39 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 154.67 vs 40 Petra Hamman - , Dallas TX 150.54 Thayer Talcott Jr, Morristown NJ; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; 41 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 149.37 Terri U'Prichard, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; John Goetsch, Lowell OR 42 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 148.90 Teri Carpenter, Albuquerque NM; Dianne Aves - Helen 43 Lew Walter, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 147.41 MacDonald, Kitchener ON; V'Anne Desch, Topeka KS 44 , Palm Desert CA; Sr, Alexandria VA 143.70 vs 45 Debra Hyatt, Denver CO; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 142.88 Robert Young - Shiaomay Young, Northfield IL; Cecilia Ip - 46/47 Robert Heitzman Jr - Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY 142.61 Rosalind Juo, Walnut Creek CA 46/47 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 142.61 48 - William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 141.53 49 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 141.45 reminder 50 Sherby Chernin, Cincinnati OH; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 140.80 • Each player must have an ACBL convention 51 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 138.98 card filled out and on the table. Please note that 52 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 138.73 other types of convention cards, such as the WBF 53 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 135.35 convention card or homemade cards that do not 54/55 Amitabh Raturi - Nancy Sachs, Cincinnati OH 133.53 sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, 54/55 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hollywood FL 133.53 are not acceptable substitutes. 56 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 133.48 • Each player is required to have a convention 57 Charlotte Sturm - Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 132.62 card filled out legibly and on the table throughout 58/59 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 131.71 58/59 Paul Meerschaert, Tonka Bay MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 131.71 a session. Both cards of a partnership must be 60/61 Sandra Jenkins - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 128.99 identical and include the first and last names of 60/61 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 128.99 each member of the 62 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 127.32 partnership. 63/64 Scott Levine - , New York NY 123.54 If a director 63/64 Nancy Turner, New York NY; Dmitriy Myedvyedyev, Moscow ID 123.54 determines that 65 Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 119.91 neither player has a 66 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, Thousand Oaks CA 119.00 substantially 67 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jason Chiu, Piscataway NJ 118.90 completed card, the 68 Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; John Potter, Panama City FL 117.84 partnership may play 69 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Virginia Noelke, San Angelo TX 116.52 70 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 115.32 only the Yellow Card and may 71 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 114.45 use only standard carding. This restriction may be 72 Beverly Perry, New York NY; , Thornhill ON 107.99 lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round 73 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 107.01 after convention cards have been properly 74/75 Martin Chaitt, West Palm Beach FL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 104.46 prepared and approved by the director. Further, the 74/75 Randy Helmink - Noel Helmink, Avon IN 104.46 partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint 76 Wendy Krause - Arnold Krause, Toronto ON 104.28 penalty for each board played, commencing with 77 Robert Matcha - Jane Matcha, Sugar Land TX 103.41 the next round and continuing until the restriction 78 Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI; Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN 101.74 is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at 79 Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 100.83 the discretion of the director. 80 Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 100.77 81 Barbara Nist, Kent WA; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 100.03 If the director determines the partnership has 82 Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Jane Segal, Villanova PA 99.92 at least one substantially completed convention 83 Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 99.05 card but has not fully complied with ACBL 84 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 97.27 regulations, the director may give warnings or 85 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; , Huixquilucan Mexico 97.20 assign such penalties as he deems to be 86 Barbara Miller, Bangor PA; Mitchell Snyder, Earlington PA 96.29 appropriate under the circumstances. 87 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Susan Parnes, Flint MI 95.63 The objective of these warnings and penalties 88 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 94.97 is the encouragement of full compliance with 89/90 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 93.56 ACBL regulations. 89/90 Robb Gordon - Linda Gordon, Sedona AZ 93.56 Daily Bulletin Page 9

Carryover 91 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 92.79 A vacation with friends 92 Carolyn Riely - Terry Riely, San Antonio TX 90.84 By LeAnne Beason 93 Roberta Meadow, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 90.51 Fort Worth TX 94 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Dee Berry, Arlington WA 90.00 How many words or phrases related to a deck 95/96 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL 88.36 of cards or the game of bridge can you find in the 95/96 Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 88.36 story below? Some of the words may be in plain 97 Chris Niemann - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 86.30 sight, such as deck of cards. Some may be 98/99 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 85.39 98/99 Keith Connolly - Julie Tigges, Minneapolis MN 85.39 hidden, as in the following sentence. Let's go 100 Marc Low - Sandra Low, Centerville OH 84.80 hiking. 101 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 84.48 102 Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA; Marlene Warren-Gasper, Lancaster CA 83.82 Pete, Mac, Ralph and Deb decided to take a 103 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Alan Stout, Jacksonville FL 83.75 trip together. 104 Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; , Boca Raton FL 82.73 "Let's go to a spa," Deb said. "There are some 105 Johan Upmark, Bromma Stockhol Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 82.66 nice ones down south." But Deb lacked the skills 106 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 81.60 to plan the trip. Mac excels at planning, so he took 107 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA 80.59 over. 108 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 79.71 "I know. Let's go hiking!" he proclaimed. 109 Mark Shaw - Jane Shaw, Hanover PA 78.12 110 Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 77.21 They packed the truck and headed north to the 111 Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ; Lester Sokolower, Verona NJ 76.55 mountains. Everything was going fine until they 112 Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 75.86 crossed a bridge about 52 miles out of town. "I 113/114 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA 75.79 declare, Ralph is the slowest driver ever!" said 113/114 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 75.79 Mac. "Put the pedal to the metal and let's burn 115 , Palm Bch Grdns FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 75.39 some rubber." 116 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 74.49 So Ralph sped up and wha, double bam, grand 117 Himani Khandelwal - Rajeev Khandelwal, Mumbai India 73.29 slam, they came to a stop on the side of Highway 118 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 72.93 13. Deb awoke from her nap and said, "What's the 119 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 70.82 deal? Why are we stopped on the side of the 120 Eli Borok - Lois Borok, Los Angeles CA 70.34 121 Sharon Jabbour - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 69.68 road?" 122 June Deutsch, Aventura FL; David Sokolow, Austin TX 69.04 Peter said, "Mac, the big dummy, has to be in 123 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 68.86 the lead, so he told Ralph to pass the other cars, 124 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 64.49 and now we have broken down." Pete and Mac 125 Claire Tornay - George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL 62.68 used the jack to get a good look under the truck. 126 Joan Eaton, North York ON; Andy Stark, Toronto ON 61.77 "I think I see the problem," said Mac, "and I 127/128 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 60.86 know what just might do the trick." They put 127/128 Anne Leverone, Saint Paul MN; Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 60.86 some basic lubricant on the articulated bolt 129/130 Carlos Munoz - Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 59.95 surface, and the repair was made. The travelers 129/130 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 59.95 were underway again. 131 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 59.04 132/134 Michael Shuman, Pasadena CA; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 58.14 Soon everyone was feeling hungry, so they 132/134 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 58.14 stopped at the Blue Diamond Café for some 132/134 Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 58.14 dinner. Pete ordered a mixed drink. He took one 135 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; , Sofia Bulgaria 57.90 sip and spit it out. 136 Natan Erdberg, Fishers IN; Catherine Lindholm, Indianapolis IN 56.68 "This is not rum," Pete shouted. "It is vodka!" 137 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Ira Ewen, New York NY 55.59 Pete astutely called the waiter over and demanded 138/139 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Sharon Hammer, Huntington Bh CA 55.41 a refund. "I just can abide cheap vodka. My 138/139 Frank Burke - Janet Burke, Seattle WA 55.41 friends and I deserve a round of drinks on the 140 Renay Danto Weiner - Jon Coffee, Scottsdale AZ 53.62 house." The crowd in the restaurant just stared. 141 Gloria Spitzer, Saint Louis MO; Christoph Eick, Houston TX 52.94 The rest of the group was so embarrassed they left 142 Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO; Michael Carmen, Saint Louis MO 50.87 143 Dan Parish Jr - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 50.02 the restaurant quietly. 144 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Marina Polestra, Boston MA 48.62 Deb was really glad when they arrived at the 145 Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 46.59 hotel. She hadn't paid much attention to the name 146 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 46.33 when she signed the contract, so she was 147 Justine Cushing - Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 44.51 pleasantly surprised when they pulled up in front 148 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 42.69 of the Trump Suites and Inn. This was certainly 149 Donna Watkins, San Antonio TX; Ed Rawlinson, Helotes TX 41.57 one vacation no one in this foursome would ever 150 Joseph Ashcroft - Mollie Whalen, E Stroudsburg PA 38.88 forget. 151 Audrey Ventura - Lance Shull, Raleigh NC 38.31 152/153 Lynn Condon, West Redding CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 36.33 Answers on page 12. 152/153 Georgia Heth, Morton IL; Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 36.33 154 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Fred Herring, Aurora CO 35.43 155 Steven Watson, Munster IN; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 35.25 Members advance 156 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 34.52 157 Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 33.56 to new rank 158 Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN 30.16 Sara Parks of Owensboro KY became a 159 Linda Leinicke - Dennis Spencer, Saint Louis MO 29.68 Diamond Life Master with more than 5000 160/161 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Halina Jamner, Hawthorne NY 28.16 masterpoints Tuesday playing in the Morning KO 160/161 Steve Scott - Suzette Wynn, Phoenix AZ 28.16 Teams. Parks placed #50 on the 2006 Barry Crane 162 Ellen Kent, Chicago IL; Robert Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 27.86 Top 500. Parks is a retired physician who only 163 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 22.96 took up bridge in 1995. 164 Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 22.75 165 Jackie Evans, Albuquerque NM; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 21.19 Bob Rasmussen of Ann Arbor, Michigan 166 Carol Pincus, Las Vegas NV; James Murphy, Concord NC 20.55 became a Silver Life Master during Bracket 2 of 167 James Priebe - Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON 19.90 Monday's Compact KO. He was playing with 168 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Molly O'Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 19.73 Craig Hemphill, Nancy Mitchell and Tom 169 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 19.47 Rozinski. Their team finished third in the event. 170 Cecilia Rimstedt, Halmstad 30251 Sweden; , New York NY 17.92 171 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV 16.86 St. Louis Tours 172 Bettie Gershman - Larry Kolker, Saint Louis MO 16.10 St. Louis City Tour 173 Jesus Arias - Alison Wilson, New York NY 15.44 174 Carolyn Peters - Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 12.72 Wednesday, March 14, 8:15 a.m. till noon. 175 V Netherwood - A Netherwood, Cincinnati OH 12.48 Cost: $26. 176 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 12.47 Register for either tour at the Tour Desk 177 Mary Dresser - William Peters, Laurel MD 11.56 located near the 178 John Richards - Joanne Yeager, Orlando FL 7.27 Tournament Registration 179 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 6.36 Desk. 180 Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL; Michael Kutska, River Forest IL 1.82 181/182 Matthew Heuser - Jill Ohlson, Lexington KY 0.00 181/182 Sherry Jackson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 0.00 Page 10 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRING IN THE Nick Nickell, New York NY; , Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Atlanta GA; , Mill Creek WA; Bob Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Hamman, Dallas TX; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL Ca Norway; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway vs vs , Los Angeles CA; , New York Team Orange: Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk NY; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Chris Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Tilburg Netherlands; Compton, Dallas TX; - Aleksander Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon de Wijs, Dubinin, Moscow Russia Doorn Netherlands

