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Sunday, December 8, 2013 Volume 86, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 86th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday

Thanks for coming! Zimmermann ahead By Marsha and Darryl Helton in BAM The team captained by Pierre Zimmermann – better known as Team Monaco – takes a slim lead into the two final sessions of the Reisinger - a-Match Teams today. Zimmermann is playing with Franck Multon, , Tor Helness, and . Zimmermman’s carryover of 23.67 is just ahead of the next two teams – led by Martin Fleisher and Paul Fireman – with 21.92 each. Holding down the fourth spot is the young team from Sweden captained by Mikael Groenkvist, playing in their first Reisinger, arguably the toughest event on the ACBL calendar. Lynch maintains NA Swiss lead The team captained by Carolyn Lynch, leading after the first day of qualifying in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, will start play today still in NABC committee chairs: (back) Dave Zapatka, Darryl Helton, Marsha Helton, Ned Kohler, Jo Levy, first place. Rob Johnson (middle) Jo Ann Zapatka, Angie Ulrey, Janet Newman, Ann Marie Harrington, Kathy Lynch, playing with Mike Passell, Garey Schenk, Suzette Wynn, Sonya Webber (front) Marianne Spanier, Nancy Goulet, Jo Anne Lowe, Sherryl Hayden, Adam Zmudzinski and Cezary Balicki, takes Buchler, Beverly Hoover a carryover score of 31.58 into the final two sessions. On behalf of the 2013 Fall NABC Planning forced the sudden resignation of the previous Less than 5 victory points behind is the team led by Committee, we would like to thank you for attending committee co-chairs. We had never managed a Paul Street, whose teammates are Barnet Shenkin, our tournament. We have received many compliments tournament that attracted more than 450 tables of , , Morten Bilde and on this event, and we appreciate your kindness. players (the Laughlin Sectional), and now we were . Two VPs behind Street is the Piotr We would like to take a moment to pay tribute to being asked to co-chair an NABC? On top of this, Klimowicz squad. the organizations and people who have contributed to we live 100 miles away from the two large units our success. (354 and 351) that constitute the Phoenix bridge Familiar face makes At the top of that list is our planning committee. community and we were relatively unknown beyond Darryl and I were asked to co-chair this event our hometown of Sedona. a bridge comeback in February 2012, when illness and family matters continued on page 7 In January 2006, after more than 30 years in the bridge book business, A player of pedigree Randy Baron signed Her mother is bridge Hall of Famer, Gail Jill says that her papers to sell Baron Greenberg, a world gold and silver medalist and first lessons were Barclay Bridge Supply – a North American champion 17 times over. Her through osmosis. the world’s largest such dad, Steve Shane, is a national champion. If bridge “Mom taught out of business – to his partner, greatness could be genetically engineered, our house. We were Jim Maier. had a head start. But it’s intelligence, imagination and around bridge players “It was time to do hard work — not genes — that have made her one of all the time. Also, something else,” says Baron, now 64. With that, the top women bridge players in the world. we played other card Baron began a series of trips that kept him on Although the family played many games, games — I learned to the road four to five months a year in places like Greenberg adamantly did not want her children to count cards playing Tibet, India and other remote locations. “I love the learn bridge growing up. “I think that young people’s hearts.” Himalayas,” he said. priorities should be on their studies, their friends and In high school, Baron is back in , starting a sports,” she says. “I’ve seen many brilliant people Jill wanted to go on expensive ski trips. As chance bridge travel business and visiting with old friends get off track because of bridge.” Greenberg herself, would have it, the chaperones for the trips needed at the Fall NABC in Phoenix. At the 2013 Summer beckoned by bridge, abandoned her dreams of going a fourth for bridge. Though she still had no formal NABC in Atlanta, he even played a little bridge, to medical school after graduating from Barnard teaching, she felt she had picked up enough of the continued on page 7 College. game to finagle a deal that allowed her to play bridge Perhaps it was the forbidden nature of the game and ski free. Please note the hotel that made it attractive to a young, headstrong girl. “I came home from one trip,” recalls Jill, “and assignment and starting time Greenberg remembers, “When Jill was 9 or 10 years gave a hand to my mother. ‘My partner opened 4♦,’ for these events on Sunday: old, she came home from school one day and, with I told her. ‘Should I have bid 5♦ or 6♦?’ “‘Neither,’ her hands on her hips, stomped her foot and said, she says. ‘4♦ is a weak bid.’” It was at that point my Sheraton “Aha! We’re having an afterschool bridge activity mother relented and agreed to teach me. She couldn’t 10 a.m. A/X Swiss and you can’t stop me from playing.” continued on page 5 B/C/D Swiss 11 a.m. North American Swiss Teams Goodwill Message Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams ATTENDANCE Hyatt 10 a.m. Stratified open pairs through Saturday Compliment your opponents on their good play. 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SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, Dec. 8 11am and 5 pm Memorial Theater presentation. Room:Deer Valley, Sheraton, 2nd floor. Bridge and friends Imagine leading out of turn Dining and drinking By George Retek When David Berkowitz says he’s never seen at the Hyatt After a year away from the NABCs, my wife, something before, it must be worth a look. This Networks Mari, and I decided to visit Phoenix for a few days. is board 25 from the second set of the Reisinger Be sure to come to Networks, the Hyatt Regency Eleven years ago, the fall tournament was my final qualifying round. Phoenix’s headquarters for top-of-the- line cocktails, NABC as ACBL president. Being here brought back Dlr: North ♠ — burgers and salads. We open each day at 11 a.m. and many happy memories. Vul: N–S ♥ 10 our kitchen is open nightly until midnight. During the summer, we visited Doug and Sandra ♦ K 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 We’ll be featuring special drinks throughout the Fraser in Victoria BC, where they are enjoying life ♣ 9 4 2 NABC. Mention the secret password “DUMMY” and after moving from Montreal. He met them again ♠ 10 8 5 4 3 ♠ A Q J 7 2 receive a 10% discount on all food items! in the penultimate round of the Senior Mixed Pairs ♥ 8 3 2 ♥ A Q 7 Our featured drink of the day will be: final. You can be the judge as to how this pleasant ♦ A ♦ Q J 2 12-8 Overall (Margarita on the rocks) encounter turned out for us. ♣ A Q 6 5 ♣ K 10 Networks Bar and Grill is located on the first Sandra and Doug are known for their aggressive ♠ K 9 6 floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. bidding, and they were right once again. ♥ K J 9 6 5 4 Terrace Café: Dlr: North ♠ A 10 9 6 ♦ — Open daily at 6 a.m., the Terrace Café features a Vul: N-S ♥ 3 2 ♣ J 8 7 3 full breakfast buffet. The Terrace Café is located on ♦ 6 2 “If West plays 6♠, North can lead any card in his the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. ♣ A 10 9 8 7 hand and beat it. If East plays 6♠, South can lead any Cash food sales: ♠ J 8 5 ♠ 7 2 card in his hand and cannot beat it. Wow!” Cash food sales are open daily, 9 a.m.–6 p.m. ♥ A Q 10 4 ♥ K 9 5 on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. ♦ K Q J 5 ♦ A 10 9 8 7 4 Where there’s eight . . . We’ll be featuring grab-and-go items all day such ♣ Q 6 ♣ 4 3 By as beverages and snack items. From noon to 3 p.m., ♠ K Q 4 3 This deal was played in the first final session of the menu will be expanded to include lunch items ♥ J 8 7 6 the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. including burgers, salads, sandwiches and a host of ♦ 3 other items all very reasonable priced! ♣ K J 5 2 Dlr: North ♠ 10 8 For coffee service after 6 p.m., Networks Bar and West North East South Vul: E-W ♥A 10 8 5 Grill sells $2 cups of coffee to go. George Sandra Mari Doug ♦ 4 2 Price includes state sales tax and is on a cash Pass Pass Pass ♣ 8 7 5 4 3 only basis (no ACBL vouchers). 1NT Pass Pass 2♣ (1) ♠ A 7 5 4 ♠ Q 9 3 2 Compass: Pass 2♦ Dbl 2♥ ♥ 9 2 ♥ 7 6 3 Visit the Hyatt’s award-winning revolving Dbl 2♠ All Pass ♦ K Q 7 6 3 ♦ J 9 5 restaurant on the 24th floor for dinner or just for (1) Diamonds or the majors. ♣ A 10 ♣ K 6 2 drinks and desserts. Reservations are recommended After a lead, Sandra won and played two ♠ K J 6 and can be made with the Hyatt concierge, located more rounds, followed by five rounds of clubs. Plus ♥ K Q J 4 on the first floor of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. The 170 was a near top for them. Their bold bidding and ♦ A 10 8 Compass Restaurant opens daily at 5:30pm. fine play earned them second in the event. ♣ Q J 9 When the ACBL Board of Directors elected Bill West North East South Cook Jr. as president last summer, the ACBL gained Life Master milestones Pass Pass 1NT Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ, surpassed 20,000 not only a reliable administrator but also an expert 2♦ (1) 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ Thursday when she and Steve Mansfield player, as illustrated by this deal from the Keohane Dbl (2) Pass 3♠ Dbl from Seattle WA won the Gloria Hunt Stratified North American Swiss Teams (Bill and I played All Pass Mixed Pairs. Daling, long a resident of the state of with current board member Paul Janicki and former (1) Diamonds and a major. Washington, spent many winters in the Phoenix area member Jeff Taylor). (2) . before moving to Sun Lakes permanently three years North Yichoo Chen was East, playing with Jinjie Hu, ago. ♠ A K Q 5 and found himself in 3♠ doubled. South led the ♥K: Kellen Leister of McLean VA got his gold card ♥ A 8 4 2, 10 6. Next came the ♥J to the 9, 8 and 3. What on Friday morning. He was playing with Wayne ♦ J 6 2 next? Bardsley, also from McLean VA. ♣ A K 9 At the table, South switched in uninspired Congratulations to Ellen Brabson of fashion to the ♣Q. Chen took full advantage. He Albuquerque NM, who got her gold card in South won in dummy and led a spade to the 8, 9 and jack. Saturday’s Gold Rush Pairs. She mined the 2.49 gold ♠ J 10 8 7 6 Then he took the club continuation in his hand and she needed playing with Patsy Waltemath, also from ♥ J 9 4 3 advanced the ♠Q to North’s 10. The intra- Albuquerque. ♦ A K Q brought home nine tricks, but the defense could have Anne Dawson of Delhi LA became an Emerald ♣ 6 done better. Life Master by qualifying for the final of the After Bill opened the South hand 1♠, there was South knew that North did not have a singleton Keohane North American Swiss Teams. She is a no stopping until we reached 6♠ (I held the North diamond – he would have overtaken the ♥J to play member of the team captained by G S Jade and Karen hand). one – but he couldn’t have the ♣K either. He would Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City Bill took the club lead in dummy, drew trumps have given suit preference for the low suit. The ♥10 IA, and Jacek Romanski and Apolinary Kowalski, and eliminated the side suits, discarding a heart on followed by the ♥8 must suggest a diamond switch. Poland. the ♣K, he cashed the ♥A and played low hearts from At trick three, South should lead the ♦A and another Eileen Milligan and Becky McKenzie of both hands. Bill’s luck was in when West had to win diamond, giving his partner a if declarer tries for Corvallis OR became Bronze Life Masters by the second heart with his then-singleton queen. Bill the intra-finesse. winning the Sunday–Monday Knockout. They were made the slam on the subsequent ruff-sluff. And, yes, if North follows with the ♠10 at his playing with Karen Nelson and Mary Alice Seville Note that it would not have helped for West to first turn at trick four, declarer might go wrong in the also from Corvallis. unblock the heart suit by playing the queen under the play. ace. Bill would then have been able to play up to his ♥J for the 12th trick. It would also have done no good for East – holding four hearts to the K-10 – to go up Final day sale with his king. That would have made Bill’s jack a Lost and found Eclectica is offering a final-day discount winner for the contract-fulfilling trick. All lost items at this tournament will be taken on Karen McCallum’s handmade jewelry. The to the Registration Desk on the third floor of the Eclectica stand is located on the second floor Sheraton. The hours are as follows: 8 a.m. to 9 of the Sheraton, outside the Valley of the Sun a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Ballroom. Mention this ad and get 10% off any purchase. Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS it a point or two in an effort to Have you discussed...? the bidding. By Brent Manley Double raise: At least four- card support and a weak hand. Glenn Eisenstein, playing in the North This is a preemptive action American Swiss teams, lost a match by 16 IMPs. On meant to take bidding space the next round, he went to turn in a ticket, having from the opponents. won by 16. Looking at the scoreboard, he saw that Triple raise: Likely five- the previous round card support and a shapely hand had been scored as short on high-card points, also a blitz for the other preemptive. team. When he 2NT: At least a limit raise in asked the director partner’s major (10-11 support to check the score, points). Some prefer having Tom Marsh said four-card support, but that’s an the record showed item for partnership discussion. Eisenstein’s team Showing support for partner’s had lost by 169 suit is always a priority. IMPs. “If we lost Redouble: 10+ HCP, usually 24 IMPs on every balanced and with at most a board,” Eisenstein doubleton in partner’s suit. Good protested, “that would be only 168 IMPs!” Replied defensive values as a rule. Some Marsh, “Maybe there was a cell phone penalty.” partnerships agree that after a redouble, the opponents are In yesterday’s edition, the discussion centered not allowed to play a contract on whether, holding 10 or more high-card points, undoubled. you must redouble if partner’s opening bid is doubled for takeout. It is important for you and When partner opens a your partner to discuss the exceptions, most of MINOR and the next player which involve holding support for the suit partner doubles: point of view, it will be much better for partner to has opened. Pass, a single raise and redouble have the same be declarer – putting the takeout doubler on lead – It is recommended that you and partner discuss meanings. Although rare, a triple raise is also weak than for you to have that job. a handy agreement called “flip flop” 2NT. and distributional, likely with five-card or better Think it through. The doubler has most if not That sounds odd, but it’s useful and preferred support. all of the HCP for his side. You could gain a lot if by many experienced players. The difference is in the meanings of the double you make the doubler lead away from his assets. The meaning of the 2NT bid varies depending raise and 2NT. If you play 3NT, the will go through on whether partner has opened a major or a minor, When partner opens one of a minor and the partner’s hand instead of up to it. This scheme has and there is a sound rationale for the difference. If next player doubles, a double raise shows 10-11 the same logic you use in agreeing to play Jacoby you understand the reason for the difference, it will high-card points and good support for opener’s transfers over 1NT and 2NT. You want the strong be easier to remember it in the heat of battle. Here’s minor (do not count distribution points). 2NT hand concealed and led up to rather than through. the scheme. shows a preemptive raise of partner’s minor. The So, you ask, what if you have more than a limit “flip flop” comes from the change in the meanings raise? Just pick a suit you can bid at the one level When partner opens a MAJOR and the next of double raise and 2NT between majors and (remember, it’s forcing) and do your best from player doubles: minors. there. Alvin Roth, one of the all-time great bidding Pass: Nothing to say. Probably no support and a The reason for the difference is that if you theorists, is often quoted as saying, “If I can just get weak hand. and partner have a game, which could easily be past this round of the bidding, I’ll be all right.” Single raise: About what you would have for a possible, it will rarely be in five of the minor. It raise without the , but you can shade will almost certainly be in 3NT, and from a tactical

