Sunday, March 18, 2018 Volume 61, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Thank you for coming to Philly! Nickell, Fleisher cruise to By Joann and Bob Glasson date in Vandy final The squads captained by Nick Nickell and Marty We hope you enjoyed the Philadelphia NABC. Fleisher – the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds – meet today to It takes a village to put together an NABC. Our decide who will be the winner of the 2018 Vanderbilt village was filled with the best group of volunteers KO Teams. that anyone could ever have. See the photos of our Playing with Nickell are Ralph Katz, Jeff various committee chairs on page 3. Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin and Steve We would also like to extend our special Weinstein. They are the defending champions. thanks to Wendy Sullivan and her crew from the Fleisher’s lineup includes Chip Martel, Joe Meeting Services Department and the TD staff Grue, Brad Moss, Eric Greco and Geoff Hampson. for their tireless support; Paul Linxwiler and Chip In the semifinal round, Nickell stayed in Dombrowski, the Daily Bulletin editors, for keeping firm control in their match against Mary Ann us all in the news; and Steve Bates and his fine Berg’s squad (Jason Feldman, Krzysztof Buras, directing staff for alll of their hard work. Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Michal Kwiecien and Marcin And, of course, we want to thank all the players Lesniewski). Nickell led the contest all four quarters, who attended and made the 2018 Philadelphia winning the match 132-87. NABC a success. In the other semifinal bracket, Fleisher also continued on page 3 led their opponents – John Diamond’s team – throughout the match, advancing 114-71. In style for St. Patrick’s Day continued on page 5 There was a lot of green in the playing areas caught our attention. Saturday as many players dressed for St. Patrick’s Bruce Baldwin and Summer Rifkah of Altoona Day. Photos here and on page 9 show those who PA went all out with Irish-themed accessories on Levine tops crowded their heads, necks and Jacoby leader board even faces. The squad captained by Mike Levine topped the Patty Shaughnessy qualifying round in the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams, of Paoli PA had not just but many other squads are close behind. the vest and scarf, but the Levine scored 112.54 victory points in name to match. “I should Saturday’s opener and will take a carryover of 24.74 be on a pub crawl,” she VPs into today’s final. His teammates are Eddie said, instead of playing in Wold, Mike Passell, Chris Compton, Greg Hinze and the Gold Rush Pairs. David Grainger. Three members of In second with a carryover of 23.88 is Stan a team playing in the Tulin’s team, while Rose Meltzer and company are Jacoby Swiss Teams third with 23.14 VPs. wore matching emerald Seventy-six teams will play in today’s two- polo shirts: Patsy Cayne session final. of Boca Raton FL and Dutchmen Tim Verbeek and Danny Molenaar. LaSota-Theurer Oscar the Grouch Patty Shaughnessy, lead Fast quals Bruce Baldwin and Summer Rifkah, Altoona PA Paoli PA continued on page 9 The Maryland-based duo of Leo LaSota and Brad Theurer had the best score in yesterday’s opening round of the NABC Fast Pairs. LaSota and Two winners in the Philly 14 contest Theurer scored 67.38% in the first qualifying session The local committee of the Philadelphia NABC 3. and 60.97% in the second to lead the event by more sponsored a special contest last week in which 4. B. Jay Becker than half a board. Their carryover or today’s final is players were asked to identify photographs of some 5. Bobby Jordan 112.44 matchpoints. of the game’s great players who originally came from 6. Bobby Goldman In second with 88.98 are the defending Philadelphia. 7. Charles Solomon champions, Mark Dahl of Richmond VA and Richard There was a tie between two contestants, so the 8. Peter Pender 5 9 Oshlag of Memphis TN. committee declared that Marty Nelson of Annapolis 9. Helen Sobel Smith Currently in third place with 84.75 are are Mel MD and Shawn Quinn of Sugar Land TX would each 10. Colchamiro of Merrick NY and James Griffin of receive the first-place prize. 11. Art Robinson Sausalito CA. There were more than 150 entries, and the two 12. Norman Kay Seventy-eight pairs qualified for the two-session winners identified all 14 photos correctly (see below) 13. Dave Treadwell final. and tied on the masterpoint tiebreaker with a guess of 14. John Crawford 130,000. Tie Breakers: 13 8 Here are the correct answers: The player who is still alive is Art Robinson. 1. Total ACBL for all 14 is 129,104. Goodwill Message 2. Sidney Silodor As we fold up our bidding boxes and prepare to leave, let’s again thank our hosts for their hard work and gracious hospitality. New convention charts Sandy DeMartino, Chair coming later this year Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee The ACBL Board of Directors has given final most masterpoint-limited games), Open and Open- approval to a revised set of convention charts plus (for NABC events and certain regional events). ATTENDANCE proposed by the Competition and Conventions The charts will soon be posted on the ACBL through Saturday Committee. Committee chair Tom Carmichael says and BridgeWinners web sites. Additionally, a series that the new charts will become effective Nov. 1. of articles about the new charts will appear in the There will be four charts: Basic, Basic-plus (for Bridge Bulletin magazine beginning this summer. 9751 tables Page 2 Sunday, March 18, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Sunday, March 17 Noon - 4 p.m. Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room 403) 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Entertainment Monitoring Get your prize Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours ACBL will be monitoring events at this and If you’ve won any See Philadelphia – $20 discount tickets (usually future North American Bridge Championships strat of any event at all $32) – with ACBL with both visible and concealed real-time cameras in Philadelphia, come convention card. Get in public spaces. The images will be recorded and to the Prize Desk on the tickets at the Hotel Tour available for later inspection and review by ACBL fifth floor (to the left of Desk in the lobby of management and tournament officials, among the escalators) and claim the Marriott. Board the others, including members of the Anti-Cheating your prize. The Prize Philadelphia Sightseeing Commission. These recordings will also be uploaded Desk is open Sunday Tours on 12th Street to the internet following the NABC. 8:30–10 a.m. outside the front door of the Marriott at 10:15 and By general monitoring of the session and hourly thereafter. participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining Credit cards accepted facts and settling issues or disputes arising from New Life Masters some types of ethical and behavioral complaints Roger or actions. Please summon a director if a problem Milton and Beth for entry fees Purchase your entries for all events at the occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to Milton of Blue NABC via credit card! All major credit cards are assure everyone that the playing field is level and Bell CA both accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” became Life appear from PurplePass. (If you see PurplePass Maters playing on your credit card statement later, remember this in Wednesday’s is a charge for ACBL entry fees!) To use this option, Player memo stations Gold Rush the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a At the Philadelphia NABC, player memo Swiss Teams single card. Bridge Bucks also remain available as stations may be found in the pre-function areas on with teammates Dick Godshal and Kay Garrity of an alternative to cash. the fourth and fifth floors of the Marriott. Lansdale PA. Players are asked to please keep these area free The Miltons needed 7 gold points to achieve of clutter. their new rank, and they earned 9 in the event. Jody Sorrell of West Chester PA became a Life Entries Master on Saturday. She was A valid ACBL player number is required to play playing with Jeanne Thompson in all events at the NABC. in the Daylight Gold Rush Pairs. All North American championships with no She needed about 5 gold points upper masterpoint limit are $25 per player per sessio. a few days ago, got half of it (For team events, this means $100 per team per on Thursday and the rest on session for four-person teams, $125 per team per Saturday. session for five-person teams, and $150 per team per session for six-person teams. Only ACBL members current on their dues and service fees are eligible to Parking play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session Discounted parking tickets are available for two benefits the International Fund.) nearby garages at the Information Desk. Other North American championships are $17 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert per player per session. Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day. (For the team events, this means $68 per team 12th & Walnut – entrance per session for teams of four, $85 per team per on the west side of 12th at session for teams of five, and $102 per team per Sansom Street – $12/day. session for teams of six. Only ACBL members These discounts have been current on their dues and service fees are eligible to arranged through Parkway play in these events.) Corporation. Regional championships are $16 for ACBL The Information Desk is open Sunday 8:30–10 members, $20 for inactive members per player per a.m.. When you arrive at the Marriott or the session. Convention Center, stop by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return to the garage, first insert the ticket you received when you pulled into the Smoking Policy garage, and then insert our discounted ticket to Smoking is not permitted in the playing area get the correct rate. Then you can pay. during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This includes electronic smoking devices. Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 18, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS West North East South 24 HCP between the Thinking bridge 1♣ two hands is usually By Eddie Kantar 2♠ Dbl Pass 4♥ more than enough. A The weak jump overcall, negative double, All Pass 4-4 fit usually plays card combinations, cover or not? Opening lead: ♠K one trick better than Bidding commentary: As South, one seldom notrump. Dlr: South ♠ 7 4 2 opens 1NT with a five-card minor and a four- Play Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 5 2 card major. However, it’s not a bad idea with four commentary: As ♦ K 9 8 diamonds, five clubs, 15-16 HCP and strong major- South, win the ♠A, ♣ K J 8 suits doubletons. Example: cross to a club honor ♠ K Q J 10 5 3 ♠ 9 8 ♠A Q ♥K 4 ♦Q J 6 3 ♣A 8 7 5 4. and run the ♥9, not ♥ 8 ♥ K 7 6 3 After South opens 1♣, West’s 2♠ bid (a weak the queen! If you ♦ Q J ♦ A 10 7 6 3 2 jump overcall) is the equivalent of a weak two-bid lead the ♥Q and East plays low, your next heart ♣ 9 5 4 3 ♣ 7 opener. North’s negative double of 2♠ promises play will be low to the 10, West pitching a spade. ♠ A 6 four hearts with 9+ HCP (possibly 8 HCP with five In order to repeat the finesse, you have to return ♥ A J 10 4 hearts). Keep in mind that the double forces partner to dummy with a club. Not so fast, East ruffs and ♦ 5 4 to bid at the three level. South, with extras, bids leads a spade to West. If West leads a third club, ♣ A Q 10 6 2 4♥, not 3♥. To make game with a 4-4 fit in a major, East ruffs, and the ♦A defeats the contract one trick. If, instead, West shifts to the ♦Q, the defense can take two diamonds, a spade and two club ruffs! Adam Tannenbaum, 15, of Greenwich Actually, 10 tricks are readily available. Say CT plays bridge with his father, Len Tannenbaum of Miami Beach FL. They’ve you lead the ♥9 at trick three (key play), East been going to two or three tournaments a plays low and you follow with the 4. Now the lead year since Adam was 12, and this is their remains in dummy and you lead the queen. No first NABC. “One time he said, ‘There’s matter what East does, you can take four hearts this game I used to play when I was in my tricks without having to return to dummy to repeat 20s,’” Adam said, describing how his dad the finesse. You wind up with four heart tricks, talked him into learning bridge. Though five club tricks and the ♠A: 10 tricks. they’re both under 50 masterpoints, it’s Defensive commentary: As East, if the ♥Q pretty much all from tournaments. “All my is led from dummy at trick three, don’t cover. points are colored.” Adam has a brother The second heart must be won in declarer’s hand. at the University of Pennsylvania, so Philadelphia was an obvious destination Declarer then has no way to return to dummy to choice. repeat the heart finesse. If a diamond is led to the king, you kill it with your ace, and if a club is led, you ruff. As declarer, play the same with J-9-x (x)

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JACOBY SWISS TEAMS - QUALIFIERS “It’s so easy when you 76 Tables / Based on 152 Tables Carryover 1 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; know how ...” Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 24.74 By Barry Rigal 2 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Dlr: West Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, Vul: Both London England 23.88 Bd: 20 3 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Rosen Gunev - Ivan Tsonchev - Vladimir Marashev, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 23.14 ♠ A Q ♠ 7 6 4 4 Barry Rigal - William Pollack, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Jeff Roman, ♥ 10 9 7 4 ♥ A Q Bend OR; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 22.13 5 Ji Chen - Jie Li - Xu Hou, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Lidang Dong, ♦ K J 10 9 8 ♦ 7 6 4 Shaanxi People’s Republic of China; Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; ♣ K 5 ♣ A J 8 6 3 Yanpei Zhao, Beijing China 21.29 6 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; West North East South Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 21.17 1♦(1) Pass 2♥(2) 2♠ 7 Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; John McAllister, Keswick VA; Daniel Zagorin, 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 21.11 (1) Natural, 5+. 