George Jacobs - , Hinsdale IL; Robert Ron Rubin, Miami FL; Russ Ekeblad, Providence Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Zia RI; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, New Valley CA; Brad Moss, New York NY; Fred Rochelle NY Gitelman, Las Vegas NV vs vs , Dallas TX; Mark Feldman - Martin Bill Cole, Silver Spring MD; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; David Butler, Keswick VA James Cayne, New York NY; , Hollywood FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria - Christal Henner-Welland - - Bjorn - , Rome Italy Fallenius, New York NY; Antonio Sementa, Parma vs PR 43100 Italy; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Mark Lair, Canyon Poland; , Wroclaw Poland TX; , Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, vs Stockholm Sweden; Fu Zhong, Beijing People's Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Dawson, Republic of China; Zhao Jie, Tianjin People's Santa Fe NM; Larry Cohen - David Berkowitz, Boca Republic of China Raton FL; Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL Lou Ann O'Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Apolinary Philadelphia PA; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Farid Assemi, Fresno Norberto Bocchi, Milano Italy CA; Ed Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Srikanth Kodayam, vs Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA Michael Moss - , New York NY; vs Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Agustin Madala, Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Steve De Roos, Buenos Aires Argentina Brasschaat Belgium; Rutger Van Mechelen, Heverlee Belgium; Eric Debus, Leuven Belgium

1. Nickell 141 64. (65.) Blinder 77 1. Nickell 130 32.Westheimer 170 32.Westheimer 86 33.Kovacich 141 1. Nickell 16. Milner 164 16. Milner 49. Bryant 112 16. Milner 96 17. Strul 100 17. Strul 74 48. Rogoff 46

8. Schwartz 206 57. (72.) Cowan 81 8. Schwartz 85 25. Tuszynski 138 25. Tuszynski 163 40. Mittelman 99 8. (25) Tuszynski 9. Gordon 112 9. (73.) J. Feldman 56. (73.) J. Feldman 115 9. (73.) J. Feldman 142 24. Kasday 181 24. Kasday 114 41. Eisenberg 128

5. Meltzer 124 60. Higgins 75 5. Meltzer 270 28. Maksymetz 126 37. Roman 80 37. Roman 206 5. Meltzer 12. Hollman 174 12. (21) Team Orange 53. (76.) Rajkumar 69 12. Hollman 142 21. Team Orange 174 21. Team Orange 159 44. Becker 66

13. Moss 139 52. Christie 125 13. Moss 165 20. Onstott 173 20. Onstott 110 45. Miller 87 13. Moss 29. Colchamiro 136 4. O'Rourke 36. Allegaert 127 29. Colchamiro 144 4. O'Rourke 211 4. O'Rourke 156 61. Falgout 78 Daily Bulletin Page 11

E VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 25.00 17/32 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; 25.00 17/32 Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; Garey Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Walid Elahmady - Hayden, Tucson AZ; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur , Cairo Egypt; Drew Casen, Las Vegas Iceland; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; NV; Jim Krekorian, New York NY Sigurbjorn Haraldsson, Reykjvik Iceland; Bjarni Einarsson, Reykjavik Iceland 25.00 17/32 , Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; , Houston TX; 25.00 17/32 James Rosenbloom, New York NY; Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV; , , Hollywood FL; Diego Brenner, Kensington CA; , Bloomington NY Barcelona Brazil; Marcelo Branco, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Brian Glubok, San Rafael CA 25.00 17/32 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID; - Howard 25.00 17/32 Melanie Tucker - John Kranyak - Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Ron Smith, San Francisco John Hurd, New York NY; , Buffalo CA; Billy Cohen, Encinitas CA NY; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands 25.00 17/32 - , Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; 25.00 17/32 Mel Colchamiro - Janet Colchamiro, Ishmael Delmonte, Double Bay NSW Australia Merrick NY; Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY 25.00 17/32 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; , Encinitas CA; 25.00 17/32 , New York NY; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Jan Jansma, Migry Zur Campanile, Las Vegas NV; Eldad Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Voorhout Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; , Netherlands Palm Beach FL; Richard Reisig, Lantana FL; Melih Ozdil, Istanbul Turkey 25.00 17/32 Michael Polowan, New York NY; , London England; , 25.00 17/32 Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Jackson Heights NY; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT Columbus OH; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 25.00 17/32 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; , Miami FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; 25.00 17/32 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Joergen Molberg, Trondheim Norway Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama Japan; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Peggy Kaplan, 25.00 17/32 Peter Schneider, La Canada CA; Minnetonka MN Grant Baze, San Diego CA; , Chorzow Slask Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, 25.00 17/32 Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; John Bielsk Poland Fout, New York NY; Nicolas L'Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC

2. Jacobs 202 63. Rice 58 2. Jacobs 106 34. Simson 79 31. (64.) Grace 104 34. Simson 190 2. Jacobs 15. (18.) Bramley 15. Shugart 138 50. (79.) Sjoberg 126 15. Shugart 78 18. Bramley 151 18. Bramley 176 47. Lusky 125

10. Lynch 184 55. L. Feldman 133 10. Lynch 207 23. Schneider 109 23. Schneider 191 42. McLaughlin 73 10. Lynch 7. Henner-Welland 26. Rosenbloom 184 39. (56.) Todd 97 26. Rosenbloom 95 7. Henner-Welland 129 7. Henner-Welland 189 58. Rigal 168

6. Rubin 191 59. (70.) Roitman 112 6. Rubin 130 27. Tucker 124 27. Tucker 171 38. Narasimhan 99 6. Rubin 11. (43.) Cole 11. Robinson 186 54. Stark 45 11. Robinson 113 43. Cole 167 22. Gerard 108 43. Cole 158