drive out West’s remaining spade honor. hand. Thinking bridge Not so fast. Assume East does just that. Now a The answer is for East to make things easy for By Eddie Kantar second club is led and West is in again. Now West West by leading the ♥K before driving out West’s has a problem. If West shifts to a heart everything remaining spade stopper. Now it is easy for West to Dlr: North ♠ 5 4 will turn out fine because East has the top two lead a heart upon winning the second club. Notice Vul: E-W ♥ Q J 10 hearts. But what if East had the ♦K and the ♥A? that East led the ♥K from the A-K, the proper card ♦ A Q 7 Now it is necessary to shift to a diamond to beat the to lead after trick one with that holding. ♣ Q J 10 8 2 ♠ 8 6 ♠ A J 10 9 7 Top Intermediate/ 18 9.78 Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA ♥ 7 6 3 2 ♥ A K 4 19 9.78 Judy Gallin, Scottsdale AZ ♦ 10 9 8 6 2 ♦ 5 3 Newcomer masterpoint 20 9.74 Nan Turner, Carmel IN ♣ A K ♣ 7 6 4 21 9.57 Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA ♠ K Q 3 2 winners 22 9.57 Ralph Lipe, Bellevue WA ♥ 9 8 5 (through Saturday afternoon) 23 9.52 Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ ♦ K J 4 24 9.47 Heather Harmeyer, Indianapolis IN ♣9 5 3 1 20.19 Mary Shapiro, Scottsdale AZ 25 9.32 Ginny Strock, Los Altos CA 2 19.22 Sandy Fox, Scottsdale AZ 26 9.32 Deborah Machlin, Atherton CA West North East South 3 15.32 Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 27 9.32 Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 1♣ 1♠ 1NT 4 14.75 Edith Heath, Sedona AZ 28 9.28 Deborah Russell, Paradise Valley AZ All Pass 5 13.34 Wynne Begun, Kansas City MO 29 9.28 Andy Neugarten, Scottsdale AZ 6 13.34 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 30 9.04 Donna Hendrix, Scottsdale AZ Opening lead: ♠8. 7 12.83 Carolyn Witmer, Mattoon IL 31 9.00 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON The bidding is normal and West’s lead figures 8 12.83 Ralph Witmer, Mattoon IL 32 9.00 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON to be from a doubleton. With three low spades in an 9 12.42 Pat Linville, Phoenix AZ 33 8.73 Margaret Hynd, Twin Butte AB unsupported suit, the proper lead is low and with a 10 12.05 Dianne Trees, Phoenix AZ 34 8.73 S. Graeme Hynd, Twin Butte AB singleton, West might have led something else. 11 11.79 Susan Stewart, Sun Lakes AZ 35 8.66 Pat Sullivan, El Cajon CA In any case, East should try to preserve 12 11.54 Mady Stoll, Scottsdale AZ 36 8.66 Pam Nuccio, Vista CA communication with West’s hoped-for second spade 13 10.83 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 37 8.56 George Kersels, Tucson AZ by playing the ♠9 at trick one. Assuming South 14 10.76 Jack Waddey, Nashville TN 38 8.56 Elliott Weiss, Tucson AZ wins and plays a club, West wins and plays that 15 10.10 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ 39 8.52 Judi North, Atlanta GA important second spade that allows East to win and 16 9.86 Carol Urben, Scottsdale AZ 40 8.48 Rosemary Stielow, Austin TX 17 9.78 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA continued on page 12 Page 4 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Crossing to his hand with a heart, Jerry now Sicker dogs inflicted the de grace on a helpless RHO via the Second chance By Marshall Lewis 13th heart (throwing a spade from dummy). If East By Barry Rigal For decades, one of the most successful brother pitched a spade, Jerry would cash the ♠A and ruff a Dlr: North ♠ A J 9 6 3 acts in American bridge has been the partnership diamond in dummy to enjoy the now-long spade. If Vul: None ♥ 8 2 of Dennis and Jerry Clerkin from southern Indiana. East let go of his diamond guard, Jerry would ruff out ♦ 10 6 5 4 Growing up in a small town in a predominantly rural the king, then cross to the ♠A where the ♦Q waited to ♣ 10 2 part of the state, Jerry amassed a dazzling repertoire win a trick. ♠ K 10 7 5 ♠ Q 8 4 of colorful expressions. One of them has become his This is a variant of the criss-cross ♥ K Q 7 5 4 ♥ A 10 6 3 patented assessment of any contract whose chances squeeze: Ruffing can either establish a winner or ♦ A 2 ♦ K 9 7 are distressingly slender but not entirely hopeless: provide an extra mode of transportation between the ♣ K J ♣ A 7 5 “I’ve seen sicker dogs get well.” hands, depending on what East does. ♠ 2 This deal is from a bracketed KO event earlier This stylish performance not only healed the ♥ J 9 this week. The Clerkins were playing with Robert ailing canine but also pulled the match back from the ♦ Q J 8 3 Hollman and Bruce Ferguson. brink of oblivion, providing the margin of a narrow ♣ Q 9 8 6 4 3 ♠ 9 7 4 2 victory. Although the defenders can take a spade ruff ♥ J 4 2 to beat 6♥ on this deal from the second semifinal ♦ A session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, many ♣ A K 10 7 4 What a dummy! Redux Wests were given the chance to make slam after the ♠ 6 ♠ Q J 10 8 3 By Barry Rigal North player had given away his spade holding by an ♥ K 8 5 ♥ 10 7 3 Earlier in the tournament, George Jacobs reported uncautious or double. ♦ J 8 6 4 2 ♦ K 10 9 3 buying eight-card trump support. Jill Mellstrom On a passive trump lead, declarer can play South ♣ Q 6 3 2 ♣ 5 could go one better in terms of finding a story. for a singleton ♠J or ♠9, or a doubleton holding ♠ A K 5 Dlr: South ♠ J 9 6 5 4 of one of these cards. An alternative and winning ♥ A Q 9 6 Vul: E-W ♥ A 6 approach gets your name in the Daily Bulletin. ♦ Q 6 5 ♦ A J 8 Draw trumps, take a club finesse against South, ♣ J 9 8 ♣ Q 10 3 then cash the ♣K and ♦A and play a diamond to West North East South ♠ K Q 10 8 7 ♠ — dummy’s king, followed by the ♣A and a diamond 2♦ (1) Pass 2NT (2) ♥ K 10 8 5 4 ♥ J 9 ruff. This will be the end position: Pass 3♠ (3) Pass 4♣ (4) ♦ 10 ♦ K 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 ♠ A J 9 6 Pass 4♦ (5) Pass 6♣ ♣ 6 4 ♣ A 9 5 ♥ — All Pass ♠ A 3 2 ♦ 10 (1) 10–15 HCP; various three-suited shapes with ♥ Q 7 3 2 ♣ — diamond shortness and at least 4–3 (or 3–4) in the ♦ Q ♠ K 10 7 ♠ Q 8 4 majors. ♣ K J 8 7 2 ♥ Q 7 ♥ 10 6 (2) Artificial enquiry. As dummy on the same deal, she spotted the ♦ — ♦ — (3) 4–3–1–5 non-minimum. Establishes game winning line in 3NT, and although she didn’t use the ♣ — ♣ — force. title line of this article to her partner (what restraint) ♠ 2 (4) Natural, slam try. she told the Daily Bulletin instead. Revenge is a dish ♥ — (5) Cuebid. best eaten cold in the Daily Bulletin, as Voltaire so ♦ Q In the late stages of a KO match that was nearly said. ♣ Q 9 8 not going particularly well, Dennis and Jerry bid You play 3NT as South after West has made a You lead the ♠K and North has no answer. He aggressively to slam. . You receive the opening lead of the ♠K. must win or you will just lead to the ♠Q next, but West led the ♠6. Jerry, declarer, suspected it You win and lead a spade to dummy’s 9 and a after winning the ♠A he is endplayed, forced to lead was a singleton. He played low from dummy, East club to the jack, then a spade towards dummy’s jack. away from the ♠J to your 10 or offer a ruff-sluff by contributed the encouraging 3 and the ace took the East has pitched two encouraging diamonds on the playing his diamond. trick. spades, so West wins the ♠Q and shifts to a diamond. Jerry led the ♣J to dummy’s ace, then passed the You win the ♦A, cash the ♠J and play the ♣10, which ♥J to West’s king. is ducked, and a third club to East’s ace to reach this Electronic Device Policy West returned a diamond, and after coming to position: The electronic device policy at NABCs has been hand with the ♥A, floated the ♣9, played a club to ♠ 6 revised to allow players to bring electronic devices the 10 and cashed the ♣K, extracting the outstanding ♥ A 6 such as cell phones into the playing area provided trumps. ♦ J 8 that such devices are turned off. East had to find three discards on the clubs. He ♣ — Further, any such equipment must not be visible could painlessly offload a diamond and two spades. ♠ 10 ♠ — during the session Declarer pitched his low spade, resulting in the ♥ K 10 8 5 ♥ J 9 The policy applies to all pairs, team members, following five-card ending with the lead in dummy: ♦ — ♦ K 9 7 captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, ♠ 9 7 4 ♣ — ♣ — except those designated by the ACBL and are in force ♥ 2 ♠ — throughout any actual playing session or segment of ♦ — ♥ Q 7 3 play. ♣ 4 ♦ — A violation of the policy will result in an ♠ — ♠ Q J ♣ J 8 automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or ♥ 8 ♥ 10 If East cashes the ♦K and exits with the ♥J, you 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. ♦ J 8 6 4 ♦ K 10 win, cash the ♦J and throw West in with a spade to A second offense will result in disqualification from ♣ — ♣ — lead a heart. If East exits with a heart without cashing the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this ♠ A his diamond, you perform the came to make policy will be removed from the playing area for the ♥ Q 9 an extra trick in clubs at the end. remainder of the session. ♦ Q 6 ♣ — Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 5

