Thursday, July 24, 2014 Volume 86, Number 7 Daily Bulletin 86th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Rob Clark Nathan, Robles win Wernher Combining two 58% games in the final of the with a solid carryover from the qualifying round, Marc Nathan and Jose Robles won the four-session contest by a third of a . Nathan, of , and Robles, of Santiago, Chile, were playing together in an NABC event for the first time, but they know each other very well. Nathan’s son, expert Kevin Bathurst, is married to Robles’s daughter, Catalina. It was the second NABC title for Nathan, but the first for Robles. The winners’ four-session total was 2924.14 (top was 91). In second with 2886.88, was the Italian duo of Wernher Open Pairs champs Marc Nathan and Giuseppe Failla and Dario Attanasio. Jose Robles. Top seeds hammered Wagar final: China A match made in Rd. 3 Red vs. Baker A slew of higher-ranked teams was defeated In the final round of the Wagar Women’s in Vegas by their lower-ranked counterparts in yesterday’s Knockout Teams, China Red, captained by Wenfei When someone asks Herman Louie how he Spingold action. Wang, faces the squad captained by . met his wife, Ming, he routinely quips, “I picked The top-seeded defending champions from In the semifinal round, China Red prevailed her up at the partnership desk in Las Vegas.” Poland, who added and captain when Beijing Huayjan, led by Sun Ming, withdrew Herman said that people initially think the worst of Hemant Lall to this year’s lineup, were taken out after three rounds. China Red was leading 138-93. him – that is, until he clarifies that it was a bridge by Pan China Red, the No. 32 seed led by Ze Jun In the opposite bracket, the Baker team partnership desk in 1985. Zhuang, 117-106. defeated China Blue, captained by Yanhong Wang, Alhough Ming and Herman lived about 10 ’s team, the No. 3 seed, was 145-113. miles apart in northern Virginia, it took a series of manhandled by Martin Harris’s squad (the No. 30 events to bring them together on the other side of seed) 141-77. Mini-Spingold the country. Mark Gordon and company (No. 5) were Ming’s mother was close friends with Helen stunned by a late rally from Winthrop Allegaert’s begins QF play Utegaard, an ACBL Grand Life Master and WBF team, the original No. 33 seed. Down 40 IMPs after Eight squads remain in the Mini-Spingold I World Master. Utegaard called Ming her “adopted three quarters, Allegaert rallied to win the match (0-5000) KO Teams. Many of yesterday’s matches daughter.” 109-102. featured lopsided results, but two of the contests In 1985, Utegaard invited Ming to stay with Jimmy Cayne’s team (No. 7) trailed the entire were very close. her at the Las Vegas NABC. After Utegaard match against the original No. 35 seed led by John Matt Leung’s squad, the No. 9 seed, defeated finished playing bridge, they planned to take a McAllister. The McAllister team won 173-117. Debbie Benner’s team, the No. 8 seed, by a single vacation. Ming loved bridge but was not an active John Diamond, the No. 11 seed, was shown the IMP, 113-112. Michael Fleisher’s team (the No. 14 continued on page 10 door by ’s squad, 136-127. seed) also won narrowly over Norman Schwartz’s squad, 126-121. WBF President encouraged by Micro matches: Ose vs. Lusk, youth bridge developments Chokriwala vs. Hill As the 7th The president is heartened to note that next The semifinal round of the Mini-Spingold II Youth NABC begins month’s World Youth Team Championships in (0-1500) KO Teams will feature contests between today, World Bridge Istanbul – to which the U.S. is sending five teams – squads captained by Mary Ose and Jon Lusk in one Federation President has nearly 70 teams, including eight players 14 and bracket, and Om Chokriwala and Richard Hill in Gianarrigo Rona younger who were invited. (For photos of the U.S. the other. is looking on in teams, see page 5.) appreciation. He Rona says it’s important to introduce players loves to see young to bridge at a young age. In , the Italian Bridge Goodwill Message people playing Federation began its bridge-in-schools program 15 bridge. years ago. The program was developed with the Equity and enjoyment are the benchmarks of “Finally,” country’s Ministry of Education, and the Italian bridge. he says, “we are Bridge Federation is now working with universities Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair completely on the same line.” to get bridge into those institutions. “The Rona is referring to the 100-plus bridge movement has gained momentum,” Rona says. federations around the world. “They finally Bridge has many selling points for ATTENDANCE understand they must promote youth bridge.” young people, Rona says. “It is a sport with through Tuesday Rona took over as WBF president at the end a comparatively low cost and there are many of the World Bridge Series tournament in 2010, elements to help young people’s growth and and he has kept track of all membership trends as continued on page 5 11,286 tables he pushes bridge officials to engage more young people. Important notices for players in national events Year to year, he says, “If we check the Playing in an NABC+ pairs game? Buy your early! numbers, we are more or less in the same place. NABC+ pairs events requires time to allow for proper seeding. The ACBL asks participants to What is important is a big increase in youth bridge, please buy entries at least 15 minutes before game time. This is especially true if you expect to be especially for kids in school. We have to invest in a seeded pair. this.” Page 2 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events are located at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino (formerly the LVH). Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 5:30-7:30 pm Youth NABC closing. First floor, Pavillion 11. TBA Memorial Theater. Location TBD. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lecturers by some of the best-known players Friday, July 25 and teachers in Ballrooms E-G on the first floor.* 12:15 p.m. Jennifer Jones Losing Trick Count 6:45 p.m. Josh Donn Preempting for Fun and Profit Thursday, July 24 12:15 p.m. Phillip Alder Cornerstones at Competition Bidding Saturday, July 26 6:45 p.m. Jeff Hand Play These Notrump Contracts 12:15 p.m. Ellen Kent Simple is Better 6:45 p.m. Paul Darin The Value of Shortness * Speaker schedule subject to change.