8 Richard Schwartz, Boca Raton FL; David Gold - Michael Bell, London England; (2) Limit raise: diamonds, minors, or balanced. Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 19.59 In 3NT after the ♦9 lead, South discouraged, 9 Piotr Olszewski, Hackettstown NJ; Frank Mirchin, Pine Brook NJ; Judy Rothstein, suggesting he had the ♥K. Livingston NJ; Jin-Ming Liao, Skillman NJ 19.22 10 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, 3NT is an uninspiring contract. Maybe the right Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; approach is to rely on the club finesse. So you play Signe Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark 18.71 the ♣K and a club to the jack, which holds. Phew! 11 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Now you take the diamond finesse. If it loses to the Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy 16.16 ♦Q, you can reassess what to do. When it holds, 12 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - John Mohan - Joshua Donn, you are in great shape. Take care to lead a heart to Las Vegas NV; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 16.13 the ace, then don’t cash the ♣A or you squeeze your 13 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; hand. You plan to score two spades, one heart, four Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 15.92 diamonds and two clubs. 14 Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Stefano Tommasini, When you lead a second diamond, however, Santa Catarina Brazil; Marcello La Rovere, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 15.68 15 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; South shows out! This is the full deal: Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 15.20 ♠ 9 5 16 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; ♥ 5 3 2 Drew Casen, Metarie LA; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 14.81 ♦ A Q 5 3 17 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Miriam Harris-Botzum - ♣ Q 9 7 2 John Botzum, Orefield PA 14.79 ♠ A Q ♠ 7 6 4 18 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; ♥ 10 9 7 4 ♥ A Q Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 14.60 ♦ K J 10 9 8 ♦ 7 6 4 19 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Drew Becker, ♣ K 5 ♣ A J 8 6 3 Chicago IL; Chris Moll, Durham NC 14.36 ♠ K J 10 8 3 2 20 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ashley Bach, Sydney Australia 14.33 ♥ K J 8 6 21 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Phillip King - Artur Malinowski, Harrow England; ♦ 2 Thomas Paske, Hereford England 14.17 ♣ 10 4 22 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Neil Chambers, Nice defense by North, Simon Cope, of England. Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; He, along with Peter Crouch, also of the UK, won Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 13.99 the Silodor Open Pairs. 23 Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Fredrik Helness - Odin Svendsen, Oslo Norway; After registering your minus 200, you check Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 12.70 Deep Finesse to see what the best outcome for 24 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; David Yang, declarer is. As usual, you have been weighed in the Darien IL; Jonathan Weinstein, St. Louis MO 12.02 balance and found wanting. DF tells you 3NT is 25 Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; Randal Burns, Washington DC; Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 11.72 cold. How do you make it? Simple: Play the ♦K at 26 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; trick two. If the defenders win the first or second Adam Stokka, Täbby Sweden 11.61 diamond, you set up diamonds using the club entry. 27 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; If the defense ducks twice, you switch your attention Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, to clubs and take four tricks there. Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 11.25 28 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Astoria NY; Samuel Amer, Queens NY; Gregory Herman, Buy your NABC Fort Collins CO 11.18 entry online 29 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Don’t wait in line! 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44 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 6.86 Vanderbilt leaders 45 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, continued from page 1 Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Playing for Diamond were Brian Platnick, Boye John Hurd, New York NY 6.53 Brogeland and Espen Lindqvist. 46 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Craig Ganzer - Dan Wolkowitz, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 5.72 The Vanderbilt final may be seen on BBO in the 47 Kenton Schoen, Alexandria VA; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA; Ashraf El Sadi, Peter Pender Vugraph Theater in Room 403. Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 5.60 48 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Giacomo Percario, BILL BAUER SATURDAY COMPACT KO 14 Tables Livorno Italy; Alessandro Gandoglia - Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome Italy 5.49 10.01 1 Joe Yassi, Etobicoke ON; James Breihan - Anton 49 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Allan Livgard - Jostein Sorvoll, Oslo Norway; (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX Sverre Koch, Jar Norway 5.30 7.01 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Suman 50 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA; Elaine Landow - Agarwal, Columbus OH; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Harjinder Craig Robinson, Durham NC 5.26 Ajmani, Kula HI 51 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; You Hu, Philadelphia PA; Frank Feng, Radnor PA 5.06 4.50 3 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Jerry Barrett, Austin TX; Harold George, Wichita KS; Steven Fox, Kensington 52 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL; Rahn Smith, MD Brandon FL 4.33 3.50 4 Molly Fainer, New York NY; Margaret Hansell, 53 Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Jeffrey Miller, Champaign IL; Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR Naperville IL; Robert Heitzman Jr., Allendale NJ 4.31 54 Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA 4.20 Playing in an NABC+ pairs 55 Richard Coren - Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 3.83 game? Buy your entry early! In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ 56 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Melody Bi, Ashland MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Glenn McIntyre, Bedford MA 3.80 pairs events – which require additional time for 57 Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Simon Cope, proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to