14. Mahaffey 140 51. Scott 110 14. Mahaffey 106 19. Polowan 94 19. Polowan 148 46. Schultz 93 14. Mahaffey 3. Cayne 30. Schafer 126 35. Shimamura 145 35. Shimamura 74 3. Cayne 144 3. Cayne 222 62. Cappelli 66 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

NABC Diary Bridge words revealed St. Louis NABC - Déjà vu (see page 9) On the first board of a Pete, Mac, Ralph and Deb decided to take a A look back compact knockout teams trip together. This is the third in a series of articles that look match, Jonathan Steinberg "Let's go to a spa," Deb said. "There are some back at previous St. Louis NABCs. Here is had an experience that was nice ones down south." But Deb lacked the skills another interesting deal from those past eerie to say the least. to plan the trip. Mac excels at planning, so he took tournaments. His partner, Martin over. Hunter of Toronto, opened 1♠, to which Steinberg "I know. Let's go hiking!" he proclaimed. Eight is enough responded 1NT. Hunter bid 2NT and Steinberg bid They packed the truck and headed north to the game. the mountains. Everything was going fine until On some deals, declarer or defender is on the As he was putting dummy down, Hunter said, they crossed a bridge about 52 miles out of town. lookout for a certain card. That was the case on "Oops!" "I declare, Ralph is the slowest driver ever!" said this deal from the first qualifying session of the What Hunter thought was a hand with 5-3-3-2 Mac. "Put the pedal to the metal and let's burn Stratified Open Pairs, played by Barry Rigal and shape was actually 5=0=5=3. 3NT went down a some rubber." Beverly Perry. trick for a push board, but that wasn't what gave So Ralph sped up and wham, double bam, ♠ Steinberg a strange feeling. grand slam, they came to a stop on the side of Dlr: East – ♥ The event triggered a memory from the 1996 Highway 13. Deb awoke from her nap and said, Vul: Both Q 9 8 2 ♦ Fall NABC in San Francisco. "What's the deal? Why are we stopped on the side A 6 5 4 ♣ In the Blue Ribbon Pairs, Steinberg picked up of the road?" Q J 10 9 7 ♠ ♠ a hand that initially had 5-3-3-2 shape and 20 high- Peter said, "Mac, the big dummy, has to be in 8 K 9 4 3 2 ♥ ♥ card points. After he opened 2NT, Steinberg the lead, so he told Ralph to pass the other cars, AJ 5 4 3 ♦ ♦ noticed that his actual shape was 5-5-3-0 (he and now we have broken down." Pete and Mac K Q J 10 9 3 8 7 2 ♣ ♣ doesn't remember the suits). used the jack to get a good look under the truck. 4 3 2 A8 6 ♠ The story became even stranger that evening "I think I see the problem," said Mac, "and I A Q J 10 7 6 5 ♥ when Steinberg went back to his room, which he know what just might do the trick." They put K 10 7 6 ♦ was sharing with his partner, Bert Eccles, and some basic lubricant on the articulated bolt – ♣ Darren Wolpert. surface, and the repair was made. The travelers K 5 At one point, Wolpert walked in and said, "The were underway again. strangest thing happened tonight," whereupon Soon everyone was feeling hungry, so they West North East South Wolpert proceeded to describe exactly what stopped at the Blue Diamond Café for some Perry Rigal ♠ happened to Steinberg - on the very same board. dinner. Pete ordered a mixed drink. He took one Pass 1 sip and spit it out. 2♦ Pass Pass 3♠ ♠ Number game "This is not rum," Pete shouted. "It is Pass 3NT Pass 4 vodka!" Pete astutely called the waiter over and Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Charles Wolpert of Boynton Beach FL has a demanded a refund. "I just can abide cheap vodka. question for players at the NABC. Does anyone My friends and I deserve a round of drinks on the When 4♠ is doubled, it is easy enough to have a Life Master number lower than his? It is house." The crowd in the restaurant just stared. predict that trumps are not going to split 777. If you do, please stop by the Daily Bulletin The rest of the group was so embarrassed they left favorably. On the lead of the ♦K, it is necessary to office. the restaurant quietly. play low from dummy and ruff instead of playing Deb was really glad when they arrived at the the ace, so as to leave the ace as an to Bad day hotel. She hadn't paid much attention to the name dummy, and to start reducing trumps to the same A top player was trudging through the hall when she signed the contract, so she was length as East. outside the playing area on Tuesday. pleasantly surprised when they pulled up in front Rigal led the ♠A and the sight of the ♠8 was "How's it going?" he was asked. of the Trump Suites and Inn. This was certainly a delicious one. Next Rigal played the ♠Q. East The reply was a bad word. one vacation no one in this foursome would ever won and switched to the ♥4. The second stroke of The proof: scoring 14 IMPs in 32 boards in the forget. luck for Rigal is that West was unable to read the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams while the other team position in hearts and won the ace immediately, racked up more than 130. St. Louis NABC instead of ducking. Wednesday's got to be better. West returned the ♥J and Rigal won the ♥Q, Committee Chairs unblocking the ♥10 from his hand. He ruffed No cake yet Caddies Suzi Shymanski another diamond and exited with the ♣K, ducked Rick Beye will not be celebrating a birthday at Charity Michael Carmen and by East. Another club put East on lead in this this tournament. To avoid unnecessary mayhem in Glenn Smith position: the Daily Bulletin office, the subject is taboo for Entertainment & the rest of the tournament. Restaurant Guide Ken Bland ♠ – Finance Glenn Smith ♥ 9 Happy Information Rick Edwards and ♦ A anniversary Carol Burt ♣ Q J 10 ♠ ♠ Twenty years Intermediate/Newcomer Betty Freeman – 9 4 3 ♥ ♥ ago, Susie Partnerships Mary Hruby 5 – ♦ ♦ Levenson of Pre Tournament Nell Schneider Q J 10 8 ♣ ♣ New York City Prizes Kathy Safranski 4 8 ♠ and John Pringle Publicity John Samsel J 10 7 ♥ of Wichita KS Registration Jane and Dan Schaffer K 7 ♦ made their way Volunteers MaryLu Weyerich – ♣ to the Spring – NABC in St. Masterpoint disclaimer Louis. They hadn't met, but a mutual friend, Nancy Rigal was now able to run clubs, remaining in Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are dummy for trick 11 and the trump . Schwantes, also of Wichita, planned to introduce subject to change because of score changes or them. corrections. Schwantes wasn't playing matchmaker, but it Therefore, the masterpoint awards as shown worked out that way. It wasn't love at first sight, are also subject to change. but they did hit it off well enough that they planned to see each other again at the 1987 Summer NABC in Baltimore. About a year later, they were married. They returned to St. Louis this year on the anniversary of their first meeting. The two now live in the Scottsdale AZ suburb of Rio Verde, playing a lot of golf in addition to bridge. Do bridge and marriage mix for the Pringles? "There have been moments," said Susie, "but it's been terrific." Daily Bulletin Page 13