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Don’t miss the great entertainment and treats offered every night after the evening session. Friday, July 25 Thursday, July 24 10:45-11:45 p.m. Clam chowder 10:45-11:45 p.m. Turkey burger sliders Classic Las Vegas rockin’ night R&B night with the Blues Brothers Special encore by world’s best Elvis Check cashing Golf deal for and Bridge Bucks bridge players The check-cashing and Bridge Bucks desk is Bridge players who like to take a day off for located in the Board Room on the first floor of the some outdoor activity are invited to play at the Convention Center. Hours of operation: Bear’s Best Las Vegas – at a reduced rate. The Daily Noon to 1 p.m. course features 18 of the signature holes from There is a limit of $500 per day for check courses that golf legend Jack Nicklaus designed. cashing. The book rate of $149 is reduced to $45 for Bridge Bucks are available for purchase at the players at the Summer NABC. Rental clubs – new check-cashing desk. 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The event consists of two (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions in these events.) will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any tomorrow. Regional championships $16 for ACBL event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per Previous winners: members, $20 for all others session. 2000 , Aaron Silverstein All other events $15 for ACBL members, $19 Any player under the age of 21 years will 2001 Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi for all others. be entitled to coupons that can be used for any 2002 Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per 2003 , John Hurd No smoking session. 2004 Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker Although smoking is permitted in the casino, it Any player 19 years and under will be granted 2005 Chris Willenken, Ralph Buchalter is NOT permitted in the hallway that connects the free plays for each session of regionally rated 2006 , Nick L’Ecuyer casino to the playing space. (For events. 2007 Robert Levin, example, smoking is not permitted Players under the age of 26 years named 2008 , in front of Benihana’s.) Smoking to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world 2009 Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan is likewise forbidden in the competitions for NABCs occurring between the 2010 Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel playing spaces or the lobby areas time they are named to the team and the world 2011 Geoff Hampson, John Diamond adjacent to them. championship will receive free plays at NABCs 2012 Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest Nevada state law and ACBL policy forbids when playing with members of their team or 2013 Larry Sealy and Jim Munday smoking in the areas described above. Players are members of another team representing a Zone 2 advised that disciplinary action can be taken for NBO. failure to comply with these restrictions. These restrictions also apply to the use of e-cigarettes. Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Consider the first Takeout doubles – part 1 example hand again By Brent Manley ♠J 5 ♥Q 9 2 ♦A K 4 3 ♣K J 7 6 TD Scott Humphrey was working a knockout Suppose the at a Texas tournament and was moving from table bidding goes 1♥ to table, checking to and you make a see who was sitting disciplined pass. Your out on the five- and left-hand opponent six-person teams. At bids 1♠, partner one table, he asked passes and RHO who was sitting out rebids 2♥ or raises to and a woman said, 2♠. Now you have a “No one.” Humphrey perfect checked the entry with good four-card again and asked, support for the unbid “You do have five members on your team, right?” suits. The answer was yes, so Humphrey said, “So Passing initially I think you will agree that one of you must be does not mean you sitting out.” The snappy response was, “No – are shut out of the she’s not even in the building.” auction – and there’s another consideration. I am often surprised when I sit down against Say you pass 1♥ as certain players and take part in an auction like you should and hear this: LHO bid 2♦. Now West North East South you will be mentally Me congratulating 1♥ yourself for staying Dbl 2♥ 2♠ Pass out of the auction. If 2NT All Pass RHO has 12 HCP and The contract goes down two or three, LHO has at least 10 sometimes doubled, and when I check the board (more if 2♦ is forcing later, I find out that West made a takeout double to game), your partner with a hand like this: is going to be broke ♠J 5 ♥Q 9 2 ♦A K 4 3 ♣K J 7 6 or close to it. If I ask further, I will be told, “But I had 14 So, you ask, what points!” No, no, no! are the exceptions I see this kind of thing much more often to the unbid suit among newer players than I should, and there’s requirement? no reason for it. This topic is important for Consider this hand: newer players to discuss because some have the ♠A K Q 10 9 8 ♥A mistaken notion that any opening hand qualifies ♦K Q 10 4 ♣9 8 for a takeout double in second seat. If RHO opens I often preach about the importance 1♥ and you bid 1♠, stopper in the suit that was opened. If you have disciplined bidding, and that is especially true for there’s a danger you will miss game. Say your 18-19 balanced with a stopper, you must double takeout doubles. With two exceptions, when you LHO passes and partner is looking at first and then bid notrump. This hand qualifies for make a takeout double of an opening bid at the ♠J 5 ♥6 5 4 2 ♦A 5 ♣10 6 4 3 2. a double of a 1♥ opening, followed by a notrump one level, you should have roughly an opening With this hand, partner has nothing to say bid at the second turn: hand and at least three-card support for the unbid with only 5 HCP and only two spades. If 1♠ is ♠A K J ♥K Q 10 ♦A Q 4 3 ♣10 9 8 7 suits. passed out, you will have missed a game. Start You have too much high-card strength to This is an excellent double of a 1♥ opener: with double and when partner bids 2♣, bid 2♠ to 1NT, a double stopper in hearts and a ♠Q J 6 5 ♥A 4 ♦K Q 8 ♣J 10 9 6 show your powerhouse. With an ace and a spade . Important: Discuss with partner Although it contains only 11 high-card honor in support, partner should at least raise to whether your regular 1NT system is on in this points, this one also qualifies. 3♠. auction. ♠A 10 7 6 ♥5 ♦A 9 7 3 ♣K 10 9 8 The other exception occurs when you have You have excellent support for any suit a balanced hand outside the range of the 1NT partner might bid. overcall, which usually shows 15-17 and a

Opening lead: ♣2. after cashing three clubs, you should realize that Thinking bridge Bidding commentary: North’s 2♣ response South must have the missing three aces to justify By Eddie Kantar to partner’s takeout double is the strongest he the vulnerable takeout double. Furthermore, could make. It typically shows 12 or more high- given the strength of the dummy, South knows Dlr: East ♠ K J 10 7 card points and usually results in a game contract, you must have the ♠Q to have an opening bid. Vul: Both ♥ K Q 10 5 as in the diagram. Knowing that, do you have any chance to ♦ K Q There is an exception to the 12-point rule for defeat this contract? Yes! When there are no ♣ 9 8 4 making a cuebid in response to a takeout double. tricks coming for the side suits, think -sluff. ♠ 8 2 ♠ Q 9 4 It occurs when responder has two four-card If you lead a fourth club and partner has the ♥ 9 3 2 ♥ J 7 6 majors and 9-11 HCP. Responder (also known ♠8 and plays it, dummy will overruff with the 10. ♦ 9 7 6 5 3 ♦ 8 4 2 as “advancer”) cuebids, but when partner bids a But suddenly your ♠Q 9 4 will provide a certain ♣ 7 5 2 ♣ A K Q J major, advancer makes an invitational raise to the trick. Your 9 has been promoted to the ♠ A 6 5 3 three level. This bid is not forcing. setting trick. All you have to do is cover the jack ♥ A 8 4 Lead commentary: When leading partner’s if it is led. ♦ A J 10 unsupported suit, lead low from any three or Further defensive Commentary: You see, ♣ 10 6 3 four cards lacking the ace or an honor sequence. West, you were the hero as long as you stuck in Leading high indicates shortness. that ♠8 at trick four. Instead of being discouraged West North East South Defensive commentary: As West, it doesn’t at holding a bad hand, remain alert for a chance 1♣ Dbl look at all as if you are going to be the hero on to help partner defeat the contract. Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ this hand, but you are! Patience. Pass 4♠ All Pass Further defensive commentary: As East, Page 4 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Partscore triumph By Phillip Alder TOURNAMENT APPEALS Doug Doub and Frank Merblum won the von In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. On this deal from that the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure event, Doub was the declarer (hands rotated): that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the Dlr: South ♠ A K 6 2 NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. Vul: None ♥ K 10 ♦ 10 6 5 the circumstances of the auction with three other ♣ Q 9 3 2 APPEAL CASE 1 senior directors and the DIC of the event, as well as ♠ J 9 7 ♠ Q 10 8 Subject: Unauthorized Information (UI) two other players of a similar skill level to North- ♥ Q J 8 4 2 ♥ 9 3 Event: von Zedtwitz LM Pairs South. Four of the six interviewed would have ♦ 8 ♦ A 9 3 2 Session: 2nd qualifying doubled or bid with the South hand. The director ♣ A K 8 5 ♣ J 10 7 6 ruled that the table result stood, 4♠ by West, North- ♠ 5 4 3 Lidang Dong South minus 450. ♥ A 7 6 5 Board 11 ♠ K 3 The Appeal: East-West appealed the ruling. ♦ K Q J 7 4 Vul: None ♥ Q 10 9 5 Because only East appeared at the hearing, the ♣ 4 Dlr: South ♦ 4 3 Appeals Committee ruled based on the testimony West North East South ♣ Q 7 6 5 2 of East and the director that it was established at Merblum Doub Michael Polowan Adam Wildavsky the table that there was a fast pass by North of 4♠, Pass ♠ A Q J 10 9 7 5 2 ♠ 8 6 4 even though West had used the stop card. This 1♥ Dbl 1♠ (1) 3♦ ♥ J 8 ♥ K 6 3 constituted UI for South. All Pass ♦ 8 ♦ A Q J 6 The Decision: The Appeals Committee found (1) The equivalent of a 1NT response. ♣ 10 9 ♣ A 4 3 that the fast pass demonstrably suggested that pass Yu Wei Wu would likely be more successful than bidding on. West led the ♣A, then shifted to the ♥Q. ♠ — Therefore, the committee needed to determine Doub won with dummy’s ♥K, played a ♥ A 7 4 2 whether there was any logical alternative to pass. diamond to his king (noting West’s 8), cashed the ♦ K 10 9 7 5 2 Unfortunately, the committee did not know the skill ♥A and ruffed a heart with dummy’s ♦10. East ♣ K J 8 level of North-South. The committee, however, discarded a club. thought that enough players would seriously Now declarer played a diamond to his 7 and West North East South consider that double was a logical alternative, a continued with the ♦Q. East won and erred by 1♦ finding in accord with the polled panel. returning the ♣J. South discarded his heart loser 4♠ Pass (1) Pass Pass East presented evidence that out of 104 scores, on this trick and a moment later pitched his spade (1) No hesitation. there were approximately 12 scores of plus 590 or loser on the established ♣Q to come home with an Contract: 4♠ by West plus 690 for East-West and a few 5♦ contracts for overtrick. : Unknown North-South. Plus 130 was worth 40 matchpoints out of 51. Table result: Making five, N-S minus 450 The committee further determined that if South Plus 110 would have garnered only 23. Director ruling: Making five, N-S minus 450 doubles, North would likely pass. There was no Did you spot declarer’s error? Committee ruling: 4♠ doubled by West, reason to change the actual number of tricks taken. If he was going to his ♦7, he should making five, N-S minus 690 Accordingly, the result was changed to 4♠ doubled have played his ♦4 under dummy’s ♦6. Then, when Facts: The director was summoned to the by West, making five, East-West plus 690 and he won the trick, he could have ruffed a club in his table during the auction. North passed almost North-South minus 690. hand, crossed to dummy’s ♠K, ruffed another club, immediately after the 4♠ bid by West. North agreed DIC: Chris Patrias returned to dummy in spades and scored his last that he did not wait an appropriate length of time Chairperson: Richard Popper trump en passant by leading dummy’s fourth club. before passing. West felt that North’s haste to pass Committee members: Bruce Rogoff, Richard gave South UI. Budd, Fred King and Dave Caprera Director’s Ruling: The table director reviewed James Proctor Hawkins Jr. (1937-2014) WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME Proctor Hawkins, a Platinum Life Master of 44.0 Tables Las Vegas with more than 11,000 , A B C 8.19 1 Howard Sloan - Doug Herron, New York NY 70.01% died June 22. Hawkins won dozens of regional 6.14 2 Lilian Yee, Sante Fe NM; Sik Tong Yee, Gilbert AZ 65.01% contests, and his best national- 4.67 3 Stefano Tommasini - Leao Carvalho, Sao Paulo Brazil 64.91% level finish was second place in the 3.46 4 Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI 64.69% 1969 Senior and Advanced Senior 2.59 5 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 64.43% Master Pairs. 1.94 6 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 64.42% Longtime friend and partner 5.61 1 Ke Zhang, Grand Forks ND; Michael Roeder, Madison WI 62.95% George Kovarik of Las Vegas said, 4.21 2 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 61.86% “There was only one Proctor. He lived life to the 3.16 3 William Seager - Jean Seager, Coronado CA 58.64% fullest, and he did what he wanted to do.” 2.37 4 Catherine Tucker - James Willson, Dallas TX 56.93% Reflecting on Hawkins’s preference for brutally 1.78 5 Patricia Estes, Maitland FL; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 56.67% 2.42 6 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Herb Wiltsek, San Francisco CA 56.45% simple methods, Kovarik said, “Proctor was one of 3.49 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 51.84% the last of a breed. He insisted on Blackwood, two- 2.62 2 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Nancy Shirley, Escondido CA 50.38% way Stayman, fourth-best leads and suit-preference 1.96 3 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA 49.50% signals, but only when painfully obvious.” 1.47 4 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA 49.17% Born in a small town in Missouri, Hawkins’s 1.27 5 Susan Laurenson - Jennifer Delany, 6012 New Zealand 48.86% father, James, was a banker. The younger Hawkins 0.91 6 Henry Trautwein, Naples FL; Virginia Trautwein, Goleta CA 48.80% followed in his father’s footsteps with a career in finance as a “sports adviser.” WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS Hawkins is survived by his life partner of many 14.0 Tables years, Barbara “Bobbi” Hayes. A B C 2.52 1 1 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 62.41% 1.89 2 2 Geri Murphy - Judi Nicolai, San Francisco CA 61.39% Correction 1.42 3 Loretta Green - Donna Phelps, Mesquite NV 60.46% In yesterday’s story about the Truscott/USPC 1.06 4 3 Susan Pottery, Vancouver BC; Sharon Allen, Surrey BC 60.00% Senior Swiss Teams, it was incorrectly reported 1.26 5 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.43% that the winner of the contest, the squad captained 0.91 6 4 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Wilmette IL 57.87% by Stephen McConnell, defeated the Phillip Becker 0.93 5 1 Cheng Bo Gu - Yi Chen Hao, 57.04% team in the last round to win the event. McConnell 0.70 6 2 Rui Jie Shi - Di Wu, 56.43% 0.52 3 Beth Chensoff, Winnetka IL; Helen Ashley, Naples FL 55.93% actually defeated a different squad in the final 0.39 4 Yi Hung Zhang - Yuqi Wen, 54.72% round by a wide enough margin to win the event. Becker narrowly defeated the James Griffin squad in the final round but because of carryover, Griffin finished second in the event and Becker was third. Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 5