Hertfordshire Engalnd; Peter Crouch, Surrey England 3.75 please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before 58 Mark Henderson, Wilmington DE; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Everett Young, game time. This is especially true if you expect to be Lafayette Hill PA; Richard Bojar, Philadelphia PA 3.72 a seeded pair. 59 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Chappaqua NY; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland 3.56 60 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Ron Gerard, White Plains NY 3.20 61 Jeffrey Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Melissa Price - Richard Price, Glenn Dale MD 2.81 62 Luis Teixeira - Carlos Luis, Funchal Portugal; Paulo Sarmento, Porto Portugal; Joao Barbosa, Portugal; Reinaldo Timoteo, Aguim Portugal 2.76 63 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 2.71 64 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 2.51 65 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 2.33 66 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee - Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 2.12 67 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Pierre Franceschetti, Montpellier France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Quentin Robert, Paris France 1.97 68 Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA; Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 1.88 69 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina 1.84 70 Janet Dresden, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Jo Morse, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Russell Ekeblad,Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 1.55 71 Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL 1.23 72 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Robert Bell, Silver Spring MD; Fred King, McLean VA; Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD 1.11 73 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 0.89 74 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ; Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 0.19 75 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Alan Frank, Amherst MA; Gerardo Malazdrewicz - Trisha Malazdrewicz, Amherst NS 0.11 76 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 0.00 Page 6 Sunday, March 18, 2018 Daily Bulletin Vanderbilt KO Teams – Final Pairing 1. Nickell 188 64. (65) Trachuk 70 77 Tables 1. Nickell 170 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; 32. (33) Doub 116 32. Kasle 114 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair 33. Doub 148 NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, 1. Nickell 142 Clearwater Beach FL 16. (17) Cohler 98 17. Cohler 151 vs 48. Rippey 101 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, 17. Cohler 137 Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las 16. Street 104 16. Street 171 Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 49. (54) LZSS 133 1. Nickell 150 8. (9) Gupta 125 125.00 3/4 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian 9. Gupta 144 Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor 56. Skorchev 95 9. Gupta 154 Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 24. Paul Fireman 100 125.00 3/4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason 24. Paul Fireman 106 Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa 41. Collins 63 9. Gupta 142 Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Michal 8. Pszczola 138 25. O’Rourke 120 Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane 40. Phyllis Fireman 117 Poland 25. O’Rourke 29 8. Pszczola 129 8. Pszczola 210 80.00 5/8 LAVAZZA: Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, 57. (72) Schireson 61 1. Nickell 41 75 105 132 Barcelona Spain; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis 4. (21) Berg 14 34 57 87 5. Cayne 166 Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 60. (69) Wilderman 90 80.00 5/8 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, 5. Cayne 125 Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, 28. Verbeek 65 28. Verbeek 155 Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan 37. Fallenius 56 5. Cayne 125 Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 12. (21) Berg 140 80.00 5/8 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, 21. Berg 170 New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal 44. Baker 99 21. Berg 132 Klukowski, Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; 12. Mittelman 106 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 12. Mittelman 181 80.00 5/8 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing 53. Harris 71 5. (21) Berg 131 Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, 4. Lavazza 119 13. Zimmerman 138 Singapore 52. Pavlicek 128 13. Zimmerman 77 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan 20. Schwartz 100 20. Schwartz 132 Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 45. Grossack 91 Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo 13. (20) Schwartz 123 Versace, Rome Italy 4. Lavazza 132 29. PD Times 122 50.00 9/16 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - 36. Aa 115 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas 29. PD Times 58 TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, 4. Lavazza 173 4. Lavazza 182 1. Nickell Chicago IL 61. (68) Zhang 106 50.00 9/16 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek 2. Fleisher Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw 2. Fleisher 180 Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, 63. Sher 122 2. Fleisher 129 Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 31. Lilienstein 104 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, 31. Lilienstein 89 Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, 34. (43) Abdou 80 2. Fleisher 166 Charlottenlund Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, 15. Tulin 93 18. Hill 155 Stockholm Sweden 47. Barbosa 116 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees 18. Hill 80 Jr., Voorhout ; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep 15. Tulin 147 15. Tulin 130 Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Bakhshi, London England 50. Hanna 85 2. Fleisher 142 50.00 9/16 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy 7. (26) Zhao 49 10. Lall 155 Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth 55. (74) Smith 124 RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 10. Lall 134 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John 23. Seligman 124 23. Seligman 124 McAllister, Keswick VA; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen 42. Jacob 123 10. Lall 73 Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Peter Bertheau, 7. (26) Zhao 113 Taby Sweden 26. Zhao 138 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David 39. (64) Madness 132 26. Zhao 147 Gold, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, 7. (71) Castner 119 Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, London England 7. Coren 108 58. (71) Castner 146 2. Fleisher 30 69 77 114 3. Diamond 3 32 48 71 6. Rosenthal 123 59. Narasimhan 119 6. Rosenthal 143 27. (38) Moss 64 27. Robinson 98 38. Moss 119 6. Rosenthal 57 11. Mahaffey 113 22. Levine 148 43. (60) Gipson 191 22. (60) Gipson 113 11. Mahaffey 161 11. Mahaffey 188 54. (75) Pajak 38 6. (11) Mahaffey 97 3. Diamond 122 14. Sonsini 93 51. Leong 112 14. (51) Leong 92 19. Zagorin 144 19. Zagorin 166 46. (57) Texeira 83 14. (19) Zagorin 113 3. Diamond 124 30. Woolsey 46 35. Demirev 138 30. (35) Demirev 97 3. Diamond 132 3. Diamond 146 62. Cassel 132 Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 18, 2018 Page 7