Top Intermediate- 31 6.87 Randall Brown, Cameron Park CA 66 4.38 Dennis Wegert, Jonesboro AR 32 6.87 Lisa Whitbeck, Little Rock AR 67 4.38 Anthony Tsui, Trumann AR Newcomer masterpoint 33 6.53 Bob Pedrotti, Maryland Height MO 68 4.37 Gayle Segar, Rochester MN winners 34 6.49 Sandy Bigg, Saint Louis MO 69 4.37 Lawrence Segar, Rochester MN 1 15.55 Mary Hilman, Mt Prospect IL 35 6.49 Charles Parker, Saint Louis MO 70 4.31 David Sterneck, Chesterfield MO 2 15.55 Marlene Beranek, Glenview IL 36 6.30 Philip Wilner, Tulsa OK 71 4.31 Jeff Kopolow, St Louis MO 3 12.65 Jay D Shah, St Louis MO 37 6.30 Wynn Wozobski, Tulsa OK 72 4.27 Ronald Tommasini, Louisville KY 4 12.35 Vyrn Muir, Coon Rapids MN 38 6.13 Karen Sarsfield, Hinsdale IL 73 4.27 Barbara Tommasini, Louisville KY 5 12.07 Mike Arnheim, St Louis MO 39 5.94 Nona Rathsack, Park Ridge IL 74 4.24 Beverly Dixson, Kirkwood MO 6 12.06 Marilyn Richards, Wilmette IL 40 5.93 Walter Chang, Honolulu HI 75 4.24 Mike Albers, St Louis MO 7 12.06 Carol Duffy, Wilmette IL 41 5.93 Nellie Chang, Honolulu HI 76 4.22 Robert Adler, Creve Couer MO 8 11.12 Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Heights IL 42 5.89 Aaron Krieser, Saint Louis MO 77 4.22 Margaret Taylor, St Louis MO 9 11.12 Becky Lagouros, Peoria Heights IL 43 5.82 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO 78 4.15 Judy Revare, Leawood KS 10 10.99 James Carey, Clinton IA 44 5.82 Virginia Dethomas, Hot Springs 79 4.15 Jack Revare, Shawnee Msn KS 11 10.75 Daniel Spangler, Saint Peters MO Vil AR 80 4.07 Joyce Currie, Mc Lean VA 12 10.59 William Welborn, Waxhaw NC 45 5.82 Cathy Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 81 4.07 Larry Gebbie, Vienna VA 13 10.59 Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC 46 5.67 Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 82 4.07 Amy Bloom, Silver Spring MD 14 10.55 Don Grider, Georgetown TX 47 5.60 Mark Beckwith, Johnston IA 83 4.06 Robert Larkin, Bedford NH 15 10.55 Inez Grider, Georgetown TX 48 5.60 Terry Brown, Eddyville IA 84 4.05 Caroline Gilje, St Louis MO 16 8.86 Robert McDill, St Louis MO 49 5.58 Eric Bardin, Nashville TN 85 4.02 Linda Evans, Saint Louis MO 17 8.36 Suzanne Broddon, Saint Louis MO 50 5.34 Cheryl Ward, Florissant MO 86 3.97 Frank Nick, Madison WI 18 8.23 Mary Hamlett, Nashville TN 51 5.31 Mark Behling, Fenton MO 87 3.97 Yvonne Hunter, Madison WI 19 8.23 Loretta Gibbens, Nashville TN 52 5.30 Carol Sossamon, Kemp TX 88 3.89 Thomas Burger, Englewood CO 20 8.21 Michael Smith, Des Moines IA 53 5.30 Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX 89 3.89 Gloria Komppa, Englewood CO 21 7.88 Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 54 5.29 Susan Hall, Cleveland OH 90 3.89 Victoria Treece, Denver CO 22 7.44 Ronald Stevenson, Sr, New 55 5.29 Stephanie James, Chagrin Falls OH 91 3.82 Carol Pettys, Evansville IN Buffalo MI 56 5.25 Marcia Bondurant, 92 3.82 Pam McGinn, Evansville IN 23 7.34 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA 57 5.25 Ann Smith, Champaign IL 93 3.82 Jan Tucker, Newburgh IN 24 7.30 Karen Engle, Dardenne Prairi MO 58 4.85 Diana Drisko, Saint Louis MO 94 3.82 Sarah Luebbe, Evansville IN 25 7.30 Janet Woodley, O Fallon MO 59 4.85 Rob Kelly, Defiance MO 95 3.74 Michael Sears, Chicago IL 26 7.28 Dan Jaffe, Columbus OH 60 4.50 Mary Ann Mitchell, Eureka MO 96 3.73 Louella Lyon, Paducah KY 27 7.28 Ky Jaffe, Columbus OH 61 4.41 Raymond Struck, Hattiesburg MS 97 3.73 James Lyon, Paducah KY 28 7.26 Daniel Rosenblatt, 62 4.41 Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS 98 3.59 Alan Lemley, Saint Louis MO Winston Salem NC 63 4.40 Sanford Spitzer, Saint Louis MO 99 3.53 Gary Brown, St John MO 29 7.09 Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 64 4.39 Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 100 3.48 Loysius Zupancic, Joliet IL 30 6.98 Alan Broddon, Saint Louis MO 65 4.39 Hans Strohmer, Houston TX

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS - SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Kathy Baum - Jay Baum, Germantown TN 63.54% 1 Jane Teel - Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 64.85% 2 Barbara Nist, Kent WA; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 62.23% 2 Anton Tsypkin, Sharon MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 59.46% 3 Sara Sivelind, Ludvika Sweden; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 61.62% 3 Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 57.31% 4 Robb Gordon - Linda Gordon, Sedona AZ 59.46% 4 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 55.31% 5 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 58.85% 5 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 55.23% 6 Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein, Clearwater FL 58.77% 6 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON 54.92% 7 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 57.46% 7/8 Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson OH; Gerty Grotte, Aventura FL 54.08% 8 Eli Borok - Lois Borok, Los Angeles CA 57.38% 7/8 Chris Niemann - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 54.08% 9 Marc Low - Sandra Low, Centerville OH 56.92% 9 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Susan Parnes, Flint MI 54.00% 10 Jenny Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 55.38% 10 Roberta Meadow, New York NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 53.77% 11 Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY; Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN 54.54% 11/12 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Fred Herring, Aurora CO 53.00% 12 Donna Watkins, San Antonio TX; Ed Rawlinson, Helotes TX 53.69% 11/12 Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 53.00% 13 Linda Eakes, Leawood KS; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 52.85% 13 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL 52.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Martin Chaitt, West Palm Beach FL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL 61.08% 1 Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Arno Hobart, Toronto ON 60.69% 2 Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 59.77% 2 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 59.54% 3 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 59.54% 3 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA 59.08% 4 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 57.85% 4 Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 58.92% 5 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Elena Ziuleva, Walnut Creek CA 57.23% 5 Barbara Miller, Bangor PA; Mitchell Snyder, Earlington PA 57.08% 6 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 56.77% 6 Lynn Condon, West Redding CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 56.08% 7 June Deutsch, Aventura FL; David Sokolow, Austin TX 55.77% 7 Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 55.77% 8 Frank Burke - Janet Burke, Seattle WA 55.00% 8 Marilyn Kivel - Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 53.85% 9 Thomas Swensen - Patricia Fleming, Saint Paul MN 54.31% 9/10 Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 53.23% 10/11 Mark Shaw - Jane Shaw, Hanover PA 53.54% 9/10 Carlos Munoz - Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 53.23% 10/11 Natalie Hertz - Dan Hertz, Harrison NY 53.54% 11 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 52.23% 12 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 52.77% 12 George Colter - Helen Colter, Fredericton NB 52.08% 13 Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI; Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN 52.54% 13 Judy Nassar, Minnetonka MN; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX 51.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I EAST-WEST 1 Rhoda Walsh, Palm Desert CA; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 64.15% 1 Susan Jackowitz, New York NY; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 62.15% 2 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Sharon Hammer, Huntington Bh CA 59.31% 2 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 61.00% 3 Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, San Diego CA 58.92% 3 Rozanne Pollack - William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 58.92% 4/5 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 58.77% 4 Steve Clark - Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA 58.62% 4/5 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 58.77% 5 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 57.00% 6 Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; John Potter, Panama City FL 58.23% 6 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 56.92% 7 Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 57.77% 7 Steven Watson, Munster IN; Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 55.31% 8 Charlotte Sturm - Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 56.15% 8 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 55.23% 9 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA 54.62% 9 Lew Walter, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 54.15% 10 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Alan Stout, Jacksonville FL 53.54% 10 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA 53.69% 11 Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ; Bill Erickson, Racine WI 53.08% 11 Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 52.62% 12 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 52.15% 12 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 52.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K EAST-WEST 1 Sherby Chernin, Cincinnati OH; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 59.92% 1 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Simon Bech, Stockholm Sweden 61.23% 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico 59.15% 2 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 60.31% 3 Amitabh Raturi - Nancy Sachs, Cincinnati OH 56.23% 3 Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA; Hiroki Yokoi, Chibaken 272-01 Japan 60.15% 4 Randy Helmink - Noel Helmink, Avon IN 56.08% 4 Paul Meerschaert, Tonka Bay MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 59.69% 5 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 55.85% 5 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA 58.62% 6 Sandra Jenkins - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 55.77% 6 Johan Upmark, Bromma Stockhol Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 58.31% 7 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Peggy Duffey, Dallas TX 55.31% 7 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 57.31% 8 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hollywood FL 55.23% 8 Nancy Turner, New York NY; Dmitriy Myedvyedyev, Moscow ID 55.69% 9/10 Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL; Michael Kutska, River Forest IL 54.62% 9 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 55.00% 9/10 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 54.62% 10 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 54.23% 11 Claire Tornay - George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL 51.85% 11 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 51.38% 12/14 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 51.23% 12 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 50.85% 12/14 Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 51.23% 12/14 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 51.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G EAST-WEST 1 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 64.53% 1 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ 61.55% 2 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 63.71% 2 Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Jack Lacy, Round Rock TX 61.40% 3 Sue Weinstein - Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 63.44% 3 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Albuquerque NM 61.19% 4 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 59.71% 4 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 60.45% 5 Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 58.72% 5 Audrey Ventura - Lance Shull, Raleigh NC 60.02% 6 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Valentin Kovachev, Sofia Bulgaria 57.53% 6 Dan Parish Jr - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 59.80% 7 Merri-Jo Hillaker, Grand Prairie TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 56.54% 7 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 59.42% 8 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 55.01% 8 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 57.83% 9 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Marina Polestra, Boston MA 54.82% 9 Peggy Sutherlin - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 56.12% 10 Elbert Moore, Crofton KY; Julia Bomalaski, Cocoa Beach FL 54.17% 10 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 55.39% 11 Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 54.09% 11 Robert Matcha - Jane Matcha, Sugar Land TX 55.26% 12 Steve Scott - Suzette Wynn, Phoenix AZ 53.95% 12 Joseph Ashcroft - Mollie Whalen, E Stroudsburg PA 54.20% 13 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC 52.78% 13 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 53.79% 14 Jackie Evans, Albuquerque NM; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 52.60% 14 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jason Chiu, Piscataway NJ 53.74% 15 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Dee Berry, Arlington WA 52.56% 15 David Huber, Tarrytown NY; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY 52.93% 16 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Connie Pugh, Columbia MO 52.34% 16 Carol Pincus, Las Vegas NV; James Murphy, Concord NC 52.90% 17 Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK; Angela Fenton, North Vancouver BC 51.62% 17 Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; R Jay Becker, New York NY 52.32% 18 Beverly Brown, Fishers IN; Dean Robinson, Indianapolis IN 51.36% 18 Justin Lall, Dallas TX; Anita Cokins, Austin TX 52.02% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN - FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 65.28% 1 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 59.72% 2 Gary Tomczyk - Gregory Nowak, Las Vegas NV 58.33% 2 1 Wayne Christensen, Jr, Laporte TX; Gerald Ungar, Pt Charlotte FL 57.87% 3 1 Margaret France, Astoria IL; Carol Umbach, Havana IL 53.70% 3 Ed Bissell, State College PA; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 55.32% 4 Marjorie Baldwin, Akron OH; Pat Chisholm, Macedonia OH 53.24% 4 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 51.85% 2 1 Morris Gross, Godfrey IL; Krzysztof Jarosz, Edwardsville IL 50.93% 2 Lydia Bearden, Lakeway TX; Lois Goodman, Austin TX 51.62% 1 Russell Craft, Warwick Bermuda; Dee Griffiths, Smith's Bermuda 45.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 John Schwartz, Plano TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 62.96% 1 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 59.49% 2 1 Bert Sheldon, San Antonio TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 56.71% 2/3 1/2 Jane Hopkins - Charles Brown, Denton TX 55.09% 3 Henry Bethe, Ithaca NY; Richard Budd, Portland ME 54.63% 2/3 1/2 1 Sandra Anderson - Paul Weiland, Troy MO 55.09% 4/5 2 1 W Turner - Jane Turner, College Station TX 51.85% 4 Garry Karst - Maureen Karst, Edmonton AB 54.63% 4/5 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Rodney Wilton, Albuquerque NM 51.85% 2 Mark Dean, Union City NJ; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 45.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Vish Viswanathan, West Windsor NJ 59.26% 1 1 Ann Zorn, Billings MT; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 57.64% 2 1 Jack Hawthorne, Phoenix AZ; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 56.71% 2 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 56.02% 3/4 2/3 Marsh Bryan - Helen Bryan, Little Silver NJ 52.78% 3 2 1 Daniel Bunde, Urbana IL; Praveen Jayachandran, Champaign IL 55.09% 3/4 2/3 Sylvia Stahl, Scarsdale NY; Joan Lewis, New York NY 52.78% 4 3 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Lakewood CO 52.78% 1 Barbara Ritter - Paul Weader, Sun City AZ 44.68%