The five teams representing the U.S. in Turkey Rona continued from page 1 education. Also, it is exciting for the kids who like to compete, and they, like the adults, learn that when you start to think you know everything you realize you don’t know anything.” While in Las Vegas for the Summer NABC, Rona took the opportunity to invite ACBL members to the 14th Red Bull World Bridge Series in Sanya, China, Oct. 10-25. It’s an open world championship, which means any player in good standing with his or her national bridge federation can play. Events are transnational, meaning pairs and teams can be made up of players from different countries. Sanya, on the island of Hainan, is accessible The Patiño Cup is the goal for this under-26 USA1 squad in Istanbul: Adam Kaplan, Zach Brescoll, from many points in , notably Hong Kong and Adam Grossack, Zach Grossack, Owen Lien and Marius Agica. Beijing. “The hotels are marvelous,” Rona says, including Marriott, Sheraton and MGM Grand and others from well-known chains. In many ways, he says, Sanya is like Bali, where 2013 world championships took place. Sanya is often referred to as the “Oriental Hawaii.” Pre-registration for the Sanya tournament closes at the end of September, but Rona advises players to register by mid-September to be sure of securing entries and hotel accommodations. Support the ACBL Educational Foundation The ACBL Educational Foundation supports William Zhu, Edmund Wu, Erli Zhou and Jimmy Wang have added (insets) Greg Herman and Alex activities that instruct bridge and that increase the Hudson. enjoyment of playing and the number of players. The Foundation has nine members: three from the Board of Directors and six from the general bridge membership. Members are elected for three-year terms, with a two-term limit. The Foundation meets three times a year – once at each NABC – to consider grant applications. The Educational Foundation is funded by voluntary contributions made when members join or renew their ACBL membership, through special games and events and through individual donations. Donations are tax deductible. During the past few years, the Educational Foundation has approved applications for a variety of bridge programs across the U.S. and Canada, including: USA1, competing for the Damiani Cup in the under-21 series: Kevin Rosenberg, Oren Kriegel, Ben • After-school bridge clubs Kristensen and Chris Huber, who have expanded to include (insets) Nolan Chang and Cole Spencer. • In-school bridge programs • Summer Youth bridge camps • American Bridge Teacher Association conference • Online course module for teaching bridge to school teachers • Bridge lesson programs to develop new players • North American Collegiate Bridge Team Championships The Educational Foundation encourages ACBL members who want to start a bridge program to consider applying for a grant for financial support. The application form is on the ACBL web site at www.acbl.org (select the “Foundations and Here’s the under-21 USA2 headed to Turkey: Arjun Dhir, Christian Jolly, Allison Hunt and Burke Commissions” link under the “Administration” Snowden augmented by (insets) Hakan Berk and David Soukup. heading). For more information, contact Foundation President Barbara Heller at [email protected].

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USBF Junior Coupons USBF Junior coupons are available at the check-cashing desk during its regular hours of operation (see page 2). Hoping to bring the Rona Cup home from Istanbul are these young women: Julie Arbit, Isha Thapa, Rebecca Wernis, Marianna Linz plus (insets) Asya Ladyzhenski and Anam Tebha. Page 6 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 94 Tables TEAM ASSAEL: Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; , New York NY; , Burr Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Ridge IL; - , Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Henderson Tokay, Istanbul Turkey NV; , Andes NY vs vs John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Sartaj Hans - , Dallas TX; , Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; , New York Carlsbad CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; NY Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; , New York NY; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Johan Upmark - Fredrik MONACO: Pierre Zimmermann - Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Peter Fredin, - - - - Malmo Sweden , Monaco Monaco vs vs Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong NY; , Boca Raton FL; , Shi, Naperville IL; Jing Liu - Zizhuo Wang, Henderson NV; , Jupiter FL; James Minneapolis MN Krekorian, Pensacola FL

TEAM LAVAZZA: Giorgio Duboin, Torino TEAM GRUE: , Denver CO; Leslie Italy; , New York NY; Alejandro Amoils, Toronto ON; , US; Tom Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; , Plano TX Argentina; , Barcelona Spain vs vs PAN CHINA RED: Ze Jun Zhuang - Hoajun Shi, Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Chuan Palm Beach Gdns FL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Cheng Ju - Zheng Jun Shi, Beijing People’s Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Republic of China Netherlands

1 Lall 49 73 104 150 64(65) Wei 29 53 74 107 1 Lall 32 43 93 106 32 Pan China Red 32 Pan China Red 22 69 109 178 13 46 89 117 1(32) Pan China Red 33(62) Ash 25 66 99 130