NABC FAST PAIRS - QUALIFIERS 39.0 Tables Carryover 1 Leo LaSota, Glen Burnie MD; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD 112.44 2 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 88.98 3 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 84.75 4 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 70.31 5 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 68.30 6 Rhoda Kratenstein - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 67.90 7 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao, Brea CA 64.18 8 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 62.63 9 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 61.55 10 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 58.79 11 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 58.76 12 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 56.02 13 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 50.43 14 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 48.89 15 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 48.33 16 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 47.71 17 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 47.27 18 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 43.46 19 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 43.42 20 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY 43.27 21 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; R. Muggia, Andover MA 41.34 22 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; David Gurvich, New York NY 40.47 23 Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 40.28 24 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 39.17 25 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 37.87 26 Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Mark Bendure, Grosse Pointe MI 37.62 27 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY 37.15 28 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 34.04 29 Wallace Goldban, Palm Desert CA; Rhoda Walsh, Carlsbad CA 33.84 30 David Langer - Judy Riehs, Buffalo Grove IL 33.61 31 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 33.06 32 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 29.88 33 Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 29.48 34 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 29.26 35 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 29.06 36 Daiva Vitukynaite - Gediminas Poska, Pallos Hills IL 27.32 37 Bryan Delfs - Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 27.05 38 Adam Parrish - Robert Barrington, New York NY 26.56 39 Jack LaVigne, Houston TX; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 24.55 40 Randall Berseth, Bear DE; Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 23.44 41 Rob Gordon, Northport NY; Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY 23.43 42 Robert Gookin, Annandale VA; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 23.06 43 Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 20.52 44 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 19.93 45 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 19.83 46 Michel Morin, Montreal QC; Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC 18.78 Your Gold Medal 47 Thomas Rozinski, Brooklyn NY; Philip Lentz, New York NY 17.54 48 Ronald Mak, Manchester NH; Ken Eisner, Truro NS 17.30 is Within Reach 49 Ivanie Yeo - Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 16.19 Realize your dreams 50 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA 15.84 of winning a world 51 Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 14.84 championship medal when 52 Hee-Jung Moon - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 13.93 the 53 Philippe Galaski, Florence MA; Roger Webb, Amherst MA 13.91 hosts the 2018 World Bridge 54 Jason Meyer, Silver Spring MD; James Geist, Olney MD 13.72 55 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 13.29 Series in Orlando FL Sept. 56 Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, Athens Greece 13.18 22– Oct. 6. 57 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 11.56 The World Bridge 58 Edward Alcoff, Plymouth Meeting PA; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 10.31 Series offers a variety of 59 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 8.55 championships, all of which 60 Douglas Kuschner, Seattle WA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA 8.45 are transnational – enabling 61 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; James Melville, Springfield IL 8.36 players from anywhere 62 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 8.32 in the world to come together as teammates or in 63 Mohamed Heshmat, Cairo Egypt; Ahmed Soliman, Astoria NY 8.25 partnership to compete. 64 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Township NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 7.78 The venue is the magnificent Marriott Orlando 65 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 7.47 66 Michael Ranis, Miami FL; Albert Shrive, Naples FL 6.38 World, where the WBF has obtained special rates. 67 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 6.08 The opening ceremony will be held on Friday, 68 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 5.49 Sept. 21. The first events to be contested are the 69 Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 5.19 Open, Women’s and Senior Team Championships; 70 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Roads AL; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 5.10 the Rosenblum Open Teams will start on Saturday, 71 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 3.44 Sept. 22, and the McConnell Women’s Teams and 72 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 3.20 the Rand Senior Teams start a day later. 73 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 1.70 The team championships are followed by the 74 Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 1.67 Open, Women’s and Senior Pairs. 75 Jeffrey Halle, Columbia MD; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD 1.23 In addition to these and other championship 76 Jori Grossack, Waban MA; Marc Warner, Crozier VA 1.15 77 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 0.78 events, there will be a number of WBF events of one 78 Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ 0.00 or two days’ duration (pairs or Swiss) available for those wishing to participate in shorter tournaments. Note: At least two alternate pairs will be seated. Pairs near the cut line should check with the director in charge. Players in good standing with their national bridge organizations are eligible to compete in any of these events, provided they meet all the WBF Appealing a ruling eligibility requirements. Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with Please go to worldbridge.org for more the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, information. and the appellants will explain what they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Page 8 Sunday, March 18, 2018 Daily Bulletin