partners, including a second-place finish in the 1989 Winners that spotlights a bridge personage and opens Levin Reisinger, it was limited because most pairs games at up a question-and-answer forum. Jill jumped down ACBL-sponsored national tournaments were divided the well for a couple of days last year. Asked about continued from page 1 into men’s pairs and women’s pairs. her intangible strength as a bridge player, Jill replied, have her progeny out there playing strong four-bids.” They found the segregation intolerable. After “being practical”: When she was 17, Jill developed a huge crush numerous attempts to convince the ACBL Board on handsome, 21-year old . “At once, of Directors of the illegality of the situation, the 1. I will not play conventions that have a lot of merit my mother saw the look on my face. “No, stay away Blanchards sued the ACBL in 1984. They alleged on the one in 1000 hands they come up but tax my from him!’ she ordered.” they were improperly prevented from entering a memory too much or make me worry whether my Levin and Jill became good friends. Later, as men’s pairs event at a tournament in San Diego and partner will remember them. This saves my brain for each married someone else, the two couples would accused the League of violating their civil rights more important things. spend a lot of time doing things as a foursome and under California’s Unruh Act. 2. I try not to give partner problems by being too often vacationing together. The ACBL sent three pairs each to the Open delicate in my carding or bidding. Jill continued to play at regionals while she and Women’s world championships. Qualification 3. To use a baseball analogy, I save my best stuff completed her undergraduate degree at the University points for international play were awarded only in for the big outs. I am capable of making any tough of Michigan with a major in political science in three events in which a man and woman could not play hand that can be made but finding the right line of years, and graduated from Columbia School of Law, together. The tournament structure, according to the play is much harder for me than it is for my husband. where she was a Charles Evan Hughes Fellow and lawsuit, discriminated against male–female teams Therefore, depending on the form of scoring, I might Stone Scholar. by limiting them to fewer events than their same-sex not want to tap myself out on a hand with less at Jill believes that her being able to accomplish competitors. stake, preserving my highest intensity level for when these things made bridge a little more acceptable Beginning in 1990, the League converted it is most needed. at home for her younger brothers. Brad Moss and nationally rated events formerly restricted to men to Andrew Moss participated in Junior bridge programs open events. They claimed that the impetus for the Highlights of Jill’s bridge career include 12 and each was named King of Bridge as a graduating change in policy was not the Blanchards’ lawsuit, NABC championships, a silver medal in the World high school senior — Brad in 1989 and Andrew in but to conform to the WBF’s Open and Women’s Mixed Pairs playing with Levin, five world women’s 1991. team structure. The lawsuit was dismissed. In 1994, team championships (1994 McConnell Cup, 1996 Greenberg, nevertheless, still isn’t a big fan of a separate Women’s Team Trails became the path Olympiad, 2003, 2007 and 2013 ), and teaching children to play bridge. “Jill is brilliant and for women to qualify for three victories. She is now the co- efficient, and I firmly believe there are not that many events. chairman of the Buffett Cup. people like her.” “At one time, I found the very idea of women’s Meyers, Jill’s partner on the 2007 Venice Cup After passing the New York bar exam on her events repugnant and stigmatizing,” Jill says. “I team and several of the NABC winning squads, calls first sitting, Jill went to work for a year at a big would still feel that way if I walked into a playing Jill her dear friend. “She’s a love. She’s probably Park Avenue law firm and found that corporate law room and saw all the men on one side and the women the smartest person I’ve ever met. She’s also the did not suit her at all. Years later, she would find a on another. That is no longer the case. Any woman toughest person I’ve ever met. But she’s a big mush more palatable use for her law school education: she who wants to play with the men can. A positive underneath it all.” devoted four years to pro bono work, representing result from this has been women such as , In light of her achievements, it says something public housing tenants in termination proceedings. , , and about Jill that her favorite bridge memory is of her In 1982, Jill married Robert Blanchard, whom JoAnna Stansby winning prestigious open events.” sons, Shane and Justin, winning together. she met while playing bridge, of course. One of the Even as they opened events in which they could For a brief period at the 2013 Fall NABC, it events Jill and Blanchard enjoyed playing together play together, the Blanchards became separate, and looked as if Jill’s squad — partner Jenny Wolpert and was the Goldman Pairs. First contested in 1929, the despite efforts to hold the family together, they teammates Levin and — had won Goldman Pairs is the country’s oldest regional pairs eventually divorced. the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match. They had even competition, and the premier event of the Eastern Meanwhile, Levin was struggling in his marriage. posed for the first-place photo when they learned that States Regional in New York. “It was hard,” he says. “Because Jill and I both come something amiss with the scoring had been corrected It’s 1984 and Jill wants a dog. Unfortunately, from divorced homes, we know what it does to the and they actually finished second. she’s allergic to dogs, so to fill the , she got a cat. kids.” Get ready to move over, Shane and Justin. Had It turned out she was allergic to cats, as well. But she In 1998, the longtime friends married. “Of all Jill and company won the Open BAM, “that would grew attached to the cat and rather than give her up, my accomplishments, marrying her has been the best have been my new favorite bridge memory,” she Jill took allergy pills. thing that has ever happened to me,” Levin says. sighs. She reasoned that as long as she was taking When the rabbi married Jill and Levin, he also Levin says life is good. “Jill’s always been my allergy pills, she might as well get a dog, too. married the three children — Shane, Justin and best friend, and she’s the person I like best to hang Blanchard did not understand her logic, but he Levin’s son, Andrew. out with.” They live in Las Vegas where, when bargained with her: If they finished first or second Levin says, with great tenderness, “She’s been they’re not traveling for bridge, they’re happy in the Goldman Pairs, she could have her dog. The a terrific parent to Andrew. The children grew up as homebodies. Blanchards finished second and Jill got her dog, brothers. They look at her as the backbone in our Levin, who calls himself “less cerebral,” swims whom she named Trump. family —we all do. She is so smart, so solid. And and bikes to the gym every other day. “Jill loves to The following year, Blanchard wanted a dog. Jill she’s the boss.” sit by the pool and read.” They play tennis in the offered him the same deal: If they finished first or Jill imposed her mother’s “no bridge growing afternoon and walk Rufus, their two-year-old golden second in the Goldman Pairs, he could have his dog. up” policy on the Blanchard/Levin clan. “We were retriever. They fix dinner together — “I barbeque, Jill In the qualifying portion, they were defending not allowed to play bridge till we were 18,” says fixes a million appetizers,” and repair to their garage- a 4♠ contract. Blanchard led a club. Dummy came Shane. “At that point, my parents decided it was the converted-to-a-game-room to eat, play pool and down with ♣A K x x x x. Jill knew that either lesser of all evils.” watch movies. Blanchard or declarer had a singleton, but who? Jill Shane and Jill were playing together when he Jill says she is thrilled to welcome the family’s also held ♦A Q over dummy’s ♦K J. won his first knockout. She helped him get his silver newest member: Shane has married Swedish bridge Declarer won the club lead and played a trump, points. “For most of my family, bridge is a job, which player Sandra Rimstedt in a civil ceremony. They to which Blanchard played the lowest outstanding is why it was that much more special when Mom put plan a more social wedding in the near future. spot. in the time to play with me.” Imagine, a Levin—Blanchard—Shane— “He didn’t trump echo, so I knew it was declarer He also notes, “Mom is not always the most Greenberg—Rimstedt bridge pedigree: Oh, if only who had the singleton,” Jill said. She got in and she patient person in many ways (she had a hot temper bridge greatness could be genetically engineered! could see her diamond ace going away, so she cashed when a bad report card came home!), but she was it and got out with a non-club. really patient with me at bridge.” Blanchard was near apoplectic. “Why didn’t you Commuting an hour and half twice a day from Monitoring give me my ruff?” Riverdale to her new job — managing Greeenberg’s At this and future North American “Because you didn’t trump echo,” she responded Honors Club in New York and teaching bridge, Jill Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ hotly. “Why didn’t you trump echo?” found the plot for a novel taking shape in her head. events with visible, real-time cameras. The images “Because you never watch the spots anyway.” Levin encouraged her by getting her a microcassette will be recorded and will be available for later official That got her out of her chair. “That’s it! We’re recorder to capture her notes as she drove. She was inspection and review. not going to qualify and you’re not going to get a too intimidated by the little machine to use it, but she By general monitoring of the session and dog.” would not admit defeat. As she traveled to regionals, participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of Not only did they qualify, they won — the she wrote and edited — using stationery from host information that may be useful in determining facts second time in the event’s 57-year history that it was hotels across the country. and settling issues arising from some types of ethical won by a married couple. And Robert got his dog. In 2002 — too far ahead of the poker wave to and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon They named her Echo. ride it — “Bet, Raise, or Fold” was published. Her a director if a problem occurs at the table. In addition to Trump and Echo, the couple had novel is about a single mother’s struggle to support This procedure is intended to assure everyone two sons: Shane in 1987 and Justin in 1988. herself and her son using her card skills. that the playing field is level and that misbehavior While the Blanchards enjoyed success as bridge In the Well is an occasional feature on Bridge will not be tolerated. Page 6 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY EVENING ZIP KOS SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SWISS TEAMS 6 Tables 20 Tables 2.43 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Craig A B C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 4.55 1 1 1 Chrissy Inglett - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Charlotte Weller - Jared 1.29 2 Joseph Brouillard - Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI; Boulds, Tucson AZ 60.00 Lois DeBlois, Warwick RI; Marshall Williams, Woonsocket RI 3.41 2 2 Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Janet Davis - Donald Davis, Norman OK 59.00 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 1.97 3/5 3/5 Dale Sweetwood - Gertrude Franco - Nancy Whittenburg, Tempe AZ; 7 Tables Carole Odenreider, Phoenix AZ 53.00 15.81 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kornel Lazar, Vienna Austria Austria; Robert Porter, 1.97 3/5 3/5 2/3 Linda Miller, Cincinnati OH; Mary Ann Hudecki, Palm City FL; Henderson NV; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Jane Loughlin, Greenwich CT; Joan Long, Mesa AZ 53.00 Tokunaga, Japan 1.97 3/5 3/5 2/3 Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Glen Perry - William Kelsey, 8.38 2 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Connie White, Oak Voorheesville NY; W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY 53.00 Harbor WA; Johnnie Dayton, Lubbock TX; Carl Jones, IL 1.22 6 4 Jeanie Wolff - Lorraine Allen - Karla Reynolds - Margaret THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II Randol, Scottsdale AZ 46.00 6 Tables 7.11 1 Jan Dragoo - Mary Blanchard, Sierra Vista AZ; THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 15.0 Tables 3.77 2 Kevin George, Chandler AZ; Tony Wencl, Eagan A B C MN; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK 3.79 1 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 65.34% THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 2.88 2 1 Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX; Shirley Hoffert, Mesa AZ 60.80% 6 Tables 2.33 3 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 57.77% 5.84 1 Don Robinson - Burt Echtenkamp - Roy Grice, 2.16 4 2 Dick Wilson, Rochester NY; Ronald Mittleman, Pittsford NY 57.58% Boise ID; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 1.20 5 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 57.39% 3.10 2 Frank Maxwell - Janie Maxwell, Delhi LA; 1.62 6 3 David Bort, Keedysville MD; Ed Freeman, Portland OR 56.44% Parkerlene Pillans - Joyce Attebury, Amarillo TX 1.22 4 Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 55.68% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET I 0.91 5 James Randall, Steamboat Sprig CO; Sandy Potts, Austin TX 51.33% 9 Tables 1.97 1 Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 50.00% 12.42 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Weishu Wu - Iftikhar 1.48 2 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 48.67% Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 8.69 2 Buddhadeb Biswas - Madhusree Biswas, SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Lexington MA; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 16.0 Tables 5.59 3 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes - Gerald Duncan - A B C Franklin Fine, Albuquerque NM 3.67 1 1 Mary Shapiro - Beth Hoffman, Scottsdale AZ 66.37% 4.35 4 Julian Dupuis, Kelso WA; Harriet Anderson, 2.75 2 2 1 Barbara Chadwick, Scottsdale AZ; Pat Linville, Phoenix AZ 61.90% Portland OR; Wanda Burness, Rainier OR; Rita Fontaine, Longview 2.06 3 3 2 Sandy Fox - Kaliope Demetriades, Scottsdale AZ 59.82% WA 1.55 4 4 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 57.14% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1.16 5 5 Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 56.85% BRACKET II 0.87 6 6 Carol Harmon - Judith Hawk, Mesa AZ 56.55% 16 Tables 1.27 3 Vickie Thomas - Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 55.06% 8.71 1 Doug Coppock - Lonnie Coppock - Jane 0.95 4 Daniel Graves - Sharon Graves, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% Coleman, Scottsdale AZ; Grace Anderson, Eden Prairie MN 0.72 5 Anne Newman - Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ 53.57% 6.10 2 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, 0.54 6 Juliana Cargill - Timothy Joseph, Prescott AZ 52.98% Evansville IN; Dennis Hoffelt - Susan Hoffelt, Sun Lakes AZ 3.92 3 Giorgia Botta, Rome 00135 Italy; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; Charles Littlejohn, Buellton CA; Margie SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS Patterson, Spring TX 8.0 Tables 3.05 4 Gene Hendricks - Marilyn Hendricks, Vail AZ; A B C Sharon Terrill - Garrett Terrill, Wilmot SD 1.89 1 1 Arthur Carlson - Elaine Carlson, Surprise AZ 61.90% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1.42 2 Virginia Jorgensen, Bellingham WA; Agnes Maze, Sun City West AZ 61.31% BRACKET III 1.06 3 Roger Walker - Joan Walker, Surprise AZ 57.14% 16 Tables 0.98 4 2 Jo Anne Maxwell, Cottonwood AZ; Carl Ramsey, Bellemont AZ 55.65% 5.98 1 Paul Weader - Barbara Ritter - Joanne Dove - 0.94 5 3 1 Barbara Berry - Jacki Summerson, Mesa AZ 52.68% Diane Denton, Sun City AZ 0.55 4 Dale Block - Mary Newstead, Phoenix AZ 50.30% 4.19 2 Donna Ozark - Edward Ozark, Silverthorne CO; 0.71 2 Barbara Freeman - Marc Freeman, Indianapolis IN 48.81% Christine Boller - Ronald Boller, Frisco CO 2.69 3 Kathleen Bredlie - Rick Bredlie - Kevin Amos - Lilah Amos, Surprise AZ SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 2.09 4 David Robinson - Barbara Robinson, Denver CO; 45.5 Tables / Based on 112 Tables Ronald Stanek, Anchorage AK; Lindsay Cantoni, Sun Lakes AZ A X 30.39 1 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 63.05% 22.79 2 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Randy Corn, Kirkland WA 61.43% No need to qualify for 17.09 3 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 58.91% 12.82 4 Randall Mandigo - David Rinehart, Tucson AZ 58.63% 2014 World Bridge Series 10.13 5 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 58.15% You can play in a world championship next year 8.68 6 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 57.46% in one or more of several events that do not require 7.60 7 John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 57.39% pre-qualification and are transnational. Any player 18.96 8 1 Andrea Miller - Ted Heck, Victoria BC 56.98% in good standing with his or her national bridge 6.08 9 Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL; Judy Stilson, Everett WA 56.85% organization is welcome to the World Bridge Series 14.22 10 2 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 56.79% in Sanya, Hainan, China, Oct. 10-25. 10.67 11 3 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Paul Spear, Sun City West AZ 54.90% 8.00 12 4 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA 54.75% The tournament is the World Bridge Federation’s 4.34 13 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; , Scottsdale AZ 54.70% biggest and most open championship. 4.05 14 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 54.44% The playing schedule starts with Mixed Teams 6.32 15 5 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 54.36% and Mixed Pairs, then Open, Women’s and Senior 3.58 16 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 54.32% Teams, followed by Open, Women’s and Senior 5.42 17 6 Darcy White - Bob Borengasser, Tempe AZ 54.31% Pairs. All events are transnational, meaning any pair 3.20 18 Ken Barbour - Scott Donaldson, Scottsdale AZ 54.24% or team may be made up of players from different 3.04 19 Dan Dayani, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 54.12% countries. 4.74 20 7 Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 53.93% All players at the tournament wear badges with 4.21 8 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 53.52% bar codes. After any session, the badge can be passed 3.79 9 Ruth Gilchrist - John B R Gilchrist, Calgary AB 53.50% 3.45 10 Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME; Shakti Routh, Tucson AZ 53.39% under a scanner for an instant printout of the badge 3.16 11 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 53.35% holder’s scores and standing in the event. 2.92 12 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 53.35% Sanya is the southernmost city on the Chinese 3.78 13 James Hooker, Paradise Valley AZ; Dattatraya Kale, Phoenix AZ 53.31% island of Hainan. It has a tropical climate and has 2.53 14 Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 53.23% emerged as a popular tourist destination, with the most well-preserved and beautiful beaches in all of China. The location is often called the “Oriental Hawaii.” Slow Play Most major cities connect with Hong Kong, and Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful play, is discourteous to your opponents – and to all other a flight from there to Sanya takes less than an hour. competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. For more information about the tournament, visit In general, pairs who are rarely late will be warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or pay no www.worldbridge.org. attention to time limits will be penalized. Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 7