16 Team Grue 53 89 135 16 Team Grue 49(80) Kent 42 62 71 wd 16 Team Grue 29 55 9 128 17(48) Hagen 17 Strul 39 66 84 121 2 32 51 100 48 Hagen 35 98 132 159

9 Zagorin 34 68 116 162 56(73) Team Shanghai Zhong Fu 39 61 79 104 9 Zagorin 33 59 99 127 24 Gupta 18 34 66 94 9 Zagorin 24 Gupta 58 100 139 210 41 Shugart 33 65 85 95

8 Team Lavazza 25 Mazurkiewicz 16 89 122 175 25 Mazurkiewicz 40 Team Gus 44 44 54 64 20 45 69 119 8 Team Lavazza 26 78 117 159 8 Team Lavazza 33 82 131 57 Eythorsdottir 24 51 63 wd

5 Gordon 36 66 157 225 60(69) Parrish 17 31 42 75 5 Gordon 14 53 97 102 28(33) Allegaert 15 39 57 109 28(33) Allegaert 57 96 127 175 5(33) Allegaert 37(58) Reich 43 84 116 143

21 Fireman 82 113 190 248 12 Silverstein 44 Rigal 5 41 48 77 21 Fireman 11 39 74 98 12 Silverstein 62 103 123 147 12 Silverstein 62 138 189 53(76) Weinger 31 63 97 wd

13 Gromov 23 41 71 104 13(52) J. Gu 52 J. Gu 17 56 84 138 36 80 116 143 20(50) Kasle 22 45 84 99 20 Tulin 30 44 55 95 45(50) Kasle 32 45 69 112 13(52) J. Gu

29 Bessis 41 76 129 155 4 Monaco 36 Koneru 52 93 107 176 29(36) Koneru 17 39 85 105 4 Monaco 4 Monaco 36 108 123 166 64 82 126 158 61(68) Litvack 38 57 92 122 Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 7 PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan 25.00 17/32 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap 25.00 17/32 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Graves, St Johnsbury VT; , Rishon Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; , Le Zion Israel; , Ramat-Gan Israel; Raton FL; , Gaithersburg MD; Jacek Puszczykoud Poland; Michal Klukowski, , ; , Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Dolnoslaskie Poland Arendal Norway Lublin Poland 25.00 17/32 , Las Vegas NV; Dan vs 25.00 17/32 , New York NY; Morse, Houston TX; , Dallas TX; Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Adam Wildavsky, , Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Greg Hinze, San Antonio Sarasota FL; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; Jacob Versace - , Rome Italy; Thomas TX; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA Morgan, Madison WI Bessis - Cedric Lorenzini, Paris 25.00 17/32 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio 25.00 17/32 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; TX; , Seattle WA; Tezcan Sen - Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan - Ron Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Marc Jacobus - Yalcin Atabey, Istanbul Turkey Smith, Las Vegas NV; , Arlington Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; , 25.00 17/32 Anders Hagen, VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; , Wynnewood PA; , Houston TX Denmark; Martin Schaltz, Odense Denmark; Chicago IL 25.00 17/32 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Dennis Gregers Bjarnarson, New York NY; Kaare vs McGarry, Stuart FL; , London Gjaldbaek, Bronx NY , Highland Beach FL; , England; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Louk 25.00 17/32 - Larry Kozlove, Bloomington NY; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Verhees, Jr., Netherlands; Ricco Van Prooijen, Boca Raton FL; Piotr Tuczynski - Bartosz Hts IL; , Chicago IL; , Nieuw Vennep Netherlands Chmurski, Poland; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Kensington CA; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse 25.00 17/32 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands , Jupiter FL; John Hurd, New York Netherlands NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, 25.00 17/32 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; 25.00 17/32 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach G FL Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; S Sundarram - P Milner, Los Angeles CA; Wojciech Gawel, 25.00 17/32 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Ira Sridhar, Chennai India; Adam Meyerson, San Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Chorush, Houston TX; Marc Bompis, Bourg Jose CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal La Reine France; Jean Quantin, Paris France; 25.00 17/32 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland Ishmael Delmonte - , Las Vegas NV Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Walter Lee, 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - - 25.00 17/32 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ Chris Willenken, New York NY; , Miller, Las Vegas NV; , Taby Charlottenlund Denmark; , Davis CA; Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; , Cupertino CA , Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark

2 Nickell 34 68 140 176 63(66) Dinkin 42 58 85 129 2 Nickell 42 106 155 31 Wolff 2 Nickell 22 52 66 wd 31 Wolff 11 50 68 92 34 Wrang 8 19 55 90

15(18) Hamman 15 Team PD Times 34 47 76 142 15(79) Merblum 50(79) Merblum 59 91 115 163 21 38 70 wd 18 Hamman 62 92 148 18 Hamman 35 67 106 143 47 Bart 32 67 89 97

10 Team Assael 30 73 108 163 55 India National Team 10 Team Assael 20 39 75 96 74 125 153 194 23 Street 23 Street 25 43 97 10 Team Assael 20 41 108 114 147 42 Payen 57 90 131 137

26(35) McAllister 64 84 151 7(35) McAllister 217 26(35) McAllister 39 d’Orsi 15 83 120 135 58 132 142 173 7 Cayne 23 48 82 117 7 Cayne 61 86 123 182 58(71) Fourcaudot 25 69 96 113

6 Lynch 34 78 90 121 6(59) Texan Aces 59 Texan Aces 21 53 85 129 37 70 84 107 27 Coren 52 89 103 27 Coren 50 98 6(27) Coren 148 38 Macchi 15 46 wd

11(22) Meltzer 22 Meltzer 26 56 102 145 22 Meltzer 43 Goldberg 46 68 79 83 60 91 119 136 11 Diamond 12 58 86 127 11 Diamond 55 85 126 166 54 Leong 11 33 85 115

14 Levine 34 60 110 148 14 Levine 51 Cope 17 30 59 69 9 61 67 82 19 Schwartz 44 91 145 190 19 Schwartz 41 79 95 142 14(19) Schwartz 46(49) Tucker 14 33 73 75

3(30) Harris 30 Harris 39 60 95 123 30 Harris 35(60) Liu 45 74 97 113 15 77 105 141 3 Fleisher 14 35 49 77 3 Fleisher 76 137 175 209 62(67) R. Gu 10 21 37 45 Page 8 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

My daughter: platinum WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 30.0 Tables point winner A B C By Eric Robinson 5.65 1 1 1 Nisarg Shah - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 67.26% Twenty-one-year old 4.24 2 2 2 Bob Geiser - Judy Geiser, San Diego CA 64.33% 3.18 3 Sarah Simmerman, San Leandro CA; Kate Hare, Alameda CA 61.90% Emily Robinson learned 2.77 4 3 H David Law, Agoura Hills CA; Dana Brenner, Chatsworth CA 60.12% to play bridge last year 2.08 5 4 Sandy Fox - Mary Shapiro, Scottsdale AZ 60.04% when she took Eddie 1.56 6 5 Kathryn Edelman - Daniel Edelman, San Francisco CA 59.52% Wold’s introductory 1.87 6 3 Xin Yi Luo - Wendy Guongli Lin, 58.93% bridge class (for one 1.40 4 Christine Barkley, Modesto CA; Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA 57.48% credit) at Rice University 1.26 5/6 Gerald Mackin - Robert Robey, Las Vegas NV 57.14% in Houston. She had 0.99 5/6 Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA; Rui Yang, Beijing Chad 57.14% accumulated about 6 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES masterpoints in club 84.50 Tables / Based on 41 Tables games, and was planning 14.56 1/2 Howard Sloan, New York NY 134.87% to kibitz me in the 14.56 1/2 Doug Herron, New York NY 134.87% Truscott/USPC l Senior Swiss Teams that began on 7.37 3/4 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 127.38% Monday. 7.37 3/4 Alan Lechner, New York NY 127.38% Shortly after the first match started, a director 6.59 5/6 Stefano Tommasini, Buenos Aires 14 124.96% made an announcement asking if any kibitzer could 6.59 5/6 Leao Carvalho, Sao Paulo 124.96% fill in for a few boards for a missing player. 6.08 7 Donald Cline, Ventura CA 122.90% Emily immediately volunteered, and despite 7.15 8/9 Sik Tong Yee, Gilbert AZ 121.79% 7.15 8/9 Lilian Yee, Sante Fe NM 121.79% having only 30 seconds to discuss their system, 3.42 10 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON 119.27% her team won their first match! Her team lost their 4.98 11 Phyllis Burnette, Greenville SC 117.69% second match and had to be disqualified from continuing play when the missing player never showed, Emily earned her first platinum master points. She will, of course, have to wait 39 years to Use of the ­– Alerts and Announcements play in her next Senior event. When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the Emily just graduated from Rice with a degree same time. in decision sciences and will soon move to France When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert for graduate school. She has connected with young strip at the same time. French star , who promised to A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or introduce her to some players in his country. Announcement has been made.