MARC LABOVITZ SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 24.0 Tables / Based on 65 Tables A B C 36.33 1 Elaine Clair, Gwynedd Valley PA; Edward Leach, Horsham PA 61.82% 27.25 2 1 1 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC 61.54% 20.44 3 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 61.23% 15.33 4 2 2 Bagisa Mukherjee - Arup Mukherjee, Bethlehem PA 59.83% 12.11 5 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 58.45% 11.04 6 3 Joan Warren, Philadelphia PA; Wendy Dechadarevian, Wynnewood PA 58.20% 9.08 7 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 57.44% 8.28 8 4 3 Edward Rothenheber, Severn MD; John Moser, Norristown PA 55.37% 7.27 9 5 Ralph Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; Stephen Levine, New York NY 54.59% 6.61 10 6 James Abrams, Mount Holly NJ; Inga Cooper, Medford NJ 54.24% 6.06 11 7 Kenneth Salter, Norristown PA; Thomas Salter, Hatfield PA 54.00% 5.59 12 8 4 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX 53.74% 5.19 13 9 5 E. Melnick – M. Melnick, Hilton Head SC 53.65% 2.97 6 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 53.27% 2.60 7 Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA 51.76%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 38.0 Tables / Based on 40 Tables 7 5 2 13.13 1 Philip Rosenfeld - Merle Rosenfeld, Huntingdon Valley PA 61.31% 11.25 2 1 Anne Montgomery - Frances Stillman, New York NY 61.27% 8.44 3 2 John Routel - Fred Hankins, Flemington NJ 60.57% 6.33 4 3 1 Vijal Kotak, Plainsboro NJ; Pramod Khanna, East Windsor NJ 59.61% 4.75 5 4 James Liacos, Columbus OH; Karl Sokalski, Pittsburgh PA 59.25% 3.75 6 Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 58.74% 3.83 7 5 2 James Francoeur, Maplewood NJ; Fred Shubert, Andover NJ 58.35% 2.78 8/9 Clyde Bruce Baldwin - Summer Rifkah, Hollidaysburg PA 58.33% 3.21 8/9 6 Terri U’Prichard, Egg Harbor Township NJ; William Hankin, Ocean City NJ 58.33% 2.81 10 7 Gerald Gary Abelow, Cherry Hill NJ; James Koss, Medford NJ 57.33% 2.50 11 8 Jody Sorrell, West Chester PA; Jeanne Thompson, Devon PA 56.78% 2.25 12 9 Christina Valente - Melisa Cooper, Philadelphia PA 56.71% 2.05 13 10 Yuan-Jye Liu, Potomac MD; Chung-Zong Wan, Somerset NJ 55.91% 2.33 14 11 Joseph Lebretore, Hazlet NJ; Arnold Fox, Eatontown NJ 55.65% 1.73 15 12 Joyce Cosby - Angela Jones, Wilmington DE 55.63% 1.61 16 13 Ira Tarnow - Rochelle Schack, West Orange NJ 55.32% 1.50 17 14 Lee Davis - Carroll Shannon, Wilmington DE 54.08% 2.87 18 15 3 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 54.02% 2.15 19 16 4 Michael Adelizzi, Allentown PA; Mary Ann Sharpless, Bethlehem PA 53.89% 1.50 20 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS 53.82% 1.53 17 Francis Gupta, Princeton NJ; Israel Raphaelli, Princeton Junction NJ 53.61% 1.18 18 Michael Cotter, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Glantz, New York NY 53.58% 1.70 5 Rex Wang, Manorville NY; Hsi-I Wang, Potomac MD 52.60% Charity begins 1.53 6 Jack Schrum - Martha Haviland, Bridgewater NJ 50.91% at AmazonSmile 1.39 7 Pradip Khan, Collegeville PA; Belinda Rose Anderson, Quakertown PA 50.89% For every eligible purchase you make on SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 9.5 Tables .5% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap A B C charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make 4.33 1 Alessandra Graves, Drexel Hill PA; Edmond Craig, Wynnewood PA 71.30% 3.90 2 1 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 59.94% the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL 2.44 3 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Heather MacGregor, Portola Valley CA 59.09% Charity Foundation your chosen charity? 2.93 4 2 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH 55.50% When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll 2.19 5 3 Judith Gwaltney – J. Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE 54.21% find the exact same low prices and convenient 1.65 6 4 Avery Silverstein - Gennifer Binder, Ridgefield CT 53.20% shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added 1.23 5 Betsy Carlson - Michael Lane, Charlottesville VA 53.16% bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a portion 2.28 1 Jan Nettler, Florence MA; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 50.43% of the purchase price to your favorite charitable 1.71 2 Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; Thomas Scruggs, Berkeley CA 46.79% organization. Picture this: If every ACBL member SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS were to designate one of the two ACBL charity 8.0 Tables funds as their AmazonSmile recipient and spend A B C $200, $168,000 would flow to the Educational 2.70 1 1 Robert Haas - Michael Haas, Haddonfield NJ 64.29% Foundation and the Charity Foundation! 2.03 2 2 Thomas Bang - Joan Bang, Berwyn PA 60.29% Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on 2.13 3 3 1 Pam Bacher, Vienna VA; Marcia McMahon, Bethesda MD 55.32% AmazonSmile? 1.60 4 4 2 Leslie Heselton III - Mary Heselton, Marlton NJ 53.74% 1.20 5 5 3 Barbara Marion, Lancaster PA; Jacqueline Wissler, Millersville PA 52.42% Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com 0.90 4 John Hausladen, Malvern PA; Russell McKinney, Philadelphia PA 50.77% and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list, wedding or baby registry and other account settings SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS are also the same. 5.0 Tables How do I select a charitable organization? A B C Go to smile.amazon.com using your computer or 1.75 1 1 Trish Irving, Yardley PA; Elsa Gallagher, Lahaska PA 60.44% mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, 1.31 2 Leonard Tannenbaum, Miami Beach FL; Adam Tannenbaum, Greenwich CT 59.00% 1.45 3 2 1 Jennifer Cox - Molly Walsh, Denver CO 56.52% you’ll select a charitable organization before you 1.09 4 3 2 Linda Blickman, Bryn Mawr PA; Shelley Goldfarbgoldner, begin shopping. Choose either ACBL Charity Bala Cynwyd PA 54.18% Foundation or ACBL Educational Foundation. 0.82 3 Carla Dimuzio, Maple Glenn PA; Lisa Guyer, Flourtown PA 53.01% Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 18, 2018 Page 9

St. Patrick’s Day outfits continued from page 1 isn’t traditionally an Irish character, but the T-shirt color was just right for Jimmy Liacos of Columbus OH. Tournament director Melody Euler wasn’t wearing any green, but she found a clover-print scarf left by a player sitting on a table, and decided to try it on. Just then, the scarf’s owner showed up.