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 55.75 Tables / Based on 27 Tables Committee 9.07 1/2 Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 126.34% 9.07 1/2 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 126.34% continued from page 1 5.32 3/4 Linda Webb, Fargo ND 121.03% 5.32 3/4 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND 121.03% Before accepting this assignment, we met with 4.34 5/6 Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL 119.89% the committee members and asked if they would 4.34 5/6 Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 119.89% support us in this endeavor. We were gifted with 2.86 7 John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 115.97% immediate support from this group, and that was the 4.72 8/9 Ronald Mittleman, Pittsford NY 115.53% start of our journey. 4.72 8/9 Dick Wilson, Rochester NY 115.53% I have never met or worked with a more motivated and self-driven team of committee chairs. SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS All of them, without exception, embraced their 20.0 Tables responsibilities and carried them out, to the extreme. A B C Our committee and volunteers included people from 4.55 1 Linda Connell - Ken Connell, Saskatoon SK 57.84% 2.99 2/3 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 57.73% all over — from Phoenix to Scottsdale to Tempe to 2.99 2/3 Dolores Brenner - Joan Vernick, Santa Fe NM 57.73% Mesa to Chandler to Sun Lakes to Sedona — who 3.79 4 1 1 Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 57.52% worked together to make Desert Gold such a success. 2.84 5 2 Barbara Kim, Honolulu HI; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 56.32% They had exuberance and they had fun. They 1.87 6 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 56.10% reached out to our visitors in a most friendly way 1.87 3/4 David Johnson - Faiz Nadir, Calgary AB 54.79% and made everyone feel completely welcome. They 1.87 3/4 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 54.79% met every need. Our partnership team had so much 1.20 5 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; Frances Yee, Honolulu HI 54.36% fun that they would like to become the permanent 0.90 6 Margaret Koenig, Tucson AZ; Del Rieschick, Oro Valley AZ 54.03% partnership committee chairs for future NABCs! 1.87 2 Jeanie Wolff - Margaret Randol, Scottsdale AZ 53.16% Darryl and I would like to say “thank you” to 1.28 3 Maureen Vasquez, San Mateo CA; Marilu Donnici, San Francisco CA 50.54% 0.96 4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 50.44% this committee. Having been a part of this team is, and always will be, one of the most memorable and THE CONFESSIONAL AT CLANCY’S GOLD RUSH PAIRS rewarding events in our lives. 65.5 Tables I must also thank Barb Bunnell and Leslie Davis, 7 3 who formed this remarkable team. 18.06 1 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Richard Nelson, Surrey BC 70.24% The second element that contributed to this 13.55 2 Frederick Tierney Jr, Fremont CA; Christy Hartsell, Palo Alto CA 62.50% tournament’s success was the fundraising effort. 10.16 3 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Raymond Clemmons, Langley BC 62.20% Our committee raised $56,000. Unit 354 (Phoenix, 10.17 4 1 Jan Carr, Norwalk IA; Dennis Cann, Edmonton AB 61.31% including North Scottsdale) donated $10,000, plus 6.02 5 S Alan Cook - Brenda Huff, Phoenix AZ 59.52% $6,000 raised through unit-wide fundraisers. As 7.63 6 2 Franklin Wolf - Frances Bendheim, Farmington NM 58.84% 4.52 7 Ellen Brabson, Albuquerque NM; Patsy Waltemath, Bernnalillo NM 57.76% our Chief Corporate Sponsor, Televerde and CEO 4.01 8 Diane Hall - William Hall, Scottsdale AZ 57.59% Jim Hooker provided substantial support. We raised 3.61 9 Thomas Strong - James O’Brien, Springfield MO 57.42% $20,000 in individual event sponsorships. District 17 3.28 10 Michael Dech - Ann Grub, Marana AZ 57.14% NABC fundraisers generated $12,000. 3.01 11 Kathye Brown, Mesa AZ; Michael Schultz, Clio CA 56.70% The money provided by our fundraising 5.72 12 3 Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carver, Chandler AZ 56.53% allowed us to enhance our hospitality by providing 4.29 13 4 Nick Sehgal - Suzanne Budabin, Lompoc CA 56.23% entertainment between sessions, high-quality snacks 3.39 14 5 Bonnie Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA 56.10% and cash vouchers for food at the Hyatt 10 a.m. and 2.19 15/16 Kay Jennings - Cary Jennings, Fort Worth TX 55.95% 3 p.m. games. 2.91 15/16 6 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 55.95% The third element of success is the ACBL staff. I 2.01 17 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Gary Hastings, Dorval QC 55.72% 2.54 7 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 55.53% have never met a more customer-driven organization 2.26 8 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Sun City West AZ 55.21% than the ACBL. When you speak with an employee 2.03 9 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 54.91% of ACBL, that person always asks, “Is there anything 1.85 10 Betty Franquemont - Jed Franquemont, Lenoir NC 54.76% else we can help you with?” Jeff Johnston and 1.99 11 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Denis Gardner, North Bay ON 54.32% Wendy Sullivan, who plan the NABCs, really know their business. They and all of the support staff do SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS their jobs extremely well. 13.0 Tables The fourth element of success was our host A B C hotels. The Sheraton and Hyatt Regency hotels 2.85 1/2 Kenneth Naiff - June Cohen, Scottsdale AZ 61.17% provided extremely high-quality housing, playing 2.85 1/2 1 1 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB 61.17% 1.83 3 Daryl Elaine Krepps - Gloria Shabbits, Nanaimo BC 60.23% facilities and service. Our late night hospitality 1.88 4 2 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 60.04% was created in-house by the world-class pastry 1.03 5 Wendell Opheim - Frances Opheim, Lethbridge AB 58.33% department at the Sheraton. The empañadas, 1.41 6 3 Jack Rosenstock - Phyllis Rosenstock, Scottsdale AZ 56.63% brownies, raspberry bars and other delicious items 1.19 4/5 2 Juliana Cargill - Timothy Joseph, Prescott AZ 55.68% were second to none. 0.92 4/5 Russell Farkouh, Durango CO; Jayann Fordon, Scottsdale AZ 55.68% Last, but not least, is the staff of these hotels. 0.89 6 3 Judy Casey, Chandler AZ; Ed Bader, Sun Lakes AZ 54.92% Many times, we ignore the people who prepare and 0.59 4/5 Jennifer Goble, Sterling CO; Laurene Ness-Braden, Sun City West AZ 48.67% serve our food, who clean our rooms and who pick 0.59 4/5 Virginia Jorgensen, Bellingham WA; Agnes Maze, Sun City West AZ 48.67% up our trash. The staff at both hotels is customer- focused and operated magnificently, to our benefit. Baron They were unfailingly kind and efficient. Five years after founding the first company, You might call this tournament a “perfect storm.” continued from page 1 Baron decided to get into the book publishing All the elements came together at the right time. We working to recall the skills that helped him earn more business, so he established Devyn Press, named after know that many of you had a great time, and your than 2700 masterpoints before he took his sabbatical his daughter. Devyn Press published more than 200 enjoyment is the ultimate measure of our success in from the game. original titles and reprints. Phoenix. Baron has lived all his life in and around He has written a variety of books on topics from Louisville KY, where the bridge book business is bridge to sports, and he has a collection of basketballs Notice to players located. He studied business at the University of autographed by 49 of the 50 players named the Each player must have an ACBL convention Florida when he wasn’t playing bridge, which was a greatest of all time by the National Basketball card filled out and on the table. Please note that lot of the time. He learned to play at a frat house at Association, missing only the late Pete Maravich. other types of convention cards, such as the WBF the U of F and studied world championship books to Nowadays, Baron and his wife operate a store or homemade cards that do not learn more about the game. in Louisville called Amazing Green Planet, an eco- sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are Baron and his wife, Mary, founded Baron friendly gift shop. “We have learned a lot from it,” not acceptable substitutes. Barclay Bridge Supplies in 1974 and operated it out Baron says. “Retail is tough.” of the garage at their home in Simpsonville KY. He With his distinctive facial hair, Baron is easily bought Barclay Bridge Supplies of New York in 1990 recognizable to anyone who knew him before Masterpoint disclaimer and merged the two firms to create Baron Barclay he dropped out of bridge, and he has enjoyed Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are Bridge Supply. reconnecting with old friends in Atlanta and Phoenix. subject to change because of score changes or While he operated the business, Baron found “We have been very lucky,” Baron says. “When corrections. time to hit the tournament trail, winning dozens of you have your health and a good family – what else The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, regional events. could you ask for?” also subject to change. Page 8 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS Missed opportunities and 6 Tables A B C desperation measures 2.13 1 Thomas Boates, Anthem AZ; Sara O’Neill, Lake Forest IL; Bonnie By Barry Rigal Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA 53.00 These two deals are from the second qualifying 1.67 2/3 1 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA; Scott Dunlop - Laura session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 46.00 Dlr: South ♠ A K 5 2 1.40 2/3 Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Shirley Vul: Both ♥ 10 4 3 Knopf - Lynn Danielson, Long Beach CA 46.00 ♦ J 7 5 1.49 1 Pam Nuccio, Vista CA; Pat Sullivan, El Cajon CA; Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX; James Meade, Spring TX 41.00 ♣ K J 4 ♠ 4 ♠ 10 9 7 3 ED LUCAS SIDE SWISS TEAMS ♥ A J 8 6 ♥ 9 7 5 72 Tables ♦ K Q 8 2 ♦ A 10 6 A B C ♣ 10 8 5 2 ♣ A 9 3 11.42 1 Ira Herman - Allen Kahn, New York NY; Linda Gordon - Robb ♠ Q J 8 6 Gordon, Sedona AZ 67.00 ♥ K Q 2 8.57 2 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Ai-Tai Lo, ♦ 9 4 3 Reston VA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 64.00 ♣ Q 7 6 6.42 3 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Robert Morris, Houston TX; Joshua West North East South Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Chrystal Lake IL 62.00 4.82 4 Mark Brownstein - Felicity Moore - Ted Stein, Albuquerque NM; Pass Deborah Reichman, Algodones NM 58.00 Pass 1♣ Pass 1♠ 3.61 5 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Ru Hong Terajewicz - Pamela Nisbet, Pass 2♠ Pass Pass Ottawa ON; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 57.00 Dbl Pass 2NT (1) Dbl 7.28 6 1 1 Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Kevin George, Chandler AZ; James Pass Pass Redbl Pass Cobis, Bisbee AZ; Tony Wencl, Eagan MN 56.00 3♣ Pass Pass Dbl 1.61 7/9 Harvey Bush, Klamath Falls OR; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB; All Pass Sherm Supola, Billings MT; James Smith, Mapleton OR 55.00 (1) Pick a minor. 5.46 7/9 2 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Richard Allison, Fulton MD; James For West, dummy’s shape is no doubt a Easterling, Casselberry FL; Carl Jones, Chicago IL 55.00 disappointment, but you have to make the best of 1.61 7/9 Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Joerg Schneider, Vancouver BC; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 55.00 your contract. You receive repeated spade leads. Play 4.10 3 2 Cindy Ferguson - Carol Thompson - Caenie Pyrcz - Melissa Martin, on. Calgary AB 50.00 Spades are 4-4 and clubs surely 3-3, so is it 3.07 4 Stan Fong - Natalie Silverstein - Phil Dowd - Louise Morel, too much to expect both opponents to be 4-3-3- Toronto ON 48.00 3? Yes, you would like North to have the ♦J, not 2.30 5 Rebecca Brown - George Fillis - Karen Fillis - Thomas Trudeau - unreasonable. Fran Vanecko, San Antonio TX 47.00 Ruff the second spade, play a diamond to 1.73 6 Judy Gutschenritter - Martin Gutschenritter, Fort Collins CO; dummy’s 10 (whew!), ruff a spade, play a diamond Billie Turner, Greeley CO; Gloria Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 46.00 to the ace and exit with a club to the ace and a 1.65 3/4 David Carlson - Carole Carlson, Englewood CO; Ann Grill - George second club. The defenders are able to put you under Grill, Vancouver WA 40.00 1.65 3/4 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Roger Leemis - pressure if South hops up with the ♣Q and plays a Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 40.00 low heart. In practice, if he follows low, you will see North win the ♣J and return a heart. By now you SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES know he has 3 or 4 HCP in cloubs and the ♠A K plus 21.0 Tables the ♦J. South’s double of 2NT must include the ♥K A B C Q, so you the first honor South plays and the 4.70 1 1 1 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 64.05% defenders are endplayed to give you your ninth trick 3.53 2 2 Lynn Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 61.76% for all the matchpoints. 2.64 3 3 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 61.00% Dlr: North ♠ J 6 1.98 4 Howard Weinstein - Cyndi Prince, Omaha NE 55.56% Vul: N-S ♥ 7 4 2.16 5 4 2 Bernice Snyder - Lloyd Snyder, Comox BC 55.45% 1.39 6 5 Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON 55.34% ♦ K J 10 9 7 5 1.04 6 Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 54.79% ♣ J 10 8 1.62 3 Donald Robinson, Boise ID; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 54.68% ♠ 8 3 2 ♠ A 10 9 4 1.22 4 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 53.81% ♥ 6 2 ♥ A Q J 8 3 0.91 5 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN 50.87% ♦ A Q 8 2 ♦ 3 ♣ A 9 7 6 ♣ K 4 3 SATURDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS ♠ K Q 7 5 38.0 Tables ♥ K 10 9 5 A B C ♦ 6 4 16.80 1 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 59.65% ♣ Q 5 2 12.60 2 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 58.65% 9.45 3 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 58.56% 3NT is not a hopeless spot for East-West, 7.09 4 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 58.12% especially if North leads the unbid suit – diamonds. 5.60 5 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 57.88% I won the ♦Q to take a heart finesse. South won the 4.80 6 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 56.91% cleared diamonds. I took the third round of the suit 5.37 7 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Kathy Schenk, Scottsdale AZ 56.71% (pitching spades from dummy) and tried to cash out 3.73 8 Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 56.23% hearts. 3.36 9 , Monterey CA; , Pebble Beach CA 55.71% When hearts didn’t split, I played a fourth heart 4.40 10 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 55.44% in this ending: 2.80 11 Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA 55.24% ♠ J 6 7.38 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 54.49% ♥ — 5.54 2 Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV 54.21% 4.15 3 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 54.10% ♦ K 3.11 4 Ron Haack - Amy Mitura, New York NY 53.77% ♣ J 10 8 2.87 5 Insa Fricker, White Rock BC; Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC 53.14% ♠ 8 3 2 ♠ A 10 2.11 6 Ilene Morgan, Rolla MO; James Morgan, Albany CA 51.66% ♥ — ♥ 3 3.46 1 Michael Shuster, Banff AB; Marek Foff, Edmonton AB 49.06% ♦ 8 ♦ — 2.60 2 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 48.93% ♣ A 9 ♣ K 4 3 1.95 3 Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 45.01% ♠ K Q 7 ♥ — ♦ — Email us ♣ Q 5 2 Got a hand you just have to share? The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: NABCDailyBulletin@ South fell from frace when he played a top spade acbl.org. You’ll also find it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the date and the editors’ and continued the suit when it was ducked. Now the names. (Thanks, , for a splendid idea!) last heart executed a perfect . With This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please South guarding spades and North guarding diamonds, continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence. the ♣3 was a winner at trick 13. Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 9

KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS QUALIFIERS 46 Tables / Based on 181 Tables Carryover Good judgment 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Curtis Cheek and Ishmael Del’Monte have Katowice Poland; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland 31.58 played in team games together, but until they sat 2 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Matt Granovetter, down to play in the Nail Life Master Open Pairs at Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Las Vegas NV; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; the Fall NABC in Phoenix, they had never played in Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 26.85 that format together. 3 Piotr Klimowicz, Edmonton AB; Gerry McCully, Sun City West AZ; Doran Flock, They made the most of their debut in pairs, Calgary AB; James Galand, Victoria BC 24.75 winning the event by more than a board on a top of 4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; , Houston TX; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia 22.32 77. This deal from the second final session helped 5 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; , Las Vegas NV; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton them to a pile of matchpoints. United Kingdom; John Holland, Stockport England; , Dallas TX; , Dlr: North ♠ A 8 New York NY 19.82 Vul: None ♥ A J 10 7 3 2 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA; Roger McNay, Beaverton ♦ K OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 18.37 ♣ A 10 9 7 7 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Weimin Wang, People’s ♠ K J 7 5 ♠ Q 4 3 Republic of China; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 17.72 ♥ K 9 8 4 ♥ Q 6 8 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; Yan Wang, Scarborough ♦ J 7 ♦ Q 8 3 2 ON; Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 17.20 ♣ 4 3 2 ♣ Q J 8 5 9 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , Herefordshire England; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; , Hamburg Germany; ♠ 10 9 6 2 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany 17.02 ♥ 5 10 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, ♦ A 10 9 6 5 4 Victoria BC 16.55 ♣ K 6 11 Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; David Lindop - Robert West North East South Lebi, Toronto ON 14.33 Del’Monte Cheek 12 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Las Varas Mexico; Daniel 1♣ (1) Pass 1♥ (2) Bertrand - Allan Simon, Calgary AB; , Redmond WA; Ray Miller, Seattle WA 13.37 Pass 2♥ Pass 3♦ 13 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; William Wickham, Los Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Angeles CA; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Pass 4♥ All Pass Hessel, San Antonio TX 11.93 14 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Steve Robinson, Arlington (1) Strong, artificial and forcing. VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos (2) 8-11 high-card points without five spades. Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 11.72 Del’Monte judge correctly that the contract 15 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jonathan Steinberg, would play better in a suit than in 3NT. In fact, many Toronto ON; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX 11.51 players were down two or three tricks in 3NT. 16 Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress TX; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Glickman, Las Against Cheek’s 4♥, West led the ♣4 to the 10, Vegas NV; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 11.39 jack and king. Cheek played a club to dummy’s ace, 17 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, cashed the ♦K, ruffed a club and cashed the ♦A, Fort Myers FL 10.89 pitching dummy’s last club. When West discarded 18 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Stephen Goldstein, on the ♦10, Cheek ruffed in dummy and followed Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 10.82 19/20 Macchi NPC- Chris Compton, Dallas TX; , Las Vegas NV; Tom Breed, Kingwood with the ♥A and a low heart. The appearance of the TX; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; , Waterloo ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA 10.53 ♥ Q meant Cheek had only two heart losers to go 19/20 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; with one spade. Plus 420 was good for 74.5 out of 77 Patricia Cayne - , New York NY 10.53 matchpoints. 21 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Ron Smith - Linda Smith, On the following deal, Del’Monte took Hixson TN 10.16 advantage of a defensive slip to score a precious 22 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; , Carlsbad overtrick. CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Jon Wittes - Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 9.23 Dlr: South ♠ A Q J 8 7 23 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Hiroaki Miura - Tadashi Vul: N-S ♥ Q 5 3 Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 8.51 ♦ A 10 9 24 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; Jacek Romanski, Lublin 20-532 Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; ♣ J 7 Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 7.22 ♠ K 10 9 4 3 ♠ 6 2 25 Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Bill Kent, Iowa City IA; Walter ♥ 10 9 6 2 ♥ A J 8 7 Schafer Jr, Huntington Bch CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 7.14 ♦ 5 3 ♦ Q 8 6 4 2 26 HongMou Cheong - Yizhong Sha - Oiwen Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; ♣ 8 2 ♣ 6 4 Daniel Chang - Hao Jiang, Chandler AZ; Wei Kang Yu, San Francisco CA 6.52 ♠ 5 27 Ron Zambonini, Nepean ON; John Valliant, Ottawa ON; Michael Polowan, New York NY; ♥ K 4 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Shan Huang, ♦ K J 7 Toronto ON 6.23 ♣ A K Q 10 9 5 3 28 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Ron Ashbacher, Lead West North East South Hill AR; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 6.08 29 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Peter Lesnik, Burke VA; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Cheek Del’Monte Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest 1♣ (1) Hills NY 5.18 Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT (2) 30 Steve Cohen, Reno NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Ron Feldman, Redondo Pass 2NT (3) Pass 3♣ Beach CA; Susan Picus, New York NY; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; William Pass 3♦ Pass 4♣ Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 5.05 Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT (4) 31 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Bob Pass 5NT (5) Pass 6NT Klein, Santa Rosa CA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 5.00 All Pass 32 Bernard Payen, Chennevieres France; Michel Lebel, Hahtes France; Erick Mauberquez (1) Strong, artificial and forcing. - Philippe Soulet - Thierry De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 4.32 (2) Asking. 33 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD 3.86 (3) Showing 5-3-3-2 pattern with 12+ HCP. 34 Hemant Lall - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Bob Balderson Jr, Eden Prairie MN; Peggy (4)Natural. Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 3.83 (5) Pick a slam. 35 Steve Bruno - Carol Bruno, Oceanside CA; Ben Blacik, Phoenix AZ; Ole Godefroy - West led the ♥2. Del’Monte played low from Julie Godefroy, Bellevue WA 3.62 dummy and took the king when East inserted the 36 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sylvie jack. Willard, Paris 75014 France; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; , He cashed four rounds of clubs, pitching two Amsterdam Netherlands; , Stockholm Sweden 3.08 spades from dummy, but he didn’t want to squeeze 37 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA; Richard Meffley, dummy by cashing more clubs, so he turned his Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA 3.05 attention to diamonds. On the third and fourth clubs, 38 Eric Robinson, New York NY; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 2.62 West had discarded a diamond and a heart, East two 39 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Mark Feldman, Washington DC; , Dallas diamonds. Reading the situation correctly, Del’Monte TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 2.48 played a diamond to the ace and a diamond back to 40 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk his jack. When that held, he cashed his minor-suit Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; winners before taking a successful spade finesse for Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 2.23 all the tricks and most of the matchpoints. Page 10 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

41 Pascale Gaudreault, Chicoutimi QC; Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Marius Bold move, big payoff Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Ranald Davidson, North On this deal from the Keohane North American York ON 2.15 Swiss, Geeske Joel made an outstanding play to 42 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Mark Tolliver - Marc earn a big swing for her side. Joel, sitting West, was Zwerling, Portland OR 2.07 playing with Will Watson. 43 Geeske Joel - Eugene Hung, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Tobi Dlr: East ♠ Q 7 6 Sokolow, Austin TX; James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA 2.02 Vul: None ♥ Q J 7 3 44/45 Jack Bryant - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; James Ward, ♦ J 7 5 Champaign IL; Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO 0.57 44/45 Dong Lu - Haitao Liu - Rui Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yanhong Wang, ♣ K 9 7 Beijing People’s Republic of China 0.57 ♠ -- ♠ 10 9 8 5 4 3 46 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; , Baltimore MD; ♥ 9 5 ♥ 10 John Adams, Silver Spring MD 0.00 ♦ A K 9 6 4 3 2 ♦ Q 8 ♣ 10 8 5 4 ♣ 6 3 2 1969 Sylvia Stein 150 ♠ A K J 2 1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 154 ♥ A K 8 6 4 2 1971 John Grantham 150 ♦ 10 1972 Steve Robinson 181 ♣ A Q 1973 207 West North East South 1974 Fred Hamilton 202 Pass 2♣ 1975 Walt Walvick 171 2♦ Pass 3♦ 3♥ 1976 199 Pass 5♥ Pass 6♥ 1977 John Mohan 160 All Pass 1978 Bob Hamman 165 The contract was the same at the other table 1979 Robert Levin 233* and it made easily when West started with a high 1980 225 diamond. That was it for East-West tricks. 1981 Chip Martel 225 Joel did better, assisted by Watson’s raise of her 1982 Jeff Meckstroth, 191 2♦ overcall. Joel started with the highest card she won the Goren Trophy at the 2012 San Francisco NABC. 1983 233* could spare that had any chance of putting her partner 1984 Grant Baze 200 on lead – the ♦9 (suit preference for spades). Zia Mahmood topped the 1985 Eric Rodwell 364.75* Watson put up the queen and, when it held, did 1986 , Ed Manfield 211.55 not have to think very long about what to do. He was MP list at 2012 Fall NABC 1987 Jill Meyers 176.00 obviously put on lead for a reason and he could see Capturing 348.08 platinum points at the Fall 1988 Bob Hamman 269.55 or place all the cards higher than the ♦9 that Joel had NABC, Zia Mahmood racked up a rare double — he 1989 Mark Molson 253.71 led. Watson’s spade return scuttled the contract for a won the Goren Trophy, awarded to the player who 1990 Eddie Wold 276.26 14-IMP gain. earns the most masterpoints at a Fall NABC, and he 1991 David Berkowitz 356.65 became ACBL’s 2012 Player of the Year. 1992 Haig Tchamitch 201.66 ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET I Zia finished more than 60 points ahead of Justin 1993 Bob Hamman 355.13 15 Tables Lall in the Goren Trophy race. (The Goren Trophy 32.15 1 Jim Howie - Deborah Thomas-Howie, Toronto 1994 Mark Lair 365.06* ON; Fred Lerner, Unionville ON; Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL was previously called the Herman Trophy.) 1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77* 22.51 2 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV; Here are the previous winners of the Lou Herman 1996 445.77* Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Peter Trophy. (An asterisk indicates the record was broken Cheung, Fremont CA 1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.31 12.86 3/4 Chris Champion - Wendy Turk, Colorado Spgs that year.) 1998 Eric Rodwell 328.59 CO; Mary Olson - Richard Olson, Colorado Sprgs CO 1952 Al Roth 1999 Geir Helgemo 449.37* 12.86 3/4 Richard Katz - Charlotte Katz, Gilbert AZ; 1953 John Crawford Thomas Moran - Marcia Moran, Mesa AZ 2000 George Jacobs 365.22 1954 Paul Hodge 2001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.75 ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET II 1955 Milt Ellenby 2002 Dan Morse 388.81 12 Tables 1956 Paul Hodge 2003 374.79 20.33 1 Dave Douglass, Oro Valley AZ; Aaron Carnes - Al 1957 Lew Mathe Peters - Derek Graybill, Tucson AZ 2004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.16 14.23 2 Glenn Cossey - Cindy Cossey, Innisfail AB; Lisa 1958 Sylvia Stein 2005 Zia Mahmood 416.88 McCarthy - Don McCarthy, West Kelowna BC 1959 Mort Rubinow 2006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.13 8.13 3/4 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell 1960 MI; Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 2007 Lew Stansby 375.28 8.13 3/4 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Carl Jones, Chicago IL; 1961 Phil Feldesman James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Richard Allison, Fulton MD 1962 The Herman Trophy becomes the Goren Trophy 1963 Eric Murray 211 2008 Eric Rodwell 623.75* ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET III 1964 Harold Rockaway 180 16 Tables 2009 Jeff Meckstroth 377.66 19.36 1 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart 1965 Mike Lawrence 211 2010 326.20 Sechriest, San Diego CA; Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, 1966 Charles Coon 144 2011 James Cayne, 378.6 Phoenix AZ 1967 Sami Kehela 155 13.55 2 Diane Winiger - Ofra Blonder, New York NY; 2012 Zia Mahmood 348.08 Harriet Wagman - Judy Bromley, Toronto ON 1968 Henry Bethe 144 7.74 3/4 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Carol Johns, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC 8.26 2 Allan McGale - Eleanor Geisthardt, Cobble Hill 7.74 3/4 Lorine Lorino, Cleveland TN; Margaret Hansell, BC; Mike D Aguiar, Calgary AB; Charles Littlejohn, Buellton CA Using imagination Champaign IL; David Rosenberg, Paradise Valley AZ; Stephen 4.72 3/4 Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA; Catherine Bardsley - By Barry Rigal Pozez, Tucson AZ Wayne Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA Owen Lien and Kevin Dwyer, my teammates, 4.72 3/4 Robert Cooper - Donna Cooper, Lake Charles LA; ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET IV Kate Stewart, Rutland VT; Kim Likakis, Bennington VT had an interesting auction on this deal from the first 16 Tables qualifying session of the Keohane North American 17.64 1 Brian Samuels - Jan Samuels, Los Altos CA; SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET I Swiss Teams. Merle Orelove, Palo Alto CA; Barbara Shukov, Los Altos Hills CA 16 Tables 12.35 2 Marj Russell - Carroll Brooks, Walnut Creek CA; 21.88 1 Ricardo Angeleri, Mar Del Plata 7 Argentina; Owen, in third seat, picked up Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 10 Argentina; Hector Camberos, ♠A Q 8 ♥A K 7 ♦A K 10 7 ♣10 6 2 7.06 3/4 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Wesley Charlotte NC; Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina Kevin opened a vulnerable 3♠ - sound, but Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY 15.32 2 Monika Weber, New Haven CT; Joshua Donn, Las not guaranteeing two top honors. How would you 7.06 3/4 Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer, Goodyear AZ; Vegas NV; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Rafal Jagniewski, Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ Legionowo Poland proceed, given that you have 4♣ available as key 9.85 3 Rick Norton Jr, Vista CA; Paul Foster, Carlsbad card Blackwood but no other asks? ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET V 16 CA; Maritha Pottenger - Robert Walters, San Diego CA Owen tried 4♦ (natural and forcing), and over 4♠ Tables 7.66 4 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Jim McKeown, State 15.30 1 James Nulty - Randi Nulty - James Utter - Eileen College PA; Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach bid 5♥. Kevin realized this rated to be a cuebid, not Utter, Sun Lakes AZ VA an attempt to pay, so with 10.71 2 Fred Sutherland - Kathryn Sutherland - Ken Voit - ♠K J 10 9 6 5 2 ♥Q 5 4 ♦Q 3 ♣7. James Kelso, Surprise AZ SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET II he cuebid 6♦, coverted to 6♠ for a 13-IMP gain. 6.12 3/4 Claude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys 12 Tables CA; Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX; Alex Roman, Burnaby BC 12.22 1 Larry Smith - Laura Smith, Redmond OR; Nelda At the other table, the bidding was 3♠ - Pass – 4♠ - 6.12 3/4 Debbie Reichow, Scottsdale AZ; Mel Heitger, Linman, Bend OR; Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX All Pass. Glendale AZ; Irene Shankelbirch - Wendell Shankelbirch, Central 8.55 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Phyllis Lot 16 PE Bausher, West Haven CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT ZEKE JABBOUR FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO BRACKET VI 5.50 3 Julia Gosnell - Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek 15 Tables CA; Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 11.80 1 James Lopes - Bill Freeman, la Quinta CA; Henry 4.28 4 Mark Mundt - Siegfried Lodwig, Los Alamos Harris - Carol Lefcourt-Harris, Palm Desert CA NM; Joe Jenkins - Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 11

REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH QUALIFIERS SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET III 10 Tables Carryover 16 Tables 11.34 1 Malcolm Morris, Se1 4yx United Kingdom; 1 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo - Fulvio Fantoni - Jonathan Holmes, North Hills CA; Adele Stewart - Mary MacKay, Claudio Nunes, Monaco 23.67 Halifax NS 2/3 Martin Fleisher - - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, 7.94 2 Joseph Bussen, Kailua HI; Lillian Johannessen - Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 21.92 Marion McLaren - Barbara Linn, Honolulu HI 2/3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; , Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas 5.10 3 Shirley Eide - Grace Tanner, Bakersfield CA; NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; , Astoria NY 21.92 Scott McClure - Laurie McClure, Firestone CO 3.97 4 James Woodman - Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl 4 Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Ola NL; Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 21.75 Heights OH 5 - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; , Barcelona SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET IV 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 20.42 16 Tables 9.42 1 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Ivy Steinberg - 6 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Allan Quaile, Stouffville ON; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; 6.59 2 Paulette Hauck, Edmonds WA; Cynthia Sacks, , Gaithersburg MD 20.33 Modesto CA; Ada Frenock, Sammamish WA; Rosemarie Jesse, 7 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Douglas Doub, W Redmond WA Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 19.67 4.24 3 Monte Ziola - Priscilla Kelly, Mesa AZ; Derek 8 , Las Vegas NV; , Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Cedric Ziola, Surrey BC; Sydney Sides, Chandler AZ 3.30 4 Anne Mahoney - Leo Mahoney - Jennifer Lorenzini, Paris France; , Taby Sweden; , Paris 75015 Huntsman - Connie Bartlett, Moncton NB France 19.59 9/10 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET V Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; , Chicago IL 19.42 16 Tables 9/10 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Bas Drijver, 7.83 1 Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Janet Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Cornelis Davis - Donald Davis, Norman OK 5.48 2 Eileen Milligan - Mary Alice Seville - Karen Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Nelson, Corvallis OR; Becky McKenzie, Corvalis OR Netherlands 19.42 3.52 3 Larry Baum, Seattle WA; William Schelstrate - Mary Hudson, Tucson AZ; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON 58 106.06 Pablo Lambardi 2.74 4 Anne Ballard - Robert Dodd - Bridget Dobson - Tournament masterpoint 59 105.65 Meike Wortel Jerome Dobson, Atlanta GA winners 60 105.00 Robert Levin SATURDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET VI (through Saturday December 7) 61 105.00 Jenny Wolpert 16 Tables 62 102.80 David Ruderman 6.15 1 Chrissy Inglett - Jo-Ann Vaughn - Jared Boulds - 1 318.90 Steve Weinstein Charlotte Weller, Tucson AZ 2 258.87 Agustin Madala 63 102.46 Patti Hartley 4.31 2 Judith Edinger - Deborah Watson - Glenn Struck, 3 197.22 64 101.34 Benedicte Cronier Gilbert AZ; Sonya Collins, Grand Island NE 4 197.22 65 101.30 Robert Bell 2.77 3 Barry Siegwart - Eileen Friend, Tempe AZ; Sue 66 100.76 Garey Hayden Robinson, Gilbert AZ; Barbara Coughlin, Scottsdale AZ 5 185.66 Marc Bompis 2.15 4 Thom Saudargas, Scottsdale AZ; Bruce Eisman - 6 185.66 Jean Quantin 67 99.79 Michael Ryan - Keith Hilzendeger, Phoenix AZ 7 185.32 Alexander Smirnov 68 99.15 Linda Gordon 69 98.98 Gen Geiger SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET I 8 184.60 Josef Piekarek 16 Tables 9 184.33 Tony Forrester 70 98.98 Gigi Simpson Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; George 10 184.33 Jim Mahaffey 71 98.68 Neil Chambers Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 72 97.90 Daniel Gullberg vs 11 176.21 Dror Padon Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; , Saint Johnsbury VT; 12 176.21 Bar Tarnovski 73 97.90 Mikael Groenkvist , Rishon Le Zion Israel; , Ramat-Gan 525 13 158.22 Geoff Hampson 74 97.48 Barbara Nist Israel; Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, 14 158.22 Eric Greco 75 96.73 Apolinary Kowalski Norway 76 96.71 Peter Fredin 15 152.41 Curtis Cheek Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 16 152.41 Ishmael Delmonte 77 96.51 Jan Jansma Stockholm Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Bjorn Fallenius - 17 152.15 Mark Itabashi 78 96.13 Jacek Romanski Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 79 95.55 Jacek Jerzy Kalita vs 18 145.97 Martin Fleisher John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; George Mittelman, Toronto 19 140.22 Kevin Bathurst 80 95.55 Michal Nowosadzki ON; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw Poland; Piotr Twczynski, Poznan 20 140.13 Dennis Bilde 81 95.35 Peter Gill Poland 21 138.64 Hemant Lall 82 95.35 Sartaj Hans 83 95.10 Joann Glasson SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET II 22 135.51 Jeff Meckstroth 15 Tables 23 133.32 Bart Bramley 84 95.00 Joris Lankveld Elizabeth Smith - Andre Chartrand - Janyne Provencher - Sylvain 24 133.32 Lew Stansby 85 95.00 Berend Van Den Bos Mayer, Montreal QC 86 94.69 Vincent Demuy vs 25 132.70 Billy Miller Kenneth Titow, 71960 Verze France; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Kenneth 26 132.48 Michael Kamil 87 93.61 Piotr Tuszynski Klein - Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ 27 131.06 Jacek Pszczola 88 92.80 Anne Dawson 89 92.75 Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, Marina Del Rey CA; Carol Frank, 28 130.07 Eric Rodwell Burbank CA; Oleg Rubinchik - Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 29 130.05 Vinita Gupta 90 92.58 Lotan Fisher vs 30 129.89 Zia Mahmood 91 92.58 Ron Schwartz Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; 31 129.48 Cezary Balicki 92 90.98 Peter Boyd Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON 93 90.98 Steve Robinson 32 129.48 Mike Passell SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET III 33 129.48 Adam Zmudzinski 94 90.78 John Kranyak 16 Tables 34 127.49 Robert Levin 95 89.92 Rose Meltzer David Binney, Seattle WA; Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Barton 96 89.92 John Mohan Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ 35 127.03 Robb Gordon vs 36 126.37 Rafal Jagniewski 97 88.34 Piotr Gawrys Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener ON; Keith 37 125.77 Carolyn Lynch 98 88.34 Heckley, Hamilton ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 38 122.73 99 88.34 100 87.43 Michael Polowan Michael Christensen - Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, 39 121.66 David Berkowitz Issaquah WA; Chris Moore, Bellevue WA 40 121.66 Alan Sontag 101 86.22 John Diamond vs 41 119.63 Chris Larsen 102 84.57 Harjinder Ajmani Edmund Wu - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 42 115.66 Huub Bertens 103 84.20 Ginny Schuett 43 115.66 Ton Bakkeren 104 83.86 Johan Upmark SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET IV 44 114.01 Eldad Ginossar 105 83.32 Pamela Granovetter 12 Tables 106 83.32 Peter Lesnik Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; 45 114.01 Ron Pachtmann Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Lisa Procter, Dover MA 46 113.76 Simon De Wijs 107 83.13 Brian Platnick vs 47 113.76 Bauke Muller 108 83.06 Melih Ozdil Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON; Vicki MacClyment, 48 113.10 Michal Klukowski 109 82.73 Joe Harris Modesto CA; Doris Ashcroft, Stockton CA 110 82.65 Jeff Schuett 49 113.10 Piotr Tuczynski Ned Kohler - Sherryl Buchler, Scottsdale AZ; Hillary Goulding - 50 112.08 Michal Kwiecien 111 82.49 Ed Lazarus Barry Goulding, Bethesda MD 51 111.05 Wojciech Gawel 112 82.49 Mark Laken vs 113 82.37 Suman Agarwal Kimberly Music - William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH; Evan 52 108.84 Marion Michielsen Markowitz - Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY 53 108.66 Jill Levin 114 82.03 Andrew Rosenthal 54 107.89 Mary Ann Berg 115 81.84 Mark Gordon 55 107.89 Mark Lair 116 81.84 Pratap Rajadhyaksha 56 107.00 John Hurd 117 81.51 Allan Graves 57 106.06 Ricardo Angeleri continued on page 12 Page 12 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Top MP winners Top IN winners NABC changes ahead The NABC landscape is shifting in a number of continued from page 11 continued from page 3 various ways starting next year. Here are some of the 118 81.51 Richard Schwartz 41 8.48 Jurgen Stielow, Austin TX changes you can expect: 119 81.07 Danny Sprung 42 8.33 Gail Ostermann, Atlanta GA • Building on the success of the 10K Swiss introduced 120 81.02 Yichao Chen 43 8.30 Bonny Yamashita, Buckeye AZ at the Spring NABC last year in St. Louis, several 121 81.02 Junjie Hu 44 8.18 Alyse Galvin, Anchorage AK new events for the 0–10,000 MP crowd have been 122 80.67 Xiaodong Shi 45 8.18 Patrick Galvin, Anchorage AK added to the calendar. Up to a 10-point cap, these 123 80.27 JoAnn Sprung 46 8.16 Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY contests will award 10% platinum masterpoints for 124 79.78 Mitch Dunitz 47 8.12 Ruth McCray, Tucson AZ overall placement. 125 79.70 Stan Tulin 48 8.12 Ernest McCray, Tucson AZ 10K KO First Monday of Spring NABC 126 79.70 Ron Smith 49 8.07 Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ 10K Pairs First Saturday and Sunday of 127 79.43 Sandra Fraser 50 7.92 Susan Servais, Bellevue WA Summer NABC 128 79.43 Doug Fraser 51 7.77 Nadine Sutter, Sun Lakes AZ 10K Mixed Swiss Final Saturday and Sunday 129 78.50 Kenneth Kranyak 52 7.61 Lois Foulds, Scottsdale AZ of Summer NABC 130 78.04 Bernace De Young 53 7.61 Kathern Plenge, Paradise Valley AZ 10K Swiss Second Saturday and Sunday 131 77.70 Gunnar Hallberg 54 7.56 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB of Fall NABC 132 77.70 John Holland 55 7.53 Deborah Lundahl, Palo Alto CA • Several events have been eliminated from the 133 77.61 Okay Gur 56 7.53 Donna Raynor, Menlo Park CA NABC calendar: the National 199er Pairs (summer), 134 77.61 Mustafa Cem Tokay 57 7.48 Patricia Rubenstein, Tucson AZ the Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs (fall) and the 135 76.94 Jim Jacobson 58 7.48 Lester Rubenstein, Tucson AZ National 99er Pairs (fall). 136 76.84 Morten Bilde 59 7.44 Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA • The Wagar Women’s KO and Machlin Women’s 137 76.66 Bronia Jenkins 60 7.34 John Teshima, Trail Creek IN Swiss will no longer be qualifying events for the 138 76.48 Karen Lee Barrett 61 7.34 Dennis Frazier, Surprise AZ rank of Grand Life Master. 139 76.17 Hector Camberos 62 7.30 Carol Wilkinson, Thousand Palms CA • The definition of a Senior (for the purpose of 140 76.17 Alejandro Bianchedi 63 7.27 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL NABC Senior events) will age from 55 to 60. 141 76.00 Shane Blanchard 64 7.20 Valerie McGrath, Wabasha MN Individuals who have previously qualified as a 142 74.89 Ola Rimstedt 65 7.20 Lois Sperl, Scottsdale AZ Senior under the existing definition (age 55–60) 143 74.89 Johan Saefsten 66 7.12 Gail Holman, Indianapolis IN will be grandfathered in. 144 74.62 Adam Wildavsky 67 7.01 Elizabeth Burrell, La Habra CA • Effective in 2014, it’s going to cost $4 more per 145 73.12 Fred King 68 7.01 Kent Burrell, La Habra CA session for non ACBL members. 146 72.95 Li-Chung Chen 69 6.91 Lynne Castoldi, la Quinta CA • A new victory scale for NABC+ Swiss team 147 72.47 Robert Blanchard 70 6.86 Laura Palmer, Auburn AL events or events with a Swiss component is being 148 72.41 Eric Genheimer 71 6.74 Becky Hamilton, Arizona City AZ implemented. 149 72.41 Janet Davis 72 6.67 Nancy Bean, Atlanta GA • While it became effective in 2013, it is worth noting 150 72.41 Donald Davis 73 6.66 Dale Block, Phoenix AZ the revised policy regarding electronic devices: 151 72.41 Kyle Olson 74 6.65 James Meade, Spring TX The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 152 72.26 David Abelow 75 6.65 Carol Meade, The Woodlands TX players to bring electronic devices such as cell 153 72.25 Lynne Feldman 76 6.58 Robert Armknecht, Westport MA phones into the playing area provided that such 154 72.16 Henry Caspar 77 6.58 Edward Koch, Carlsbad CA devices are turned off. Further, any such equipment 155 72.09 Grzegorz Narkiewicz 78 6.49 Judith Hawk, Mesa AZ must not be visible during the session. A violation 156 72.08 Matt Granovetter 79 6.44 Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI of the policy will result in an automatic disciplinary 157 72.08 Ron Rubin 80 6.44 Richard Buttermore, Royal Oak MI penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of 158 71.92 Herman Louie 81 6.43 Sara O’Neill, Lake Forest IL scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will 159 71.92 Ming Louie 82 6.43 Thomas Boates, Anthem AZ result in disqualification from the event. 160 71.55 Paul Street 83 6.35 Carol Snyder, Goleta CA • The smoking policy has been amended to include 161 71.55 Barnet Shenkin 84 6.35 John Snyder, Goleta CA electronic smoking devices. 162 71.42 Weishu Wu 85 6.20 Don Logerwell, Seattle WA 163 70.50 Cheri Bjerkan 86 6.13 Agnes Maze, Sun City West AZ Hard work 164 70.50 Rozanne Pollack 87 6.13 Virginia Jorgensen, Bellingham WA By Barry Rigal 165 70.44 Nongyu Li 88 6.11 Hillary Goulding, Bethesda MD Dlr: West ♠ K 5 4 166 70.44 Yan Wang 89 6.08 Claude Case, Santa Barbara CA Vul: Both ♥ A 7 6 5 167 70.24 Fred Hoffer 90 6.08 Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ ♦ K 9 6 168 70.24 Don Piafsky 91 5.95 Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB ♣ K J 4 169 70.21 Richard Strauss 92 5.95 Susan Johnson, Edmonton AB ♠ A 8 7 ♠ Q 9 6 3 170 70.15 Daniel Korbel 93 5.92 Lorraine Allen, Scottsdale AZ ♥ K J 2 ♥ 4 3 171 70.03 Alfredo Versace 94 5.90 Pam Barksdale, Houston TX ♦ J 8 7 3 ♦ Q 5 2 172 69.91 Monica Angus 95 5.90 Gail Wood, Houston TX ♣ 9 8 6 ♣ Q 10 5 3 173 69.91 Rock Shi Yan 96 5.74 Rex Levering, Morral OH ♠ J 10 2 174 69.85 Michael Creager 97 5.73 Sally Rowat, Sun City AZ ♥ Q 10 9 8 175 69.59 Richard Gabriel 98 5.73 Eila Pronger, Dryden ON ♦ A 10 4 176 68.90 99 5.72 Richard Herzog, Los Altos Hills CA ♣ A 7 2 177 68.89 Jack Bryant 100 5.72 Buz Battle, Los Altos CA Bidding a 4-4 major-suit fit to 3NT is never easy 178 68.87 Norberto Bocchi (on a spade lead, the defense should prevail anyway), 179 68.71 Krzysztof Buras but on this deal from the first qualifying session of 180 68.16 Michael Moss Clear the air, please the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, I put Eric Leong into 181 68.16 Tom Hanlon Tournament Director Terry Lavender relates that 4♥ and he had to suffer. 182 68.15 Cornelis Van Prooijen she has had several appeals from players who find it Fortunately, with South as declarer West led an 183 68.12 Jiang Gu difficult to cope with heavy scents of perfume and unbid suit – diamonds. Leong took East’s queen in 184 68.09 Kit Woolsey cologne they have encountered. Some can become ill hand and played the ♥Q, covered all around. 185 68.03 Roger Lee in the presence of such scents. West won the second heart to play back a third. 186 67.38 Kitty Cooper “Please,” said Lavender, “be considerate of those East pitched a diamond, a clue that East was guarding 187 67.14 Sonja Shiner who are sensitive to perfumes and colognes.” an honor in each black suit.. 188 66.69 Joshua Donn Leong took the diamond finesse, then tried a low 189 66.38 James Krekorian spade from dummy. 190 66.28 Janice Seamon-Molson We get email Yes, perhaps East should have hopped up with 191 66.06 Saturday evening, my team’s last round in the his queen, but he didn’t. West took declarer’s ♠J with 192 65.76 Robert Munson 299er Swiss was something not to be believed. the ace and returned the suit, but Leong could win 193 65.56 Jonathan Steinberg In a six-board match, every board at our table was the ♠K, cash the ♦K and exit in spades for the club 194 65.45 Shan Huang played in 3NT. All four players at the table declared endplay on East for 10 tricks. 195 65.24 Aleksander Dubinin at least one hand. 196 65.24 Andrew Gromov Abe Fisher 197 65.19 Joel Wooldridge Concord MA 198 65.09 Thomas Bessis 199 65.09 Cedric Lorenrini 200 64.85 Barry Senensky Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 13