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS

52 Tables Matt Chiwo Leung, Temple City CA; William Ng, Chatsworth San Diego CA; Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Janice Randles - Terry Randles - James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA; Mark Tang, Seal Beach Davidson, Boynton Beach FL Neil Stern, Indio CA CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 5.00 17/32 Donna Bell, Thousand Oaks CA; Gerald vs vs Collier, Camarillo CA; Ron Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City Howard Einberg - Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Ryan Wessels, Wenbo Zhang, Mississauga ON; Jiawei Luo, Markham ON; CA San Jose CA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Bill St Clair Jr, Cypress Robert Hou, Maple ON; Yuan Chen, Toronto ON 6.00 17/32 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry TX; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV Spector, Springfield VA; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Mark Friedlander - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Daniel Williams, Henderson NV; Marcus Evans, Lakewood CA; J Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL Gross, Miami Beach FL Baum Harris, Long Beach CA; John Bralliar, Lomita CA vs 6.00 17/32 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall vs Edmund Wu - William Zhu, San Francisco CA; Neil Chua, Chula Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Lorraine Michael Fleisher, Santa Clara CA; Mindy Foos, Campbell CA; Vista CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV Cable, Elmhurst NY; Bill Begert - Doug Herron, New York NY Thomas Trudeau, San Antonio TX; Daniel Blaettler, Dayton OH 5.00 17/32 Charles Arthur, North York ON; Anu Goodman 6.00 17/32 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Paul Darin, - Jan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON

1 Zhang 3 Schwartz 35 72 115 170 54 101 138 173 32 Walker 30 Wakeman 41 86 88 126 1 Zhang 3 Schwartz 24 33 76 100 49 82 94 129 14 69 89 121

17 Sylvester 16 Sylvester 14 Fleisher 19 Fleisher 42 72 110 25 43 56 59 19 52 116 126 53 89 16 Range 1 Zhang 3 Fleisher 14 Harrell 0 20 59 wd 1 30 wd

8 Leung 6 Williams 9 Leung 11 Donner 34 87 100 123 60 78 114 130 24 Freeman 22 Markowitz 38 58 89 114 9 Leung 11 Markowitz 28 79 110 145 17 26 84 113 39 55 109 129

8 Benner 6 Williams 25 Hess 31 57 79 112 70 101 126 169 27 Quiros 35 63 73 117 37 45 88 112 8 Benner 6 Williams 55 84 126 170 12 57 85 122

5 Randles 7 Ungar 36 90 151 231 3 26 52 76 28 Freier 26 Friedlander 16 18 25 33 5 Randles 7 Friedlander 57 82 127 155 23 68 128 168 39 92 140 180

21 Nehra 12 Nehra 10 Bell 23 Boyd 41 71 87 128 6 22 40 67 58 96 112 126 43 72 102 126 12 Ramirez 10 Bell 20 40 79 104 5 Randles 7 Friedlander 31 80 117 135

4 Einberg 2 Wu 13 Thompson 15 McLellan 27 69 120 156 31 81 111 130 20 Watson 18 Arthur 15 Arthur 29 46 88 145 35 79 103 138 13 Thompson 18 45 97 131 22 40 72 90 2 Wu 29 Einberg 4 Einberg 28 58 99 147 31 Fleischmann 8 44 70 117 61 78 125 176 59 95 117 155 4 Callahan 2 Wu 28 58 101 120 54 97 110 124 Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 9

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME Scores in the Wagar Women’s KO 60.0 Tables A B C semifinal round 10.62 1 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 68.46% 1 China Red 32 78 138 7.97 2 William Glass, Clovis CA; Norman Woo, Irvine CA 64.17% 4 Beijing Huayjan 28 64 93 wd 5.97 3 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, San Antonio TX 62.62% 4.48 4 Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA; Marilyn Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 61.01% 3 Baker 10 67 113 145 3.73 5 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 60.61% 2 China Blue 19 42 75 113 2.52 6 Keith Connolly - Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN 60.54% 6.83 7 1 Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 59.63% WAGAR WOMEN’S KO TEAMS FINAL 5.12 2 1 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Larry Yarger, West Point NE 59.48% PAIRING 3.84 3 2 Roswitha Muehl-Kuehner - Subash Nijhawan, Germany Germany 58.00% 13 Tables 2.88 4 Mike McClain, Las Vegas NV; Betty Liddicoat, Los Altos CA 57.75% Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri 3.08 5 3 Gerald Toole, Livingston TX; Gay Anderson, Allen TX 56.85% Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; , Hackensack NJ; Jo 1.62 6 Harry Selldin, Houston TX; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI 56.46% Anna Stansby, US 2.16 4 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Isha Thapa, Palo Alto CA 56.38% vs Wenfei Wang - Ran Jingrong, Shanghai People’s Republic of 1.08 5 Patricia Soulet - De Sainte Marie, Paris France 55.46% China; Hongli Wang, People’s Republic of China; Lu Yan, Beijing 0.79 6 Jacquelyn Sollner, San Diego CA; Loretta Westler, Philadelphia PA 53.38% People’s Republic of China; Yu Zhang, Hang Zhou People’s Republic of China; Shao Hong Wu, Guangzhou People’s Republic WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS of China 15.0 Tables A B C 34.29 3/4 Sun Ming, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Dong Yongling - Jiang Lu - Yan Ru, People’s Republic of China 2.63 1 1 David Hidley - Kathleen Heckathorn, Murrieta CA 73.50% 34.29 3/4 Yanhong Wang - Li Yiting, Beijing People’s 1.97 2 Carie Boucher, Centennial CO; Karen Birck, Wilton CT 67.33% Republic of China; Hu Wen, Nanjing People’s Republic of China; 1.48 3 2 1 Ling Hu - Qi Xia, 65.77% Shen Qi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Zhou Lihua, 1.11 4 3 Mark Conley - Rohini De Silva,Esq, Encino CA 64.33% Zhejiang People’s Republic of China; Li Lixuan, Wuhan People’s 0.95 5 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 62.80% Republic of China 0.76 6 4 Walden Holmgren - Mary Holmgren, Las Vegas NV 59.52% 0.70 5 2 Brent Xiao - Rory Xiao, Fremont CA 56.33% Slow Play 0.43 6 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN; Jerry Moore, Los Angeles CA 53.27% Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful 0.52 3 Xin Ran Tong - Jia Yin Liu, 52.50% play, is discourteous to your opponents — and to 0.60 4 Qi Song - Gialin Hao, 49.11% all other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty. Masterpoint disclaimer In general, pairs who are rarely late will be Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject to change because of score changes or corrections. warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD II KO TEAMS 33 Tables Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Gary Ansok, Camarillo Overland Park KS; Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Richard Hill - Alice Hill, Haslett MI; Douglas CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Todd Werby, Village KS Minder - Susan Minder, Caledonia MI San Francisco CA 6.00 9/16 Ryan Miller, Tampa FL; John vs 6.00 9/16 John Baker, North Augusta SC; Altman, Cincinnati OH; Brandon Harper, Winter Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Fred Upton, Jackie Brown, Mc Cormick SC; Janet Logan, Park FL; C.J. Jameson, Menlo Park CA; Jeffrey Van Nuys CA; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; Steve Newport Beach CA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Samuel Amer, Newark DE Ramos, Jr, Seal Beach CA 6.00 9/16 Christopher Class, Sequim WA; Bonnie Broders, Port Townsend WA; Renae Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI; Robert Gunstone-White - Tim White, Mercer Island WA Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON 6.00 9/16 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago vs MO; Eric Rolfe, Kansas City MO; Rajeev Bansal,

1 Laird 3 Alpert 20 59 72 95 31 41 66 wd 16 Miller 14 Ose 21 53 72 111 42 84 137 1 Miller 3 Ose 46 64 88 100 58 92 127 147