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 60.98% 1 David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; William Treble, Winnipeg MB 63.45% 2 1 1 Nancy Wein - Martin Wein, Richmond VA 57.58% 2 Dick Duff, Denver CO; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel 61.74% 3 2 Barbara Feeley - Michelle Werley, Tucson AZ 54.36% 3 1 1 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 60.23% 4 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL 53.41% 4 2 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Jerome Shen, Saint Louis MO 51.33% 5 Terry Currie - Betty Freedman, Houston TX 52.84% 5 3 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; Rudi Cataldi, Rolling Hills CA 50.19% 3 2 Phyllis Tirmenstein, Saint Louis MO; Mary Ann Mitchell, Eureka MO 49.24% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Leslie Brown, Huddersfield Great Britain; Karen Bradley, Huddersfield England 61.93% 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL 63.26% 2 2 Aslam Siddiqui - Sandra Siddiqui, Carmel IN 55.11% 2 1 E Hale, Rolla MO; David Poriss, Burlington CT 62.31% 3 Abbie Cole - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 54.92% 3 2 Jack Berry - Sue Wessner, Hamburg PA 57.20% 4 Catherine Chell, Ottawa ON; Donald Sondergeld, Hubbardton VT 54.55% 4 3 Judith Wessar, Anderson IN; Sharon Howard, Noblesville IN 54.73% 5 Marsha Bernstein - Sanford Lobliner, Houston TX 54.36% 5 Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 53.41% 3 1 Trudie Weber-Penta - Marian Rogge, Tucson AZ 54.17% 4/5 Charles Gilje, Anchorage AK; Caroline Gilje, St Louis MO 50.38% 2 Arthur Stepp, Saint Louis MO; Endre Tary, 63225 Langen Germany 53.79% 4/5 1 Don Morgan, Houston TX; Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs CO 50.38% 2 Richard Hartman - Dorothy Lorenz, Chesapeake VA 46.97%

TUESDAY EVENING 50/100/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Theresa Ann Brantley, Mabank TX; Carol Sossamon, Kemp TX 66.37% 1 Ronald Stevenson, Sr, New Buffalo MI; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 63.43% 2 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA; Loysius Zupancic, Joliet IL 61.18% 2 Judith Kilcher, Clinton Twp MI; Donna Frohm, Burtchville MI 53.83% 3 Jim Bufkins, Denton TX; Mary Erdberg, Fishers IN 55.99% 3 1 1 Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC; Wayne Welborn, Waxhaw NC 52.13% 4 2 Stuart Kane - Eleanor Kane, Prospect KY 55.49% 4 2 2 Lawrence Segar - Gayle Segar, Rochester MN 51.11% 3 1 Travis Bogart, Columbia MO; Thomas Poppas, Kokomo IN 54.25% 2 Marla Zimmerman - Elizabeth Rosenberg, Louisville KY 46.56% TUESDAY FAST PAIRS MORNING - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Gale Dimick - Katie Dimick, Hollister CA 61.61% 1 1 John Link, Houston TX; Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX 61.31% 2 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 59.82% 2 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 59.52% 3 Marsha Bernstein - Sanford Lobliner, Houston TX 55.95% 3 L Jean Troyer - Bryce Troyer, Highland Beach FL 58.93% 4 Scott Davis, Saint Louis MO; Loughery Hawkins, Ballwin MO 53.87% 4 2 1 Charles Clark, Jr, Edwardsville IL; Bob Biarkis, Glen Carbon IL 55.95% 2 2 Kathy Buford, Germantown TN; Ilene Markell, Memphis TN 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Donna Pedrotti - Mary Hruby, Maryland Hts MO 58.04% 1 Robert Gish, El Monte CA; Manish Dixit, Naperville IL 55.95% 2 1 Doug McQuaid, Lebanon IL; Christopher Shaw Jr, Carlinville IL 56.85% 2 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Louise Ellebracht, Saint Ann MO 54.17% 3 2 1 Don Young - Steven Olson, Springfield MO 54.17% 3 1 1 Darrel Matlock - Annette Matlock, Springfield MO 52.98% 4 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Rosemary Searcy, Lees Summit MO 52.68% 4 2 2 Michelle Werley - Loretta Wood, Tucson AZ 50.89% 2 Teri Harrison, Columbia MD; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 48.81% 3 Malou Flato, Austin TX; Richard Muse, Hornell NY 50.30%