REISINGER B-A-M 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTION A 1 Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 16.50 2 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 16.00 3/4 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kaare Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 15.50 3/4 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 15.50 SECTION B 1 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco 20.00 2 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; , New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 16.33 3 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 16.00 4 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 14.50

SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES 2 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Beverly Pogoda - Joseph Meyers, New York NY 61.00% 1 1 Lynn Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 61.76% 2 Howard Weinstein - Cyndi Prince, Omaha NE 55.56% 2 2 1 Bernice Snyder - Lloyd Snyder, Comox BC 55.45% 3 2 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 54.58% 3 3 Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON 55.34% 4 3 NorLaine Byrnes - Virginia Pedersen, Sun Lakes AZ 51.63% 4 4 Henry Williams - Rosemary Wade Williams, Oro Valley AZ 54.79% 4 1 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 50.22% 2 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN 50.87% 2 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Mark Rowe, Philomath OR 45.53% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 55.12% 1 1 1 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 64.05% 2 1 Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA; Roger Smith, Pittsburg CA 54.36% 2 2 2 Donald Robinson, Boise ID; Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda 54.68% 3 2 1 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 53.81% 3 3 3 Carolyn Douglas - June Hewitt, Winnipeg MB 48.37% 4 Debbi Myers, Billings MT; Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA 53.59% 4 4 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 47.71% 3 David Johnson - Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 53.27%

SATURDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP RR QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 61.02% 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA 60.29% 2 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 60.01% 2 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 59.14% 3 Ken Penton, Calgary AB; Don Pratt, Sun Lakes AZ 57.97% 3 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 57.69% 4 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 57.01% 4 1 Janis Parker - Nick Parker, Delta BC 57.13% 5 1 Insa Fricker, White Rock BC; Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC 56.67% 5 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 56.67% 6 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 56.22% 6 Eric Hochman - Joan Stein, Milwaukee WI 56.00% 7 Adele Verkamp, Phoenix AZ; Vernon Hoover, Tempe AZ 55.94% 7 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 55.96% 8 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 55.49% 8 Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 55.71% 9 Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 54.98% 9 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 55.66% 10 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 54.10% 10 2 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 54.75% 11 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 53.22% 11 3 Nadine McDowell, Green Valley AZ; Diane Landry, Laval QC 54.03% 12 Martin Coppe, Scottsdale AZ; Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ 52.43% 12 4 Ilene Morgan, Rolla MO; James Morgan, Albany CA 53.68% 13 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA 52.15% 13 5 Ron Haack - Amy Mitura, New York NY 52.94% 14 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN 52.15% 14 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA 51.98% 15 Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA 51.70% 15 6 1 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 51.92% 3 Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 51.41% 2 Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Barbara Tiernan, Saratoga CA 46.49% 4 Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Jeannette Bourbonnais, West Vancouver BC 50.91% 5 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 48.98% 6 Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV 48.02% 1 Mike Tuchman, Celebration FL; Michelle Steiner, Chandler AZ 43.20%

will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each Convention card reminder board played, commencing with the next round and Smoking policy Each player is required to have a convention continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team Smoking at the Sheraton is permitted only in card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the designated areas, and smokers must be at least 20 feet session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical director. from all entrances. Hotel security will be monitoring and include the first and last names of each member If the director determines the partnership has at the smoking areas during this tournament. Violators of the partnership. least one substantially completed convention card but will be subject to discipline by the ACBL. If a director determines that neither player has has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the a substantially completed card, the partnership may director may give warnings or assign such penalties as play only the Yellow Card and he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances. may use only standard carding. This restriction may The objective of these warnings and penalties is be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL after convention cards have been properly prepared regulations. and approved by the director. Further, the partnership Page 14 Sunday, December 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES SATURDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 65.34% 1 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 57.77% 2 1 Jean Blilie, Kerrville TX; Shirley Hoffert, Mesa AZ 60.80% 2 1 Dick Wilson, Rochester NY; Ronald Mittleman, Pittsford NY 57.58% 3 2 David Bort, Keedysville MD; Ed Freeman, Portland OR 56.44% 3 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 57.39% 4 Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA; Michael Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 54.55% 4 Matt Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 55.87% 5 3 James Randall, Steamboat Sprig CO; Sandy Potts, Austin TX 51.33% 5 2 Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 55.68% 6 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 51.14% 6 Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 53.79% 4 1 Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK; Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK 50.00% 3 1 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA 48.67% 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 44.70%

THE CONFESSIONAL AT CLANCY’S GOLD RUSH 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Raymond Clemmons, Langley BC 61.90% 1 1 Jan Carr, Norwalk IA; Dennis Cann, Edmonton AB 63.99% 2 Diane Hall - William Hall, Scottsdale AZ 56.55% 2 Robert Welch - Diane Welch, Phoenix AZ 55.36% 3 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Mark Rowe, Philomath OR 56.25% 3/4 Mark Bloom, Chico CA; James Miller, Scottsdale AZ 52.08% 4 1 Eve Jensen, Yuma AZ; Cheryl McVay, Sun City AZ 55.36% 3/4 2 Elizabeth Burrell - Kent Burrell, La Habra CA 52.08% 2 Mary Edmundson - Ilene Furr, Gilbert AZ 51.49% 3 Hal Koontz, Scottsdale AZ; James Lachner, Phoenix AZ 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Kathryn Papermaster, Menlo Park CA; Vera Baum, Los Altos CA 65.18% 1/2 1 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Denis Gardner, North Bay ON 56.85% 2 2 Gay Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 56.85% 1/2 Robert Zinn - Monika Senf, Scottsdale AZ 56.85% 3 3 Nick Sehgal - Suzanne Budabin, Lompoc CA 55.36% 3 2 Betty Franquemont - Jed Franquemont, Lenoir NC 54.76% 4 William Stone, Chandler AZ; Philip Deleo, Sun Lakes AZ 50.00% 4 James Jones - Paula Jones, Newfane NY 53.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Franklin Wolf - Frances Bendheim, Farmington NM 67.67% 1 Thomas Strong - James O’Brien, Springfield MO 69.86% 2 2 Jennifer O Neill, Cherry Hills Vi CO; Donna Barrow, Littleton CO 59.08% 2 1 Fred Schomer - Mel Cofman, Scottsdale AZ 58.18% 3 Judy Armstrong - Darlene Meredith, Vernon BC 57.06% 3 Ellen Brabson, Albuquerque NM; Patsy Waltemath, Bernnalillo NM 55.40% 4 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 53.31% 4 Nancy Baldwin, Scottsdale AZ; Neta Lee, Minot ND 49.02% 2 Sarah Sims - Karen Sims, Newmarket ON 44.93% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Michael Dech - Ann Grub, Marana AZ 61.01% 1 Bill Whatmough, Fountain Hills AZ; Robert Ganelin, Scottsdale AZ 61.90% 2 S Alan Cook - Brenda Huff, Phoenix AZ 58.93% 2 Jill Polacheck, Milwaukee WI; Patti Weigler, Scottsdale AZ 60.71% 3 1 Mauris Mertens, Spicer MN; Barbara Castro, Sun Lakes AZ 54.46% 3 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 52.38% 4 2 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Sun City West AZ 52.08% 4 Allan Willey - L Jane Heist, Scottsdale AZ 51.79% 2 Maureen Simpson - Michael Simpson, Scottsdale AZ 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sandra Miles, Las Cruces NM; Susan Wolfe, Deming NM 61.90% 1 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Richard Nelson, Surrey BC 77.38% 2 2 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 56.25% 2 Kay Jennings - Cary Jennings, Fort Worth TX 58.04% 3 Robert Macneal, Prescott Valley AZ; Susan Ramsey, Apache Junction AZ 55.36% 3 Ed Wright - Terry Steinborn, Prescott AZ 53.87% 4/5 Michael Bird, Grand Rapids MI; Donna Bouman, Wyoming MI 53.57% 4 1 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 50.60% 4/5 Robert Lewis, Oro Valley AZ; Chuck Shaull, Tucson AZ 53.57% 2 Donna Rio - Chris Stanley, Mesa AZ 47.02% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Jitendra Agrawal, Chestertown MD; Jim Clayton, Chandler AZ 56.55% 1 1 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 56.85% 2 Cynthia O Neil, Sun Lakes AZ; Linda Brock, Chandler AZ 53.87% 2 2 Cathy Zinn, Scottsdale AZ; Dale Frink, Bismarck ND 55.65% 3 1 Jane Kantor - Carreen Raine, Scottsdale AZ 52.98% 3/4 Kathye Brown, Mesa AZ; Michael Schultz, Clio CA 55.36% 4 Ralph Croskey, Brigantine NJ; Ann Latta, Mesa AZ 51.19% 3/4 Brett Moser, Atascadero CA; Mike Moser, San Diego CA 55.36% 2 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Parkerlene Pillans - Joyce Attebury, Amarillo TX 58.42% 1 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Gary Hastings, Dorval QC 66.20% 2 David Driggers - Susan Driggers, Casper WY 55.27% 2 Frederick Tierney Jr, Fremont CA; Christy Hartsell, Palo Alto CA 59.23% 3 1 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT; Jay Byrne, Spokane WA 52.89% 3 Graham Grist, Norfolk England; Barnaby Grist, Reno NV 53.38% 4 Dominic Antonelli, Altoona IA; Niki Coons, Toronto ON 51.23% 4 1 Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carver, Chandler AZ 53.23% 2 Deborah Russell, Paradise Valley AZ; Andy Neugarten, Scottsdale AZ 50.85% 2 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB 50.35%

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mary Shapiro - Beth Hoffman, Scottsdale AZ 66.37% 1 1 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 57.14% 2 2 Cheryl Richman, Toronto ON; Louisa Delew, East Islip NY 56.85% 2 2 1 Daniel Graves - Sharon Graves, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% 3 3 Carol Harmon - Judith Hawk, Mesa AZ 56.55% 3 3 2 Jeanne McCleery - Audrey Flynn, Tucson AZ 52.08% 1 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 46.13% 2 Marilyn Bowie, Cave Creek AZ; Susan Sacks, Scottsdale AZ 45.24% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sandy Fox - Kaliope Demetriades, Scottsdale AZ 59.82% 1 1 1 Barbara Chadwick, Scottsdale AZ; Pat Linville, Phoenix AZ 61.90% 2/3 2 2 Vickie Thomas - Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 55.06% 2 2 Jay Quella - Catherine Quella, Weyauwega WI 55.06% 2/3 Wendell Opheim - Frances Opheim, Lethbridge AB 55.06% 3 Daryl Elaine Krepps - Gloria Shabbits, Nanaimo BC 54.17% 3 2 Anne Newman - Donna Hofer, Chandler AZ 53.57%

SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Arthur Carlson - Elaine Carlson, Surprise AZ 61.90% 1 Virginia Jorgensen, Bellingham WA; Agnes Maze, Sun City West AZ 61.31% 2 2 Jo Anne Maxwell, Cottonwood AZ; Carl Ramsey, Bellemont AZ 55.65% 2 Roger Walker - Joan Walker, Surprise AZ 57.14% 3 Jennifer Goble, Sterling CO; Laurene Ness-Braden, Sun City West AZ 51.79% 3 1 1 Barbara Berry - Jacki Summerson, Mesa AZ 52.68% 1 Barbara Freeman - Marc Freeman, Indianapolis IN 48.81% 2 Phillip Hutchison - Nancy Hutchison, Anthem AZ 48.21%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HHH III JJJ EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Randy Corn, Kirkland WA 66.58% 1 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 63.13% 2 John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 61.97% 2 Randall Mandigo - David Rinehart, Tucson AZ 62.24% 3 1 James Hooker, Paradise Valley AZ; Dattatraya Kale, Phoenix AZ 61.49% 3 William Koehler, Albuquerque NM; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 61.10% 4 Ken Barbour - Scott Donaldson, Scottsdale AZ 60.71% 4 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 56.90% 5 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA 59.39% 5 Annette Caron - Sidney Caron, Northfield IL 56.82% 6 Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 58.07% 6 1 Eva Berlin - Monique Greene, Scottsdale AZ 56.34% 7 2 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 57.29% 7 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 55.97% 8 3 Marsha Rayton, Anthem AZ; Ruth Bunin, Mercer Island WA 57.07% 8 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Paul Spear, Sun City West AZ 55.54% 9 4 Andrea French, Fort Collins CO; Robert Solick, Berthoud CO 56.06% 9 2 Darcy White - Bob Borengasser, Tempe AZ 55.48% 10 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 55.85% 10 3 Elaine Sorensen, Lake Country BC; Judy Clerke, Vernon BC 55.36% 11 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 55.65% 11 4 Alan Hierseman, Merriam KS; Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO 55.23% 12 5 Jeffrey Klein, Peoria AZ; Carl Spencer, Scottsdale AZ 55.54% 12 5 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 54.53% 13 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA 53.95% 13 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 54.37% 14 6 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 53.68% 14 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 54.17% 15 7 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 53.57% 15 6 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 54.07% 16 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 53.19% 16 7 Reginald Graves - Raymond Grady, Tucson AZ 53.46% 17 8 Carol Zandi, Brookfield WI; Susan Sepic, Oconomowoc WI 52.00% 17 8 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Charlotte Alekson, Delta BC 52.85% 18 Jane Meyer, Mesa AZ; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA 51.86% 18 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 52.80% 9 Larry Eisenhart - Laura Eisenhart, Sun Lakes AZ 51.50% 9 Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 52.70% 10 Ruth Gilchrist - John B R Gilchrist, Calgary AB 50.84% 11 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 50.03%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS FIRST OF FOUR SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 56.10% 1 1 1 Jeanie Wolff - Margaret Randol, Scottsdale AZ 53.16% 2 1 David Johnson - Faiz Nadir, Calgary AB 54.79% 2 2 Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA; Jo Neesvig, San Antonio TX 51.31% 3 2 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; Frances Yee, Honolulu HI 54.36% 3 Jean McCullough - Barbara Goldfarb, Scottsdale AZ 50.87% 4 3 Margaret Koenig, Tucson AZ; Del Rieschick, Oro Valley AZ 54.03% 4 3 Maureen Vasquez, San Mateo CA; Marilu Donnici, San Francisco CA 50.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Connell - Ken Connell, Saskatoon SK 57.84% 1 Dolores Brenner - Joan Vernick, Santa Fe NM 57.73% 2 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 57.73% 2 1 1 Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 57.52% 3 1 1 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN 47.39% 3 2 Barbara Kim, Honolulu HI; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 56.32% 4 Kitty Page Tomkinson, Hiawassee GA; Derald Keetch, Glenwood NM 47.17% 4 Debbi Myers, Billings MT; Robert Shapley, Chula Vista CA 55.23% 2/3 Rodney Letts - Mary Letts, Tucson AZ 45.53% 3 Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 54.79% 2/3 2 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 45.53%

SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PP QQ OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mike Albert, Omaha NE; Kathy Schenk, Scottsdale AZ 64.36% 1 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 60.89% 2 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 63.35% 2 1 Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV 60.40% 3 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC 60.10% 3 2 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 59.99% 4 Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA 58.79% 4 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA 59.26% 5 Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Linda Webb, Fargo ND 58.01% 5 Patricia Griffin, Sausalito CA; David Sokolow, Austin TX 57.58% 6 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA 57.58% 6 Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 57.48% 7 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 57.15% 7 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 56.28% 8 Martin Coppe, Scottsdale AZ; Jim Rowland, Phoenix AZ 56.60% 8 Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 56.22% 9 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 56.30% 9 Terry Schleppegrell, Boulder City NV; Douglas H Scott, Anchorage AK 56.12% 10 Victor Chubukov - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 55.70% 10 Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA; Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA 54.50% 11 1 Ron Haack - Amy Mitura, New York NY 54.60% 11 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Bill Ream, Burleson TX 53.97% 12 David Rankin, Mesa AZ; Thomas McGuire Jr, Oakland CA 54.03% 12 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 53.73% 13 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 53.42% 13 3 1 Michael Shuster, Banff AB; Marek Foff, Edmonton AB 53.65% 14 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 51.74% 14 4 Ian Gatenby - Mike Christensen, Red Deer AB 53.44% 15 Donald Vancil, Aurora CO; Joanne Rankin, Mesa AZ 51.48% 15 5 Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 53.31% 2 Carol Cortez, Scottsdale AZ; Judy Wellek, Phoenix AZ 50.81% 6 Insa Fricker, White Rock BC; Isabel Chernoff, Surrey BC 49.60% 3 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 50.74% 4 Ilene Morgan, Rolla MO; James Morgan, Albany CA 49.64% 5 Nancy Frank - James Spear, Glencoe IL 47.04% 6 David Bort, Keedysville MD; Ed Freeman, Portland OR 47.04% 1 Mirjana Reams - Douglas Wake, Seattle WA 45.94% 2 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 42.93% Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 8, 2013 Page 15

REISINGER B-A-M 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION SECTIONS A B 1 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL 18.50 2 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 18.33 3/5 Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Daniel Gullberg, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 18.00 3/5 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Bas Drijver, Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 3 Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr. Netherlands 18.00 3/5 Pierre Zimmerman - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir Helgemo - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, 98000 Monaco 18.00 6 Martin Fleisher - Chris Willenken - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 17.50 7 Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Saverio Margiotta - Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo Italy 17.00 8 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 16.00

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HHH III JJJ EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Burke Snowden, Fort Collins CO 68.99% 1 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 64.62% 2 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 62.97% 2 1 William Basler, Calgary AB; Clifford Podewell, Surprise AZ 61.14% 3 Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL; Judy Stilson, Everett WA 61.84% 3 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 60.76% 4 2 Andrea Miller - Ted Heck, Victoria BC 61.48% 4 2 Burton Voorhees - Kinga Voorhees, Victoria BC 57.95% 5 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 60.34% 5 3 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 56.66% 6 Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC; Dee Horwitz, Scottsdale AZ 58.23% 6 Amy Downing - Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 56.40% 7 Dan Dayani, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Bette Cornelius, La Jolla CA 57.71% 7 Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS; Randy Corn, Kirkland WA 56.28% 8 3 Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 56.88% 8 4 Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME; Shakti Routh, Tucson AZ 55.38% 9 4 Ken Imboden - Lynn Bartz, San Jose CA 56.19% 9 5 Gerald Connors - Theresa Connors, Peoria AZ 55.30% 10 5 Ruth Gilchrist - John B R Gilchrist, Calgary AB 56.15% 10 6 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 55.14% 11 6 W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 55.30% 11 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 55.03% 12 Dick Duff, Denver CO; Eric Swanson, Tucson AZ 55.10% 12 Randall Mandigo - David Rinehart, Tucson AZ 55.01% 13 Sadu Marrott, Maricopa AZ; Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 54.86% 13 7 Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty, Portland OR 53.77% 14 7 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Paul Spear, Sun City West AZ 54.27% 14 Frank Moran - James Joy, Santa Fe NM 53.74% 15 8 Christina Jordan, Mount Vernon WA; Volker Mitterhammer, Austria 53.65% 15 Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Ed Howard, Lawrence KS 53.23% 16 9 Darcy White - Bob Borengasser, Tempe AZ 53.13% 16 8 Sandra O’Brien - Jim O’Brien, Oconomowoc WI 53.22% 17 Paul Harris, Phoenix AZ; Joan Beuchel, Scottsdale AZ 53.13% 17 9 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 53.03% 18 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 52.79% 18 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA 52.81% 10 Dianne Schechter - Sheryl Martin, Scottsdale AZ 51.48% 10 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA 50.11% 11 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 50.04% 11 Brenda Starnes - Doris Needham, Navarre FL 49.79% 12 Alan Hierseman, Merriam KS; Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO 49.46%

THE CONFESSIONAL AT CLANCY’S GOLD RUSH SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1/2 Diane Hall - William Hall, Scottsdale AZ 58.63% 1 1 Penny Taylor, Greenwood Vlg CO; Charles Butler, Chicago IL 61.01% 1/2 1 Jan Carr, Norwalk IA; Dennis Cann, Edmonton AB 58.63% 2 2 Grant Deger, Bellingham WA; Cheryl Moher, Scottsdale AZ 56.85% 3 2 Hal Koontz, Scottsdale AZ; James Lachner, Phoenix AZ 54.46% 3 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 55.65% 4 3 Sheila Horowitch - Carmen Pottker, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% 4 Judy Armstrong - Darlene Meredith, Vernon BC 53.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Rick Ramey - Sherry Allison, Dublin OH 55.06% 1 Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Raymond Clemmons, Langley BC 62.50% 2/3 2/3 William Stone, Chandler AZ; Philip Deleo, Sun Lakes AZ 54.76% 2 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 59.23% 2/3 2/3 Betty Franquemont - Jed Franquemont, Lenoir NC 54.76% 3 1 Richard Voorhees - Lois Hartmann, Omaha NE 55.36% 4 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Denis Gardner, North Bay ON 51.79% 4 2 Eve Jensen, Yuma AZ; Cheryl McVay, Sun City AZ 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Ellen Brabson, Albuquerque NM; Patsy Waltemath, Bernnalillo NM 60.12% 1 Joseph Melendes - Patricia Melendes, Sun City West AZ 66.76% 2 Valerie Baldwin, Portola Valley CA; Margaret Becker, Saratoga CA 57.92% 2 1 Sandy Thompson - Teresa Didrickson, Albuquerque NM 58.52% 3 1 Karla Ramsey, Green Valley AZ; Julie Cassetta, Tucson AZ 55.40% 3 2 Nick Sehgal - Suzanne Budabin, Lompoc CA 57.10% 4 2 Sarah Sims - Karen Sims, Newmarket ON 53.91% 4 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ 56.86% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Bonnie Nackley - Elizabeth Strasen, Woodacre CA 65.18% 1 Frederick Tierney Jr, Fremont CA; Christy Hartsell, Palo Alto CA 65.77% 2 Kathye Brown, Mesa AZ; Michael Schultz, Clio CA 58.04% 2 1 John Crittenden - Ann Gruidel, Boulder CO 56.25% 3 Julia Lunn, Southampton Bermuda; Donald Robinson, Boise ID 56.55% 3 2 Holly Campbell, Lolo MT; Jay Byrne, Spokane WA 52.38% 4 2 Dianne Hall - Edna Mason, Scottsdale AZ 50.89% 4 David Driggers - Susan Driggers, Casper WY 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Eugene Zanelli, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carver, Chandler AZ 59.82% 1 1 Jo Anne Knodel, Pearland TX; Jane Boozalis, Houston TX 59.52% 2 2 Lynda Lipe - Ralph Lipe, Bellevue WA 54.76% 2 2 Alexander Robertson - Marguerite Robertson, Nellysford VA 58.93% 3 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Waclaw Trebacz, Winnipeg MB 53.57% 3 Ralph Croskey, Brigantine NJ; Ann Latta, Mesa AZ 54.76% 4 Graham Grist, Norfolk England; Barnaby Grist, Reno NV 50.89% 4 James Fox - Frank Siffrinn, Canonsburg PA 53.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Barbara Dali - Terri Richards, Scottsdale AZ 59.82% 1 1 Donna Rio - Chris Stanley, Mesa AZ 57.14% 2 2 Heather Howie - Liga Haiplik, Mississauga ON 56.55% 2 Steve Lang, Marana AZ; Kenneth Freeman, Maran AZ 55.06% 3 Maureen Simpson - Michael Simpson, Scottsdale AZ 54.17% 3 Glenn Hillis - Jennifer Hillis, London ON 54.17% 4 Klaus Buechner, Mississauga ON; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 52.98% 4 2 Robert Lewis, Oro Valley AZ; Chuck Shaull, Tucson AZ 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Shelley Burns, N Vancouver BC; Richard Nelson, Surrey BC 63.10% 1 S Alan Cook - Brenda Huff, Phoenix AZ 60.12% 2 1 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 61.31% 2 1 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Sun City West AZ 58.33% 3 Joe Moore - Chris Moore, Delta BC 57.74% 3 2 Pam Barksdale - Gail Wood, Houston TX 55.65% 4 Kay Jennings - Cary Jennings, Fort Worth TX 53.87% 4/5 Michael Dech - Ann Grub, Marana AZ 53.27% 4/5 Mauris Mertens, Spicer MN; Barbara Castro, Sun Lakes AZ 53.27%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Kenneth Naiff - June Cohen, Scottsdale AZ 61.17% 1 1 1 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB 61.17% 2 1 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 60.04% 2 Daryl Elaine Krepps - Gloria Shabbits, Nanaimo BC 60.23% 3 Wendell Opheim - Frances Opheim, Lethbridge AB 58.33% 3 2 Jack Rosenstock - Phyllis Rosenstock, Scottsdale AZ 56.63% 4 2 1 Juliana Cargill - Timothy Joseph, Prescott AZ 55.68% 4 3 Russell Farkouh, Durango CO; Jayann Fordon, Scottsdale AZ 55.68% 5 3 Pat Linville, Phoenix AZ; Barbara Chadwick, Scottsdale AZ 52.08% 5 4 2 Judy Casey, Chandler AZ; Ed Bader, Sun Lakes AZ 54.92% 4 Vickie Thomas - Sandra Kolls, Goodyear AZ 49.05% 2 Jennifer Goble, Sterling CO; Laurene Ness-Braden, Sun City West AZ 48.67%

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Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, December 8, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold /player/session ACBL members* Other

Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15 Sunday, December 8, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Sheraton 2nd floor, Valley of the Sun E $16 $18 Play-through with half-hour break Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency D $16 $18 Two 24-board sessions with half-hour break. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Hyatt 1st floor, Regency B $16 $18 Sunday, December 8, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom A $20 — KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Sheraton 3rd floor, Phoenix Ballroom C $20 — Sunday, December 8, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hyatt 1st floor, Regency A $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500- 1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *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.

board. Third: unless you have a legitimate reason to Slow play: the curse Here are some suggestions which, if followed, leave the table, such as the restroom or a smoke of the game would solve many of our problems. break, please remain at the table and visit with your Patty Johnson, Sebring FL, is a National First: do not post mortem between deals whether opponents. You might actually find this enjoyable Tournament Director and the Director-in-Charge for you are in a pair game or a Swiss team event. Finish and a new way to make friends or future Swiss team all District 9 (Florida) tournaments. the round and then discuss hands if there is still time. partnerships. An old tournament director friend of mine, John We, as directors, will not cut your time but I think you I wish we could make these suggestions into rules “Spider” Harris, was famous for the saying: “Slow will find yourselves under less pressure by following enforceable by penalty, but none of us wants a bridge play is the curse of the game.” Nothing is more this suggestion. Remember: we provide hand records event decided by the pair with the fewest penalties. frustrating for tournament directors than having to in pair games so you don’t have to worry about All I can do as a director is to ask the cooperation and herd players along like cattle when slow play isn’t forgetting a particular holding. help of all players because I think not only you but actually the problem. Second: if you are on opening lead, make your everyone else will enjoy their tournaments more. If you take a moment to think about it, most of lead before recording the contract in your private Remember: those who enjoy a tournament your opponents do not take that long to bid or play score. You will have plenty of time after leading to will continue to play. Do your part to make bridge a deal — yet before you know it, the round is being record the information and still see the entire first enjoyable for yourself, your partner and your called and you are nowhere near finished with the last trick. opponents — you can’t play without them.

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