Ala Hamilton-Day, Anita Torrence, Michael Huston, Mary Ann Banaszak, Philadelphia PA Columbus OH Joplin MO Bel Air MD NABC Results by Email/Text Want to be notified when results and the Daily Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to St. Patrick’s see your results in the events you played in? ACBL Live does just that. With the ACBL Live notification system, you Day will receive emails and/or text messages after each session with links that go directly to the information you’re looking for. The email/text message will styles contain your score for the session and a link to your results. (These results will also be available on your MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is available. This service is automatic for members unless National Recorder they have specifically opted out. To receive text George Mansour, Robb Gordon messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select Scranton PA Update My Information to enter your email address and/or cell phone number. Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting for General Email Communication and Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these notifications.

Jimmy Liacos, Tim Verbeek and Danny Molenaar, Netherlands, Gayle Brass, Columbus OH and Patsy Cayne, Boca Raton FL York PA

Tournament Director Linda Trent, Joe Murray, Tournament Director Melody Euler Fullerton CA Mount Laurel NJ Jenni Carmichael

Demry Sibson, Wayne PA, and Mary Miller and Lynn Ackerman, Lorraine Cable, Debbie Jones, Bryn Mawr PA Rochester NY Queens NY Page 10 Sunday, March 18, 2018 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables A B C 4.69 1 Tiger Lili Williams, Fair Lawn NJ; Jared Egerer, Barnegat NJ; Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 61.00 3.52 2 Peter Szabados, Paramus NJ; Walter Mitchell Jr., Bear Creek PA; Dian Wise, Ephrata PA; John Kuharetz, New Milford NJ 56.00 3.04 3 1 1 Susan Sanger, St. Louis Park MN; Amy Dutton, Mendota Heights MN; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Jeffrey Ehrlich, Jericho NY 52.00 2.28 4 2 2 Pierre Dufour, Boca Raton FL; Mohamad Osseyrane, Sainte-Julie QC; Keith Ordemann, Mohnton PA; Sara Gainey, Allentown PA 47.00 1.71 3 Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY; Hubert Howe Jr., Westhampton NY; Stephen Mansour - George Mansour, Scranton PA 39.00 1.28 4 Mee Warren - Christopher Moh - Jin Hu, New York NY; Zachary Scherr, Lewisburg PA 38.00

MEYER KOTKIN SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 11.50 1 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC 59.09% 8.63 2 1 1 Stephen Li, Winston Salem NC; Duddow Cooney, Regina SK 58.33% 6.47 3 2 Andrew Purbrick - Deborah Purbrick, West Chester PA 56.96% 4.87 4 3 2 William Creech, Bainbridge Isle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 56.84% 3.83 5 4 Lynn Ackerman, Pittsford NY; Mary Miller, Canandaigua NY 53.64% 3.29 6 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Steven Blomstedt, Wilmington DE 53.54% 2.88 7 Doris Greenwald, Stamford CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 53.15% 2.93 5 3 John Dong - Dong Dong, Richmond Hill ON 52.21% 3.35 6 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Clarence Kofron, Kunkletown PA 52.09%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 2.85 1/2 1/2 John Turner, Ellicott City MD; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 56.50% 2.85 1/2 1/2 Elena Steingraf, North Canton OH; Sue Becker, Canton OH 56.50% 2.38 3 3 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 55.50% 1.37 4 4 Deborah Crisfield, Philadelphia PA; Karen Haines, Summit NJ 54.00% 1.79 2 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 51.50%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 2.5 Tables A B C 1.95 1 Martha Haviland - Jack Schrum, Bridgewater NJ 85.00% 1.46 2 David Espo, Potomac MD; Andrea Weiswasser, Washington DC 55.00% Daily Bulletin Sunday, March 18, 2018 Page 11

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 14.5 Tables Companologist’s delight? A B C By Barry Rigal 5.42 1 1 Irene Reiter, Pine Brook NJ; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ 60.42% Readers of these columns are always 4.07 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 58.95% handicapped by the bell going off. When faced with 3.58 3 2 Hubert Howe Jr., Westhampton NY; Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY 57.80% 2.68 4 3 1 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 57.48% a problem, you are always led to the critical decision 2.04 5 4 Todd Keithley, San Mateo CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 57.27% and thus imperceptibly biased in your thought 1.46 6 Candace Kuschner, Reston VA; Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX 56.59% process. 