TUESDAY SENIOR PAIRS - MORNING - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Aaron Cohen, Manchester To NJ; Mary Butts, Dixon MO 56.92% 1 1 Cheryl Morrison - Larry Morrison, Edmond OK 62.23% 2 Paul Ellebracht, Saint Ann MO; Don Define, Saint Charles MO 56.00% 2 Jaime Roitman, Clifton NJ; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 61.85% 3 Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB 54.85% 3 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Harry McKinney, Troy MI 56.08% 4 2 Donald Hauser - Regina Hauser, Florissant MO 54.08% 4 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Gary Amundson, Minneapolis MN 54.00% 5 3 1 Barry Ekman - Sue Ekman, Evanston IL 52.08% 5 Ronald Coertse - Florence Labno, Palos Hills IL 53.62% 6 Cordelia Menges - Ted Newman, New York NY 51.38% 6 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 53.15% 4 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 50.62% 2 Gayle Phillips - William Foster, Rochester NY 52.54% 3 Margery Schrader - Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs CO 50.85% 1 Sue Holbert, Evanston IL; Leslie Prizant, Chicago IL 49.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Greg House, S San Fran CA 59.92% 1 Betty Marggraf, Muskego WI; Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI 60.46% 2 1 Paul Janus, Lincolnshire IL; Erby Satter, Incline Village NV 59.38% 2 James Gormong - Jane Ann Gormong, Terre Haute IN 58.77% 3 2 1 Nellie Chang - Walter Chang, Honolulu HI 58.54% 3 1 David McNitt - Leroy Boser, Elkhart IN 53.46% 4/5 Ron Tracy, Edmonds WA; Tom Hammond, Redmond WA 55.23% 4 2 1 Charles Whitman - Ira Marcus, Chicago IL 52.62% 4/5 3 Sarah Furlow - Richard Furlow, Midland MI 55.23% 5 3 Marilyn Bell, Blue Eye MO; Betty Adams, Holiday Island AR 51.46% 2 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 47.54%

TUESDAY FAST PAIRS - AFTERNOON - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Donna Pedrotti - Mary Hruby, Maryland Hts MO 60.12% 1 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 64.29% 2 1 Doug McQuaid, Lebanon IL; Christopher Shaw Jr, Carlinville IL 58.04% 2 Marsha Bernstein - Sanford Lobliner, Houston TX 61.90% 3 Suzi Shymanski Moore, Ballwin MO; Dorothy Sealy, Chesterfield MO 56.85% 3 Ann Caparros, Springfield IL; John Cox, Kellogg ID 59.82% 4 Esta Van Zandt - Sam Dodson, Houston TX 53.57% 4 Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR; C Joan Green, Springfield IL 54.46% 2 1 Malou Flato, Austin TX; Richard Muse, Hornell NY 47.32% 1 Fredric Rabinowe, New Windsor NY; Barry Pariser, Newburgh NY 50.30% 2 1 Kathy Buford, Germantown TN; Ilene Markell, Memphis TN 46.73% 2 Gale Dimick - Katie Dimick, Hollister CA 40.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 63.69% 1 Alice Kinningham, Aurora CO; Patty Johnson, Sebring FL 60.42% 2 1 George Hawley - Robert Wheeler, Florissant MO 56.85% 2 1 Denny Penticoff, Mountain Home AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 58.63% 3 Scott Davis, Saint Louis MO; Loughery Hawkins, Ballwin MO 52.08% 3 Lee Hastings, St Louis MO; Mark Ehret, Saint Louis MO 55.95% 4 Jeff Aker - Kate Aker, Briarcliff NY 50.89% 4 2 Susan Davis, Marion IL; Karen Coe, Ewing IL 53.57% 2 John Link, Houston TX; Bobbi Kauffman, Katy TX 48.51% 1 Teri Harrison, Columbia MD; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 50.30% 1 Jennifer Luner, Saint Louis MO; Wendel Archer, Hattiesburg MS 45.54%

TUESDAY SENIOR PAIRS - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION S EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Harry McKinney, Troy MI 60.54% 1 1 1 Nellie Chang - Walter Chang, Honolulu HI 57.69% 2 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 58.62% 2 2 Sarah Furlow - Richard Furlow, Midland MI 57.62% 3 1 1 Barry Ekman - Sue Ekman, Evanston IL 56.46% 3 Ronald Koshoshek, Chippewa Fls WI; Harold Baba, Ajax ON 56.54% 4 2 Janet McCormack - John McCormack, Dallas TX 54.54% 4 Ron Tracy, Edmonds WA; Tom Hammond, Redmond WA 55.85% 5 3 John Shealy - Lillian Shealy, Colorado Spgs CO 53.62% 5 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Greg House, S San Fran CA 54.31% 6 Jaime Roitman, Clifton NJ; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 52.38% 6 3 Paul Janus, Lincolnshire IL; Erby Satter, Incline Village NV 53.46% 4 Robert Stackhouse, Indianapolis IN; Sandy Andreen, Willowbrook IL 51.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION T EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO; Donna Overbey, Florissant MO 57.31% 1 Cordelia Menges - Ted Newman, New York NY 59.77% 2 1 1 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Kim Caley, Bismarck ND 57.15% 2 1 Cheryl Morrison - Larry Morrison, Edmond OK 56.77% 3 Betty Marggraf, Muskego WI; Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI 56.69% 3 2 Ocki Krogfoss - Jim Rupp, Thousand Oaks CA 55.31% 4 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Michael Penick, Dallas TX 54.85% 4 3 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 53.46% 5 2 Ernie Olness, Billings MT; Charles Gilje, Anchorage AK 51.85% 5 Rich Whitsitt, Rockford IL; Gordon Walker, Naples FL 53.08% 3 Aaron Cohen, Manchester To NJ; Mary Butts, Dixon MO 50.15% 1 Daniel Wong - Lucille Y Wong, Honolulu HI 50.08% 2 Charles Whitman - Ira Marcus, Chicago IL 50.00%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 10/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Wayne Welborn, Waxhaw NC; Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC 62.50% 1 Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO; Thomas Poppas, Kokomo IN 58.33% 2 Frederic Beattie, St Louis MO; Elizabeth Beattie, Saint Louis MO 61.61% 2 1 Ann Gruver, Ballwin MO; Shirley Tucci, St Louis MO 57.44% 3 Eric Bardin, Nashville TN; Walter Sackville, Vero Beach FL 60.42% 3 2 1 Richard Ashby, Dallas TX; Susan Reiter, Caesarea Israel 55.65% 4 David Rowe, Laredo TX; Paul Paris, Maryville IL 59.23% 4 3 Caroline Gilje - Tara Hartke, St Louis MO 55.06% 1 1 Cookie Potter - Melissa Georges, St Louis MO 50.89% 2 Susan Kilo - Jackie Baker, St Louis MO 47.62%

TUESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 60.96% 1 1 Joyce Sass - Lois Frank, Saint Louis MO 58.76% 2 1 Raymond Struck - Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS 55.58% 2 2 1 Karen Sarsfield, Hinsdale IL; Nona Rathsack, Park Ridge IL 55.88% 3 Gilda Singer, St Charles MO; Mary Jane Vehige, Creve Coeur MO 55.00% 3 3 Jennifer Larkin, Carpinteria CA; Suzanne Mason, Vero Beach FL 54.43% 4 2 1 Celine Fox, Saint Louis MO; Carole Fowler, Charlevoix MI 54.61% 4 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 54.33% 3 2 Stuart Kane - Eleanor Kane, Prospect KY 51.37% 4 Robert Larkin, Bedford NH; Bonnie Cutler, Surprise AZ 49.90% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Sandy Bigg - Charles Parker, Saint Louis MO 59.70% 1 1 1 James Lyon - Louella Lyon, Paducah KY 58.93% 2 1 1 Philip Wilner - Wynn Wozobski, Tulsa OK 54.55% 2 David Olson, Owings Mills MD; Kay Cohen, Saint Louis MO 58.59% 3 2 2 Don Grider - Inez Grider, Georgetown TX 54.17% 3 2 Ronald Stevenson, Sr, New Buffalo MI; Edmond Douville, Hobart IN 57.65% 4 3 Jan Mackey - Barbara Bridgewater, Saint Louis MO 53.42% 4 Judith Kilcher, Clinton Twp MI; Donna Frohm, Burtchville MI 54.66% 3 Linda McHoney - Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO 54.29% Daily Bulletin Page 15

TUESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Jingsong Liu, Kirkland WA 62.73% 1 Marjorie Baldwin, Akron OH; Pat Chisholm, Macedonia OH 57.87% 2 John Stonebraker, Indiana PA; Jim McKeown, State College PA 59.03% 2 Audrey Weikle, Hopkins MN; Dan Sershon, Duluth MN 56.94% 3 Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 57.41% 3 1 Margaret France, Astoria IL; Carol Umbach, Havana IL 56.71% 4 2 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Lakewood CO 57.18% 4 2 1 Morris Gross, Godfrey IL; Krzysztof Jarosz, Edwardsville IL 54.40% 5 3 Imogene Reed - W Eaton, Carbondale IL 53.47% 5 Gary Tomczyk - Gregory Nowak, Las Vegas NV 52.31% 3 Ann Zorn, Billings MT; Rolf Paul, Needham MA 49.77% 2/3 Russell Craft, Warwick Bermuda; Dee Griffiths, Smith's Bermuda 42.82% 2/3 Toby Globe - John Fitzgerald, Saint Louis MO 42.82% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 59.49% 1 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Vish Viswanathan, West Windsor NJ 62.50% 2 Prahalad Rajkumar, Alexandria VA; R Rajkumar, Milwaukee WI 58.80% 2 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 60.19% 3 1 1 Mark Dean, Union City NJ; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL 57.64% 3 Eleanor Grinslade - Joan Lenze, Indianapolis IN 55.32% 4 Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV; Carol Stewart, Henderson NV 56.94% 4 Nancy Molesworth, Croton Hdsn NY; Richard Kraner, White Plains NY 53.01% 2 2 Carol Kemmerer - Richard Kemmerer, Tehachapi CA 55.09% 1 Jack Hawthorne, Phoenix AZ; Paul Heller, Marietta GA 51.62% 3 Sandra Anderson - Paul Weiland, Troy MO 51.16% 2 1 Barbara Ritter - Paul Weader, Sun City AZ 50.93% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Betsy Duncan, Abilene TX 58.80% 1 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Rodney Wilton, Albuquerque NM 59.72% 2 Peter Gray, Ketchum ID; , Scottsdale AZ 58.56% 2/3 1 John Weber, Watseka IL; Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA 59.49% 3 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 57.41% 2/3 John Schwartz, Plano TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 59.49% 4 1 Paul Wolf II, Shrewsbury MA; Ramaratnam Soundarajan, St Louis MO 55.79% 4 2 Bert Sheldon, San Antonio TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 57.18% 2 Lydia Bearden, Lakeway TX; Lois Goodman, Austin TX 49.31% 1 W Turner - Jane Turner, College Station TX 51.62% 1 Linda Sweig, Chicago IL; Mitch Sweig, Evanston IL 48.38%

TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mary Gorkin, Hallandale Bch FL; Robert Frontczak, Mequon WI 56.48% 1 1 1 Susan Edwards - Allan Edwards, London ON 61.34% 2 1 1 Schmuel Greenberg, Israel; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 53.70% 2 2 2 Roberta Trochtenberg - Joann Sandler, Saint Louis MO 58.10% 3 2 2 Elizabeth Gilman - Janice Brown, Topeka KS 53.47% 3 3 Jack Berry - Sue Wessner, Hamburg PA 53.94% 4 3 Betty Markey, Indianapolis IN; Janice Van Buren, Saint Louis MO 52.31% 4 4 Joyce Stone - Jean Roberts, Denton TX 52.55% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Betty Freedman - Terry Currie, Houston TX 63.54% 1 1 1 Jeroen Swinkels, St Louis MO; Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 65.39% 2 1 Jack Miller - William Grant Jr, Saint Louis MO 60.42% 2 Brian Berglund, Saint Louis MO; Brian Berglund, Santa Barbara CA 60.21% 3 2 Lawrence Grossman - Susan Grossman, New York NY 52.34% 3 2 James Sullivan - Carolyn Sullivan, Richfield OH 59.93% 4 3 1 Bill Carlson, Minnetonka MN; Mary Henderson, Naples FL 50.67% 4 3 2 Kenneth Woodard - Anita Woodard, Lubbock TX 47.94% 2 Shirley Martin, Florissant MO; Melvin Patterson, Omaha NE 46.27%

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS - FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E F G EAST-WEST 1 Peggy Sutherlin - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 65.59% 1 Tom Kniest, University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 64.42% 2 Debra Hyatt, Denver CO; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 63.92% 2 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 59.72% 3 Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 58.25% 3 Les Bart - Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL 57.69% 4 Himani Khandelwal - Rajeev Khandelwal, Mumbai India 56.83% 4 Elbert Moore, Crofton KY; Julia Bomalaski, Cocoa Beach FL 57.24% 5 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 56.78% 5 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA 57.14% 6 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 56.73% 6 Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL 57.09% 7 Sharon Jabbour - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 54.76% 7 Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Jack Lacy, Round Rock TX 56.28% 8 Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 54.45% 8 David Thornton, Southampton United Kingdom; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 56.07% 9/10 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Albuquerque NM 54.25% 9 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 55.26% 9/10 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jason Chiu, Piscataway NJ 54.25% 10 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 54.40% 11 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 53.90% 11 Sue Weinstein - Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 53.74% 12 James Priebe - Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON 53.54% 12 Malle Andrade, New York NY; Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 53.69% 13 Ellen Kent, Chicago IL; Robert Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 52.99% 13 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 53.59% 14 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 52.73% 14 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 53.49% 15/16 Maggie Shenkin - Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 52.13% 15 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Dee Berry, Arlington WA 52.99% 15/16 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Carol Pielsticker, Tulsa OK 52.13% 16 Judith Gushner, Boca Raton FL; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 52.23% 17 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA 52.07% 17 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 52.18% 18 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 51.82% 18 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 51.97% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 62.98% 1 Marc Rabinowitz, Hudson OH; Gerty Grotte, Aventura FL 60.36% 2 Robyn Hedly - Per Hedly, Denver CO 58.53% 2 Jenny Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 58.36% 3 Elliot Shalita, Elkins Park PA; Jane Segal, Villanova PA 56.46% 3 Anton Tsypkin, Sharon MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 57.92% 4 Suzy Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 55.71% 4 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 57.13% 5 Jane Teel - Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 55.68% 5 Anne Leverone, Saint Paul MN; Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 56.92% 6 Marilyn Maddox - Myles Maddox, Pleasant Ridge MI 55.00% 6 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 55.67% 7 Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 54.33% 7 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.40% 8 Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ; Lester Sokolower, Verona NJ 54.18% 8 Gayle Andrews, Stanton CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 53.23% 9 Wendy Krause - Arnold Krause, Toronto ON 54.14% 9 Sara Sivelind, Ludvika Sweden; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 52.55% 10 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL 52.56% 10 Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY; Susan Kraner, White Plains NY 51.82% 11 Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 52.41% 11 Kathy Baum - Jay Baum, Germantown TN 51.25% 12 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON 52.14% 12 Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 51.24% 13 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Susan Parnes, Flint MI 52.02% 13 Cecilia Rimstedt, Halmstad 30251 Sweden; John Diamond, New York NY 50.82% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Robert Heitzman Jr - Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY 63.46% 1 Scott Levine - Judi Radin, New York NY 58.62% 2 Jack Weingold - Joanne Antoniou, Boca Raton FL 63.31% 2 Justine Cushing - Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 57.77% 3 Marilyn Kivel - Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 59.31% 3 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA 57.69% 4 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 53.77% 4 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 57.54% 5 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 53.62% 5/6 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Shirley Blum, Fresno CA 56.92% 6 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 53.38% 5/6 Keith Connolly - Julie Tigges, Minneapolis MN 56.92% 7 Kathleen Safranski, Chesterfield MO; Michael Carmen, Saint Louis MO 53.15% 7 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Elena Ziuleva, Walnut Creek CA 55.92% 8 Kerry Goldsmith - Dan Goldsmith, Jr, Weatherford TX 53.00% 8 Carolyn Riely - Terry Riely, San Antonio TX 55.62% 9 Pam Stratton, Las Vegas NV; John Lusky, Portland OR 52.46% 9 Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 55.08% 10 Ned Kohler - Sherryl Buchler, Scottsdale AZ 51.85% 10 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Jim Dick, Woodbridge VA 54.38% 11 Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 51.77% 11 Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI; Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN 54.00% 12/13 Maury Corn - Arlene O'Brien, Laguna Niguel CA 50.85% 12 Carolyn Peters - Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 53.08% 12/13 Carol Schaffer - Kenneth Bland, Saint Louis MO 50.85% 13/14 Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA; Saul Agranoff, Newton MA 51.15% 13/14 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH 51.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H I EAST-WEST 1 Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 67.83% 1 Petra Hamman - Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 61.06% 2 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 56.61% 2 Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 60.92% 3 Lew Walter, New York NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 56.25% 3 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Virginia Noelke, San Angelo TX 58.56% 4 Deborah De Witt - Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI 54.33% 4 Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA; Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA 58.12% 5 Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA; Marlene Warren-Gasper, Lancaster CA 54.25% 5 Gloria Spitzer, Saint Louis MO; Christoph Eick, Houston TX 56.02% 6 Paul Schroeder, Wind Lake WI; Ava Grubman, Brooklyn NY 54.10% 6 Denny O'Connor - Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO 54.62% 7 Steve Clark - Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA 53.94% 7 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV 54.35% 8 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 53.80% 8 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 53.53% 9 Susan Jackowitz, New York NY; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 53.71% 9 Charlotte Sturm - Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA 53.00% 10 Judith Bloomer - George Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 52.79% 10 Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX; Edward Groner, Houston TX 52.52% 11 Judy Hummel - Jerry Curtright, Colorado Spgs CO 52.67% 11 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Molly O'Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 51.52% 12 Bettie Gershman - Larry Kolker, Saint Louis MO 52.44% 12 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Alan Stout, Jacksonville FL 51.48% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS J K EAST-WEST 1 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 59.08% 1 Jill Meyers - Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 64.23% 2 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, Thousand Oaks CA 58.00% 2 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX 63.54% 3 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 56.92% 3 Joan Eaton, North York ON; Andy Stark, Toronto ON 58.15% 4/5 Michael Shuman, Pasadena CA; Ethel Birnbach, Portland OR 56.85% 4 Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 58.00% 4/5 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; John Russell, North Barringto IL 56.85% 5 Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 57.62% 6 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Joe Gottler, Elberta AL 56.31% 6 Lorraine Cable, Dorchester MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 55.23% 7 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 55.15% 7 Darcy Parker - James Parker, Hollywood FL 54.00% 8 Peter Filandro - Marie Filandro, Wilmington DE 54.31% 8 Sandra Jenkins - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 53.08% 9 Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap IL; Daniel Arendell, Smithton IL 53.85% 9 Amitabh Raturi - Nancy Sachs, Cincinnati OH 53.00% 10 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 53.69% 10 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Kathy Pollock, Tonawanda NY 52.92% 11 Fred Clayton, Carol Stream IL; Jacqueline Rapp, Arlington Hts IL 53.62% 11/12 Sherry Jackson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 52.15% 12 Nancy Turner, New York NY; Dmitriy Myedvyedyev, Moscow ID 52.69% 11/12 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA 52.15%

