July 8-18, 2004 76th Summer North American Bridge Championships DAILY BULLETIN New York, New York Volume 76, Number 10 Sunday, July 18, 2004 Editors: Brent Manley and Henry Francis What would these stars do without bridge? Have you ever wondered what all those star If Gaylor were an actor, perhaps Brian Glubok said Mike. “Now I’d be playing poker. There’s so bridge players would be doing if bridge had not been would use him in one of his films. “I’ve always much money in those poker tournaments.” available as a career? We wondered too, so we wanted to be a writer/producer of films,” said Cohen has tremendous interest in the major decided to ask them. Glubok. “In fact I’ve been doing some work like that sports, and a career in sportswriting was high on his “I used to sing when I was young, so I in my spare time away from the bridge table. Right list. Of course he was around bridge all the time sometimes picture myself as a rock singer,” said now I’m producing an independent feature about because his father, Ralph, was (and is) a top-flight Gaylor Kasle. “Or maybe I’d be an actor. I enjoyed Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe.” player and also was a major administrator – once the the dramas I used to play in when I was in high Chuck Said would be writing a novel. “That’s CEO of the ACBL. Billy finally chose bridge, but it school, and I wouldn’t mind being on the stage right something I’ve always wanted to do. I used to was a close call. Incidentally, he named baseball, now.” publish poetry and short stories, and I’ve never lost Continued on page 4 my interest in literature. And I might be an actor, although I’m getting a little old for that kind of work.” Too old? Hasn’t he noticed how many of the old-timers are in the spotlight these days? Zeke Jabbour might be in the theater too. He loves drama and he has produced shows for bridge tournaments. But then again he also has a strong bent for politics – maybe he’d be the governor of Florida! Let’s see now. Maybe Glubok can produce a film with the names of Kasle, Said and Jabbour in the lights. Mike Passell would have been a professional baseball player – a third baseman – and Billy Cohen Mike Passell, left, would have played baseball Gaylor Kasle, left, would have been on the as a third baseman, and Billy Cohen would would have written newspaper and magazine articles stage or movie set, and Brian Glubok might well have written about him. about him. “I’d be a retired baseball player by now,” have been the producer of the show or movie. Wilkinson is 2005 Nickell roars back, ACBL President reaches final against Chuck Wilkinson, a veteran bridge player and Spector squad administrator representing District 10, has been In one of the greatest comebacks in bridge elected ACBL President for 2005. history, the Nick Nickell squad erased a 71-IMP Wilkinson has long experience in just about deficit over the final 16 boards to charge into the every administrative position in his district, which final of the Spingold Knockout Teams with a 154- covers his home state of Mississippi as well as West 143 victory over the George Jacobs team. Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana. The result was held up while an appeal that He has represented the district on the ACBL would have affected the outcome was settled in Board of Directors since 1990. Since he took up Winners of the 0-5000 Mini-Spingold: Alex Nickell’s favor. bridge in the late Sixties, he has served in a wide Hong, Shi Yan, Hau Ge and Yi Liu. Team The winners – Nickell, Richard Freeman, Jeff variety of positions at the unit and district level. captain Larry Mohr is not pictured. Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Paul Wilkinson owns a company that manages Soloway – will face the Warren Spector squad in investment portfolios for individuals and small Comeback kids take today’s Spingold final. Vugraph of all 64 boards pension funds. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, serving five years in the U.S. Air 0-5000 Mini Spingold Continued on page 9 Force. He was a navigator on the B-52 When the team captained by Larry Mohr Stratofortress aircraft. compared after the first quarter of the 0-5000 Mini- Wilkinson’s father was also in the military, so Spingold Knockout Teams, they knew they had he moved around a lot as a youngster, but he has their work cut out for them – they were down 75-5 called the Jackson MS area home most of his life. to the Keith Connolly squad. He and his wife, Robin, have been married for “We never gave up,” said Shi Yan, a member of 12 years. the winning squad, “because of what Larry told us. He said, ‘The match is not finished yet.’” Indeed, the Mohr squad – Shi, Alex Hong, Hau Continued on page 6 California-Illinois pair Onstott leads Mixed BAM lead NABC+ Fast Pairs The team captained by John Onstott of New Jiang Gu of Mountain Lakes CA and Xiaodong Orleans held a one-point lead after two qualifying Shi of Des Plaines IL took an 8-point lead after two sessions of the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams. qualifying sessions of the NABC+ Fast Open Pairs. Onstott is playing with Carol Pincus and Jim Their score of 813.91 was just ahead of the pair Robison of Las Vegas and Lucy Tredennick of in second with two session to go today: Franco Lomita CA. Baseggio of New York City and Samuel Their score of 35 was put them one ahead of Ehrlichman of Ithaca NY. Peter Weidan of Lisa and David Berkowitz, Marinesa Letizia, Terry Michaels, winner of the Prize Money Brooklyn NY and Richard Zucker of Dobbs Ferry Margie Gwozdzinsky, Larry Cohen and Richard Bridge Individual, top flight, and Sunny. See story on page 4. NY were third. Schwartz. Page 2 Daily Bulletin won a spade trick, he could have exited with the ♦J Three Divers Deals 8 straight years for his partner to take the last two tricks. By Phillip Alder However, West acted too quickly, playing the The headline does not mean that this article at Bridge Camp ♦Q. Now Helness could ruff and exit with the ♠5 to endplay East. will include submarine coups. Instead, “divers” This is the eighth straight year that Thomas Finally, back to the full deal for the initial means different in English, if not in American! Schonfeldt of Denmark has attended the World problem: Here are three dissimilar Spingold deals that caught Junior Bridge Camp. The 27-year-old Danish Dlr: South ♠ K 9 7 my eye. star attended the camp for many years as a Vul: Both ♥ K J 9 5 First, let’s have a declarer-play problem. player, but now that he is no longer a Junior, he ♦ 9 3 Dlr: South ♠ K 9 7 goes as one of the workers. He will help run the ♣ A J 8 7 Vul: Both ♥ K J 9 5 camp at Nyack NY all next week. ♠ Q 6 4 2 ♠ J 8 5 3 ♦ 9 3 When he isn’t involved in bridge, he has an ♥♥A Q 4 2 ♣ A J 8 7 interesting occupation – he assesses fire and ♦ A Q J 8 6 5 ♦ 10 7 2 accident risks. That’s quite a job in these ♣ 6 5 2 ♣ 9 3 ♠ A10 troubled times. ♥ 10 8 7 6 3 ♠ A10 ♦ K 4 ♥ 10 8 7 6 3 split 3-3, South played a trump to dummy and ♣ K Q 10 4 ♦ K 4 cashed the two club winners, reducing to this West North East South ♣ K Q 10 4 ending: 1♥ After taking the first trick with the ♠A, if you ♠ 7 5 4 3♦ (1) 4♦ (2) Pass 4♥ lead a trump immediately, you lose four tricks in ♥ 9 All Pass gig time. But if you successfully run the ♠10 at ♦ J (1) Weak jump overcall trick two, you must still be careful. After crossing ♣ — (2) Game-forcing heart raise in clubs and throwing a diamond on the ♠K, you ♠ A J ♠ Q 9 2 West leads the ♠4: 7, J, A. How would you must continue with a diamond to cut the ♥ — ♥ — continue? defenders’ communications. If instead you play a ♦ Q 8 4 ♦ 9 7 The next two deals occurred during the match trump, East wins with the queen and returns her last ♣ — ♣ — between the teams led by Jimmy Cayne and club. Then East, when in with the ♥A, can lead a ♠ K 10 Pinhas Romik. To start, here is another single- diamond to her partner’s ace and receive a killing ♥ — dummy problem: club ruff. ♦ AK 10 Dlr: East ♠ A2 How I wish I had found that line of play at the ♣ — Vul: Both ♥ K Q 8 table. Then this article could have had a more self- The last trump from the dummy saw everyone ♦ 5 3 congratulatory slant! discard spades. Now reading the position ♣ Q J 10 8 5 3 perfectly, Levit played the ♦J to his ace to unblock the suit, then exited with the ♠K to endplay West. ♠ K 10 8 5 4 What a brilliant way to make a slam! But now ♥ A J 9 6 4 I must come clean. Levit was only in 4♥.