6 Rolfe 8 Chokriwala 32 44 75 100 7 34 89 134 1 Chokriwala 9 Chokriwala 11 Rolfe 4 Hill 82 148 41 82 126 156 8 Waldron 6 Campbell 28 28 wd 22 40 87 88

5 Hill 7 Hunter 69 105 3 Ose 5 43 68 93 12 Grushkin 10 Lusk 1 12 wd 25 51 102 137 2 Lusk 5 Hill 7 Lusk 24 54 73 118 25 69 100 129

4 Class 2 Baker 28 57 80 107 18 19 47 101

13 Class 15 Galbraith 69 100 156 26 43 59 78 4 Boyce 2 Baker 16 40 65 wd 12 30 52 87 Page 10 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY 0-3000 OPEN PAIRS Match 48.0 Tables continued from page 1 A B C player and classified herself as “Flight D” at the 18.27 1 David Rosenstein - Robert Johnson, Portland OR 64.15% time. Ming was also interested in playing at the 16.24 2 1 Carol Holihan, Cary NC; Lena Hoomani, Los Angeles CA 61.81% 12.18 3 2 1 Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Greg Chang, Lexington MA 61.26% tournament and considered hiring a full-time player. 9.14 4 3 2 Vincent Kwong - Sandra Wong, Markham ON 60.31% But when she arrived in Las Vegas, she figured she 6.85 5 4 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 59.29% should visit the partnership desk first. 5.41 6 5 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 59.05% Herman played regularly at clubs in the 4.64 7 6 Haobo Fu - Xiaotong Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 58.38% Washington DC area. He was originally scheduled 4.06 8 George Humphrey - Linda Willingham, San Diego CA 58.15% to play in the 1985 NABC with Steve Chang. When 4.06 9 7 P East - Deborah East, Winchester KY 58.12% Chang’s mother became ill, he had to bow out of 3.83 10 8 Michael Copeland, Bozeman MT; Malou Flato, Austin TX 57.88% the tournament. So Herman visited the partnership 3.25 11 9 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Hank Sheehan, Torrance CA 56.98% desk and met Ming. They hit it off right away and 4.14 12 10 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 56.74% decided to give the bridge pairing a chance. 4.56 13 11 3 Paul Hagerty - Nancy Hagerty, Oviedo FL 56.71% 2.50 12 Richard Darling - Judy Darling, Morrisburg ON 56.38% Their first two days brought good results at the 3.42 4 Sandra Livingston - Ronald Livingston, Laguna Beach CA 55.66% table. The next day, they decided to take the day 4.51 5 Glenn Crawford - Colleen Armstead, Sun City West AZ 55.16% off from bridge and tour the Hoover Dam. Herman 3.57 6 Carol Weiss, White Plains NY; Joseph DiBenedetto, Scarsdale NY 55.06% called Ming, who was staying in Utegaard’s room, at 8:45 in the morning to see if she was ready. The WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS noise woke Utegaard, who was going to play in the 71 Tables Spingold that day. Needing to rest before the game, 7 3 Utegaard snapped at Herman, “You must be with 18.53 1 David Cheng, Palo Alto CA; Ronald Grantz, Scottsdale AZ; Marge Paul, the enemy!” Indio CA; Diane Cohen, Clifton NJ 118.00 After trekking out to the Hoover Dam, they 13.90 2 Robert Hevener - Christine Hevener, San Mateo CA; Thomas Durden - Judith Paul, Emerald Hills CA 112.00 spent more time away from the table, taking in 11.02 3 1 Becky Shreeve - Marsene Patterson - G Sherley Blodgett - Diana shows and going on other tours. Huntley, Ogden UT 108.00 Ming later called her mother and recounted her 7.82 4 Andrea Scott - Jerry Wolter, Cottonwood AZ; Susan Fallon - Lloyd experiences with Herman. According to Ming, her Parker, Estes Park CO 106.00 mother said, “I think you’re going to get married.” 6.18 5 Barbara Dahl - Betty Rosa, San Jose CA; Bev Benson, Palo Alto CA; Her mother also told her, “You better marry a Margaret Becker, Saratoga CA 104.00 bridge player.” 7.24 6/7 2/3 Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX; Marianne Amantea, Bonita CA; Chriseeta Herman wasted no time in making a proposal to Sloan, Coronado CA; Joe Ramirez, Mission TX 100.00 Ming, but it wasn’t about getting married. He asked 7.24 6/7 2/3 Rebecca Mathhias, Philadelphia PA; Maryann Moss, Haverford PA; Gail her, “Would you like to be a Life Master?” He Ruth, Gladwyne PA; Deborah August, Villanova PA 100.00 3.73 8/10 Louis Golm - Linda Golm, San Francisco CA; Judith Hill - Cristina then confidently claimed, “I can make you a Life Gallotti, Spokane WA 98.00 Master.” Less than a year later, he delivered on his 3.73 8/10 Joe Johnston - Dee Johnston, Kansas City MO; Kathryn Luft, Boise ID; promise when Ming earned her gold card. Carol Hellebrand, Yorba Linda CA 98.00 Ming and Herman married in 1988. They 4.65 8/10 4 Sara Birnbaum, Carachs Mexico; Diana Koesling, Sunny Isles Beac FL; joked that Ming becoming a Life Master was a Rosa Pennino - Georgina De Andres, Caracas Venezuela 98.00 precondition for the union. 3.67 11/12 5 Richard Hill - Carole Lee Schreiber, San Diego CA; Pam Nuccio, Vista Ming and Herman are now Gold Life CA; Pat Sullivan, El Cajon CA 97.00 Masters and currently reside in Henderson NV. 2.97 11/12 Peter Clark - Dale Phillips, San Diego CA; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Both are retired. Ming was a special education Grace Martin, Sparks NV 97.00 school teacher. Herman worked at the Defense 3.15 13 6 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON; Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 96.00 Department. 2.40 14/15 Mollie Freier - Joyce Hyslop - Karen Reese, Marquette MI; Art The Louies have two children, Michael and Linderman, Anaheim CA 95.00 Jennifer. The former is an economics professor and 2.40 14/15 Mark Rowe, Philomath OR; John Fields - Leda Fields, Arroyo Grande CA; the latter is an architect. Ming and Herman are also Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA 95.00 expecting to be grandparents in October. Their kids 2.76 16 7 Bill McLemore, Columbia MS; Cathy Gersh - Jane Shurden - Sandra never took up bridge, but Ming and Herman are Baggett, Hattiesburg MS 94.00 determined to teach their grandchildren to play. 2.45 17 8 Gordon Coons - Linda Coons, Wheaton IL; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY; The Louies love meeting new people and have Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY 93.00 traveled extensively. But those vacations are not 2.20 9 Roy Plum - Katharine Plum, Hobe Sound FL; John Black Jr - Sandy escapes from bridge. Ming said, “Whenever we Black, Madison MS 92.00 2.00 10 Marilyn Bowie, Cave Creek AZ; Karla Reynolds - Lorraine Allen - Guy travel, we try to find a local bridge game.” Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ 89.00 They have fulfilled every item on their bucket 1.84 11 Alan Huggins - Martha Huggins, San Jose CA; Jack Farmer - Martha list except one: winning an NABC event. They have Farmer, Salem OR 86.00 attended numerous NABCs, including tournaments 1.70 12 Craig Caldwell - Gigette Caldwell - Robert Riley, San Diego CA; Lisa in Dallas, Phoenix, Toronto, San Francisco, New Karam, Bloomfield MI York, New Orleans, Atlanta and Miami. Ming and Herman keep for that elusive victory. Results pages for the collegiate championship. Through Tuesday at the 2014 Summer NABC, NABC results We are offering members a new benefit: an they had won more than 50 masterpoints. They available online email notification once their game results have been finished 14th in the Bruce 0-5000 LM Pairs. On Looking to quickly and conveniently get posted online. To access your results, you must opt Tuesday, Ming and Herman won the Open Swiss information on the Summer NABC? Check out in to this feature. Log in to your MyACBL portal, Teams, along with teammates Kathie Angione and the new ACBL website. There you can find daily go to Privacy Settings and change NABC Results John Peter Lagodimos of Chula Vista CA. They schedules of all events and track results of every Notices to “send via email.” are excited to play in the inaugural 0-10,000 Mixed game. You will receive a link to the new formatted Swiss Teams commencing on Saturday. The following pages provide information on the results page for that event, as well as a link to a Bridge has been an important part of the NABC: new My Results page in the MyACBL portal. This Louies’ life since they met in 1985. Herman said, www.acbl.org/nabchome page gives detailed individual information about the “Bridge was the reason we got together and stayed NABC home page. game. together.” www.acbl.org/nabcresults We are also offering an email blast when the But they are determined not to make bridge the One-stop links to daily bulletins, schedules, Daily Bulletins are posted. Under Privacy Settings, biggest thing in their life. Their family and their results, recaps, hand records, new results pages and update NABC Bulletin Notices to “send via email.” health come first. Ming said, “We’re not going to special event information. This will give you a link directly to that daily fight over 52 cards.” www.acbl.org/myresults bulletin page. Individual player results and links to game Additionally, the links on the NABC Results The dog in the picture is the Louies’ trusty information (MyACBL login is required). page showing KO team rosters and brackets are companion named Ping Pong. He is a registered www.acbl.org/privacysettings in a new mobile-friendly format. The Spingold service dog able to smell chemical changes Update opt in/out settings for email and Wagar Knockout pages will include real-time and alert the Louies in the event of a medical notifications. updates. emergency. Ping Pong travels with Ming www.acbl.org/youthnabc and Herman to bridge tournaments and other Results pages for the Youth NABC. destinations. www.acbl.org/collegiatechampionship Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 11

WEDNESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN SWISS TEAMS TUESDAY MIDNIGHT KO BRACKET 1 86 Tables / Based on 157 Tables 9 Tables 2.88 1 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, A B Somerville MA; Michael Albert - Daniel AlbertRozenberg, 33.47 1 Alan Osofsky, Palm Bch FL; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL; Jay Baum - Cambridge MA; Vincent Koon Kam King, US Kathy Baum, Vero Beach FL 115.00 2.02 2 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Lindsey 21.97 2/3 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Robert Cliffe, London England; P Drew Weinger, New York NY; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Christina Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 110.00 Madsen, Hellerup 2900 Denmark 1.15 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Jess Jurkovic, 21.97 2/3 , New York NY; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos New York NY; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; Randall MI; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 110.00 Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY 12.64 4/5 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Simon Cope 1.15 3/4 Deirdre Nickel - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake - Peter Crouch, Hertfordshire United Kingdom 109.00 City UT; Derek Graybill, Tucson AZ; McKenzie Myers, Beaverton 19.46 4/5 1 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San OR; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL Jose CA; Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA 109.00 TUESDAY MIDNIGHT KO BRACKET 2 9.56 6 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Geoffrey 9 Tables Brod, Avon CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 108.00 2.88 1 Eric Genheimer, Mustang OK; Cole Spencer, 8.37 7 Pamela Nisbet, Ottawa ON; Hazel Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Erez Hendelman Fayetteville AR; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Doug Anderson, - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 107.00 Quincy MA 2.02 2 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC; 7.44 8 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Jill Marshall, Douglas Hong, San Jose CA; John Worley, Fort Collins CO Port Chester NY; Brett Adler, Norwalk CT 104.00 1.15 3/4 Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Samuel Amer, 6.39 9/10 Jeffrey Rothstein - Ira Herman, New York NY; Lesley Decker Lucas - Newark DE; Joshua Parks, Charlottesvl VA; Alex Dezieck, US Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 102.00 1.15 3/4 Brady Richter, Summit NJ; C Ganzer, Brooklyn 6.39 9/10 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul - Sally Strul - Lisa Berkowitz, Boca NY; Robert Brady, McLean VA; John Ramos, W Hollywood CA; Ryan Connors - Randi Adelman, New York NY Raton FL 102.00 14.60 11 2 Renee Alpert, Orange CA; Betti Harris, Huntington Bh CA; Gregory TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I Thorpe - Steve Hirsch, Brea CA 101.00 8 Tables 10.95 12 3 Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Chongmin Marilyn Kroll, Boca Raton FL; Joan Zavis - Carol Linch, Highland Zhang, Getzville NY; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA 100.00 Park IL; Beverly Saltz, Delray Beach FL vs 4.78 13 Richard Wegman - Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; David Abelow, la Jolla Marcia Andreychuk - Dorothy Mersereau - David Johnson, Calgary CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 98.00 AB; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 4.46 14 Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph - Thomas Stern, San Francisco CA 97.00 TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 4.06 15/16 Julia Zucker - Nat Zucker, Monroe Township NJ; Eli Schneider - 8 Tables Richard Stevenson - Kris Sommer, Los Angeles CA; Mary Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 96.00 Hildebrand - Gina Schultz, Lubbock TX 4.06 15/16 Gary Soules - Jan Soules, Elk Grove CA; Joanne Merry - John vs Jefferson, Davis CA 96.00 Elizabeth Hayes, Palm Bch Shores FL; Joseph Seubert, Mineral VA; 3.72 17 Marty McCune - Mary McCune, Seattle WA; Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA; Jane Rusch, Bay Head NJ; Selma LeVine, Palm Beach Gdns FL Barbara Nist, Seatac WA 95.00 Robert Kromm, St Clair Shrs MI; Penelope Rudolph, Grosse Pointe 3.52 18 Christopher Pisarra - Gail Giffen, Lafayette CA; Linda Bandler - Mike MI; Marie Schwanitz, Gross Pt Woods MI; Phyllis Zimmerman, Bandler, Alamo CA 92.00 Warren MI 8.21 19/20 4 Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ; Marion Yonke, vs Manhasset NY; John Berry, New Hyde Park NY 91.00 Kay Johnson, Minneapolis MN; Jane Trahms - Cindy Moat, 3.27 19/20 Stephen Cooper - Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA; Lakeville MN; Shelly Husebo, Eden Prairie MN Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 91.00 TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 2.86 21/24 Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA; Clifford Nebel, Hastings Huds 8 Tables NY; Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 90.00 Vilas Bankar - L Mizrahi, Bakersfield CA; Jerry Schmitt, Tehachapi 2.86 21/24 Ru Hong Terajewicz - Alan McLellan - Tim Edwards-Davies, Ottawa ON; CA; Edward Mizrahi, Encino CA Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC 90.00 vs Richard Muntz, Brownstown Twp MI; Dana McWilliams, 6.49 21/24 5 Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK; Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS; Robert Fisk, Brownstown MI; Kathleen Beatty, Loganville GA; Susan Yester, Cincinnati OH; Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA 90.00 Birmingham MI 2.86 21/24 Don Heitler - Anita Heitler, Englewood CO; James La Force, Melbourne FL; Bruce Cobb, Denver CO 90.00 TUESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING KO BRACKET IV 5.56 6 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Rose-Marie Bullis, Barrie ON; Richard 8 Tables Raymond Yue, Reno NV; Claudia Cochran, Covina CA; Alice Wan, Pinellas Park FL; G Kissel, Clearwater FL 89.00 Layman, Charlottesville VA; Maggie Eckman, Palmyra VA 4.87 7 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; Steven Jackson - Yann vs Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 85.00 Dawn Campbell - Nancy Swanson, Portland OR; Kathi Marcus, 4.32 8 Padma Daryanani, Miami FL; I Dichi, Mexico Mexico; Maria Devletrian - Lake Oswego OR; Sandra Hedlund, Aloha OR Zoraida Diebold, Caracas Venezuela 84.00 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 3.89 9 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Russell Buker, Lancaster CA; BRACKET I Linda Young, Butte MT 83.00 10 Tables 3.54 10 Nadine Kazimi, Clancy MT; Beverly Schmidt, Montana City MT; Willem Tim McCormack - David McLellan, Thunder Bay ON; Susan Visser - Wayne Hintz, Helena MT 81.00 Cressman - Ken Cressman, Gorham ON 3.12 11/12 Dawn Travis, Easton MD; Ruth Kvalnes, Cambridge MD; Jeanne Land, Fort vs Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Myers FL; Barbara Moran, Tilghman MD 80.00 Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan 3.12 11/12 Elaine Luthman, Dublin OH; Eileen Erwin, Columbus OH; Jack Grier - Mexico Alina Grier, Bridgman MI 80.00 2.78 13 Vickki Shelley, St George UT; George Shelley, Saint George UT; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Qun Liu, Christine Cook - Jack Swigart, Big Bear Lake CA 79.00 Windsor ON; Difan Wang, Scarborough ON vs 2.59 14 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Norman Segal, Deerfield IL; Nancy Archie Topalian - Harold Farnsworth - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake Frank, Glencoe IL; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 78.00 City UT; Rodney Organt, Salt Lake Cty UT