STRATIFIED 299ER - TUESDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Don Grider - Inez Grider, Georgetown TX 60.98% 1 1 1 Mark Beckwith, Johnston IA; Terry Brown, Eddyville IA 60.98% 2 Michael Voyles, Davenport IA; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL 56.44% 2/3 Randall Brown, Cameron Park CA; Lisa Whitbeck, Little Rock AR 57.77% 3 2 Thomas Frank, Indianapolis IN; Gary Stokes, Lakeside TX 53.98% 2/3 2 2 Loysius Zupancic, Joliet IL; James Carey, Clinton IA 57.77% 4 V'Anne Desch, Topeka KS; Teri Carpenter, Albuquerque NM 53.41% 4 3 Nancy Lee, San Mateo CA; Matthew Raider, Portland CT 57.58% 5 3 2 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jo Chorpening, Ellisville MO 51.52% 5 4 Wayne Welborn, Waxhaw NC; Doris Niemann, Charlotte NC 53.41% 6 4 Raymond Struck - Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS 50.57% 6 5 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Thayer Talcott Jr, Morristown NJ 53.22%

MORNING SIDE SERIES - TUESDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Elizabeth Gilman - Janice Brown, Topeka KS 57.39% 1 Audrey Ventura - Lance Shull, Raleigh NC 59.66% 2 2 2 Marv Riedesel - Mary Johnson, Prior Lake MN 56.63% 2 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 57.77% 3 3 Beverly Geurin, Austin TX; Kathryn Ritterbush, Albuquerque NM 54.17% 3/4 William Vinson, Boynton Beach FL; Donald Sondergeld, Hubbardton VT 57.20% 4 Mike Miller, Temple TX; Roy Baughman, Pantego TX 53.60% 3/4 1 1 Michael McDonald, Rochester Hills MI; Stephen Kalstein, Birmingham MI 57.20% 5 4 Mary Tseng, Erie PA; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 53.41% 5 2 Jeffrey Boak, Chapel Hill NC; Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC 53.60% 6 Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN; Joseph Lebeau, Smyrna TN 52.46% 6 3 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, San Antonio TX 50.57% 4 2 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 49.43% 3 Brian Gallagher - William Johnson, Farmington MO 48.86% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 En Xie, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 59.28% 1 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 68.75% 2 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 58.90% 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 62.31% 3 Carl Spencer, Farmington NM; Jennie Flynn Sauviac, Metairie LA 54.92% 3 1 Sanford Becker, Chesterfield MO; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA 58.14% 4 Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 54.55% 4 2 1 Jeff Dater - Jim Harp, Dallas TX 54.92% 5 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Julian Wernick, Birmingham England 52.08% 5 Noe Mallari, San Diego CA; Francis Tseng, Erie PA 54.73% 1 Stephen Hawthorne - Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 50.57% 3 Barbara Feeley - Jo Ann Aiken, Tucson AZ 50.00% 2 1 Avinash Lagu - Mary Lagu, Carmel IN 49.62% 2 Robert Quintin, St Charles IL; Patricia Coontz, Palm Desert CA 43.37% 3 Judy Bevan, Lawrence KS; Shari Krentzel, Oskaloosa KS 47.16% Page 16 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Wednesday, March 14, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Wednesday–Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Monday–Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Monday–Wednesday Morning Side Game Series* 3rd single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 220 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 220 $14.50 $14.50 Wednesday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified * 1–2 Renaissance Landmark 4 $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, March 14, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1–2 Renaissance Landmark 5 $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, March 14, 1 p.m. Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series 3rd single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $14.50

Wednesday, March 14, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Rockwell Mixed Pairs 1–2 F Renaissance Majestic $18 NABC 49er Pairs 1–2 America's Center 230 $16.50 Stratified Open Pairs* 1–2 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Compact KO Teams 1–2 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Russell Stover Candy (Tuesday-Wednesday) Bracketed KO Teams 3–4 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50

Wednesday, March 14, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 4 Renaissance Majestic $18

Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series 4th single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 One-session Stratified Swiss Teams* single America's Center 220 $14.50 $16.50 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $14.50

Wednesday, March 14, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Renaissance Landmark 5 $12/team/match

*Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted Open and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Thursday, March 15, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other Monday–Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 4th America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Wednesday–Saturday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Thursday–Saturday Morning Side Game Series* 1st single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 220 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 220 $14.50 $14.50

Thursday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Stratified Fast Open Pairs* 1–2 Renaissance Landmark 4 $15.50 $17.50

Thursday, March 15, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1–2 Renaissance Landmark 5 $15.50 $17.50 Thursday, March 15, 1 p.m. Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series* 5th single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $14.50

Thursday, March 15, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Lebhar IMP Pairs 1–2 Q Renaissance Majestic $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Whitehead Women's Pairs 1–2 Q Renaissance Majestic $18 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Bean Red Ribbon Pairs 1–2 Q America's Center 240 $16.50 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions. Pre-qualification required. Stratified Open Swiss Teams* 1–2 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Open Pairs* 1–2 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 Anheuser-Busch Companies (Thursday-Friday) Bracketed KO Teams 1–2 America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50

Thursday, March 15, 1 & 8 p.m. Vanderbilt KO Teams Round 5 Renaissance Majestic $18

Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. One-session Stratified IMP Pairs* single America's Center 220 $14.50 $16.50 Open to Swiss dropouts and new entries Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 Tuesday–Thursday Side Game Series* 6th single session America's Center 220 $15.50 $17.50 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $16.50 0–20, 0–5 Pairs single America's Center 230 $14.50 $14.50

Thursday, March 15, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Renaissance Landmark 5 $12/team/match

*Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted Open and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0–3000); separate from B/C/D (1000–2000, 500–1000, 0–500). Strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750–2000), C (0–750). **Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Today's sponsor Russell Stover Candy is sponsoring the Bracketed KO Team game being played yesterday and today. Their sponsorship took the form of a contribution of delicious candy which was given to each player during registration. We certainly appreciate the generosity of Russell Stover Candy.