1.51 5 Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV; Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM 56.04% So let’s look at this deal (rotated) from the 1.21 6 John Early, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 55.91% second final session of the : 1.97 2 Sheila Ryan, Florence MA; David Rosnick, Amherst MA 49.77% Dummy 1.48 3 Frank Morgan, Allentown PA; Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA 49.66% Dlr: East ♠ A K Q J 5 1.11 4 Ming Li - Foster Osborne, Summit NJ 49.05% Vul: Both ♥ K 5 2 Bd: 13 ♦ A 9 6 SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS ♣ K 9 11.0 Tables A B C You 2.76 1/2 1/2 Lucy Lacava, Hamden CT; Susan Hildebrand, Albrightsville PA 63.10% ♠ 9 7 4 2 2.76 1/2 1/2 Jerry Flury - Carole Campbell, Lancaster PA 63.10% ♥ A 10 8 2.53 3 3 1 Mary Ann Banaszak, Bel Air MD; Laveda Durbin, Churchville MD 58.33% ♦ K 8 7 5 1.90 4 4 2 Jill Feder, Roseland NJ; Judith Meller, Fort Lee NJ 57.44% ♣ Q 10 1.42 5 5 3 Wei Chang, Wynnewood PA; Scott Metzler, Haddonfield NJ 55.36% 1.11 6 6 4 Richard McClure, Easthampton MA; Allison Ryan, Florence MA 53.87% West North East South 0.80 5 John Hausladen, Malvern PA; Dennis Parenti, Doylestown PA 52.98% Pass Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS Pass 3NT All Pass 6.0 Tables A B C Partner leads a club, and you win the queen and 2.57 1 Sherry Scena - Margaret DeWitt, Newtown PA 56.67% return the suit. Partner wins the ace and clears the 1.93 2 Linda O’Malley - Brendan O’Malley, Lafayette Hill PA 54.58% suit, declarer winning the jack on the third round. 2.03 3 1 1 Catherine Smith, Langhorne PA; Nancy Rauscher, Yardley PA 54.17% When declarer advances the ♦Q, do you win or 1.52 4 2 2 James Burns - Mary E. Burns, Rochester NY 52.08% duck? 1.14 3 Lisa Ginsburg, Narberth PA; Judy Novick, Bala Cynwyd PA 50.83% Answer: It doesn’t matter because you can’t beat 0.86 4 Suzan Willcox, Philadelphia PA; Janeane Sloane, Ambler PA 50.42% 3NT anymore: ♠ A K Q J 5 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL ♥ K 5 2 37.25 Tables / Based on 19 Tables ♦ A 9 6 9.46 1/2 Ken Gee, Regina SK 127.73% 9.46 1/2 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 127.73% ♣ K 9 5.71 3 Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 116.30% ♠ 8 3 ♠ 9 7 4 2 4.09 4/5 John Hogan Jr., Wayne NJ 115.42% ♥ J 6 4 ♥ A 10 8 4.09 4/5 John Early, Lansdale PA 115.42% ♦ 10 2 ♦ K 8 7 5 3.82 6 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 114.74% ♣ A 8 7 5 4 2 ♣ Q 10 5.58 7/8 Dianne McLean, Athens GA 113.68% ♠ 10 6 5.58 7/8 Cris Shanks, Watkinsville GA 113.68% ♥ Q 9 7 3 6.60 9 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA 112.41% ♦ Q J 4 3 1.77 10/11 Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC 110.93% ♣ J 6 3 1.77 10/11 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 110.93% Note that if you fail to play the ♣10 at trick one, SATURDAY DAYLIGHT AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS you won’t beat the game. Declarer can survive by 15 Tables not winning the ♣J, but will he? A B C 4.67 1 1 Rufus Cole - Silvia Szanto, Cos Cob CT; Martin Minsky, Bronx NY; Terry Lubman, Riverside CT 62.00 WBF Women’s Spring 3.07 2/3 2/3 John Belka, Severna Park MD; Lannetta Schmidt, Baltimore MD; Online Festival Gary Mallett - Sally Mallett, New Martinsvle WV 51.00 The World Bridge Federation hosts the Women’s 3.07 2/3 2/3 Dilip Udeshi, Bensalem PA; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Spring Online Festival April 9–15. Play takes place Pierrette Matteau, Mont-Royal QC; Annapurna Satpathy, Rockville MD 51.00 1.97 4 4 John Early - Barry Daubenspeck, Lansdale PA; John Hogan Jr., on BBO. Wayne NJ; Laura Gastelum, Torrance CA 45.00 The prize for the overall winner and a partner of 1.48 5 5 Barry Port - Susan Port, Atlantic Beach NY; Ann Harriet Goldman, her choice is a free entry to the 2018 Women’s Pairs Scranton PA; Ken Lowenstein, Forest Hills NY 43.00 Championship to be held in Orlando FL during the 2.08 1 Janet Johnson - Mark Bolotin - William Goldstein - Joan Goldstein, World Bridge Series at the end of September. The Philadelphia PA 41.00 prize also includes accommodation in a double room 1.56 2 Bill Silky - Mary Silky, Syracuse NY; Elaine Fuller, Boalsburg PA; for the winner and her partner for the duration of the Shirley Miller, State College PA 36.00 Women’s pairs event. 1.17 3 Willa King, San Clemente CA; Sheila Pechinski, Scarborough ME; Last year, ACBL’s Connie Marfell of Milwaukie Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI; Latika Mangrulkar, OR bested the field of 387 players to win the Farmington Hills MI 34.00 competition. Forty-nine different countries were represented. More information about the online tournament can be found at wbfwomensbridgeclub.org. Page 12 Sunday, March 18, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, March 18, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $16 $20 Playthrough with half-hour break. Bracketed Flight B Teams 1-2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $16 $20 No player over 3000. Brackets of 8 teams by average MPs, 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with half-hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19 Sunday, March 18, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Sunday, March 18, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom B, 5th floor $25 ­— Sunday, March 18, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom I, 5th floor $25 — Sunday, March 18, 2:00 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 302, 3rd floor Marriott $15 $19

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

See you in Atlanta GA for the Summer NABC July 26–Aug. 5 and the Youth NABC Aug. 2–4.