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 36.0 Tables BRACKET II A B C 12 Tables 6.50 1 1 Edward Easley - Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 69.90% Won Yang, Clermont FL; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Judy McNeilly, Mount Hope ON; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 4.88 2 2 1 Larry Graves - Vicki Graves, La Quinta CA 65.48% vs 3.66 3 3 2 David Lindstrom - Sandra Lindstrom, Mercer Island WA 63.10% Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; 2.74 4 4 3 Nan Turner, Carmel IN; Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA 59.52% Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 2.06 5 5 4 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 58.63% 1.54 6 6 5 Bob Geiser - Judy Geiser, San Diego CA 58.45% Dick Powell - Avis Morse, Fresno CA; Gerald Szymski, Westmont IL; Ashley Szymski, Aurora IL 1.09 6 Ingrid Mattinger - Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA 57.44% vs Giorgia Botta, Rome 00135 Italy; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; New age requirement for Email us Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA; Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA Got a hand you just have to share or a nice WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO Senior events BRACKET III story? We’d love to see it. The definition of a Senior (for the purpose of 15 Tables The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: Doreen Marek - Pat Smith - Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer, Senior events, tournaments, special games, etc.) [email protected]. You’ll also find Goodyear AZ has matured — from 55 to 60 years old. Those vs it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” ‘tweeners who previously qualified as Seniors Cathy Staver - Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA; Linda Atkinson, between the date and the editors’ names. Carlsbad CA; Linda Monroe, Rancho Santa Fe CA and who have been magically rejuvenated are still This email address won’t be checked with any eligible. If you were born before Jan. 1, 1959, Deepak Dighe, W Bloomfield MI; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; regularity when the NABC is not in session, so you’re still a Senior for the purposes of playing in Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ please continue to use our office email addresses vs any ACBL Senior event. for non-tournament–related correspondence. Jim Parks - Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA; Carol Cottam, Concord CA; Frank Concepcion, Walnut Creek CA Thursday, July 24, 2014 Volume 6, Number 1 Daily Bulletin 2014 Youth NABC Editor: Brent Manley Welcome, players We are glad Welcome to Las Vegas and to the 2014 Youth NABC! Las Vegas is a unique city and we hope you will enjoy all that it offers. you’re here Since 2008, the Youth NABC has been the event that has allowed By Bryan Delfs young players to meet, play and make lifelong friendships. As I look at faces in the crowd, none seem to Our team of ACBL staff and volunteers has everything set for you to age so fast as our youth and junior players. Juniors begin today. It will be a fun-filled event: three days of food, friends, fun, who first played in this event six years ago are now BRIDGE and perhaps even a slam or two! playing in the Collegiate Team Championships. The YNABC schedule and information is on the facing page. Others have grown, You are the future of ACBL and I can’t wait to meet each of you. seemingly by Nancy Erickson several feet since Las Vegas Youth NABC Chair we saw them last. Bridge is truly a game of all ages, and our Youth The most NABC is great celebration of that. important trophy? Welcome to Las Vegas. We Each year, players at the Youth NABC are have plenty of asked to vote for the player they believe best bridge to offer to exemplifies sportsmanship: courtesy to partner our youth players, and the opponents and friendliness even while and we are looking competing. This trophy is awarded at the closing forward to sharing the excitement of those who ceremony of the NABC. have been practicing all week. Last year, Alec Zhan of Alpharetta GA was A special welcome to our Chinese competitors, chosen by his peers for the coveted award, but who have helped to show their support by the vote was close and could have easily gone to participating in this event for multiple years. one of the other two finalists: Tanner Hess and Our competition this year is generously Victor Lamoureux. sponsored by Bridge Base Online, Masterpoint Press, Baron Barclay and Great Game Products. We hope to have a great competition and look Finalists for the 2013 Sportsmanship Award: forward to seeing you in friendly competition. Tanner Hess, Alec Zhan and Victor Lamoureux. Sponsors play big role in Youth NABC success started the Youth NABC in 2008 and has watched it grow, in no small measure because of the loyalty of the sponsors. Baron Barclay Bridge Supply sponsored the first Open Pairs in the competition limited to players 19 and younger with fewer than 5000 masterpoints. The event has always been the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs. The company, based in Louisville KY, is the world’s largest bridge supply house. Each member of the winning duo in the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs receives a $1000 scholarship from the company. Another company highly involved with bridge books is Toronto-based , whose owners – Ray and – provide a $1000 scholarship for the player chosen by his or her peers for the Sportsmanship Award. MPP is the world’s largest publisher of bridge books. “We sponsor all kinds of things,” said Ray Lee, “and we have felt that we Great Game Products, represented at the Youth NABC by chief wanted to do something for junior bridge. The game has given us an awful lot programmer Stephen Smith, donated 150 copies of Bridge Baron 23 and iTunes and we try to put what we can back into it.” continued next page

The 7th Youth NABC is sponsored primarily by four sponsors, whose representatives are shown above: Stephen Smith, Great Game Products; Jim Maier, Baron Barclay Bridge Supply; Ray and Linda Lee, Master Point Press, and Fred Gitelman, Bridge Base Online. Sponsors YOUTH NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE continued from previous page CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE All card play is in Pavilion 10 at the hotel (other activities in Pavilion 11) Thursday, July 24 Saturday, July 26 10 a.m. Youth Pairs & Cardrook Pairs 10 a.m. & National Youth Single session 2 p.m. Swiss Teams 2 p.m. Youth Teams & Cardrook Pairs 2 sessions Single session (one qualifying and one final session) Players must be available for both sessions Friday, July 25 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs 10 a.m. & Baron Barclay National Single session 2 p.m. Youth Open Pairs 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs 2 sessions Single session (one qualifying and one final session) 2 p.m. Consolation Swiss Players must be available for both sessions Single session 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs 5:30 p.m. Master Point Press Sportsmanship Single session Award Ceremony 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs Single session (Cardrook pairs are games designed for less-experienced 2 p.m. Consolation Open Pairs players) Single session

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Youth NABC Co-Chair Patty Tucker with the MGDV KUO IQD QOVVHVF I ROHP, TXIK PGD GHFG BIQC Bridge Base Online poster. gift cards for the tournament goodie bags. EQUW PGD GIVC MHPG RGUQPVDRR EHQRP. The bridge-playing software is among the most popular of its kind and has competed regularly in the Computer-Bridge World Championships at tournaments. Great Game Products has been in business since 1985. “We want to promote bridge among everyone,” said Smith, “but especially among young players.” Bridge Baron 23 works with Windows and Mac operating systems. This year’s National Youth Swiss Teams is sponsored by Bridge Base Online, the dominant player in live, online bridge. Founder Fred Gitelman is well known for his philanthropy and contributions to the game, not the least of which was helping to get Microsoft Founder Bill Gates interested in the game. Gitelman is an accomplished player with several North American championships to his credit, plus a world championship – the at the World Bridge Series in Philadelphia in 2010. BBO is providing four $1000 scholarships to the winners of the Swiss teams on the final day of the Youth NABC.

Answer in tomorrow’s edition. Page 14 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams

The Mixed Board- Helen Sobel Schenken, a-Match Teams, one of 1947 1. , Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig 1967 1. , Kathie Cappelletti, the oldest ACBL events, Kabakjian, Edith Seligman; 2-3. Emily Mike Moss, Gail Shane; 2-4. John begins play today. Folline, , David Warner, Gerber, , Carol Klar, George First played in 1929, ; 2-3. , Jane Rosenkranz, Edith Rosenkranz; 2-4. B. the contest consists of Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser Jay Becker, John Fisher, Dorothy Hayden, two qualifying and two 1948 1. John Crawford, , Helen ; 2-4. Leland Ferer, final sessions. At stake Sobel, ; 2. Harry Fishbein, Gratian Goldstein, , Sylvia is the Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Stein Memorial Trophy, put into Seligman 1968 1. Minda Brachman, , Oswald play in 2010 by Freeman’s longtime bridge partner, 1949 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Jacoby, ; 2. Betty Nick Nickell. , Sally Young; 2. John Kaplan, , George Rapee, Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Carol Stolkin Winners and runners-up: Margaret Wagar 1969 1. Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles 1929 1. Max Cohen, Mrs. M.K. Alexander, Rose 1950 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peres, , , Alice Fleischer, R. Frankenstein Peggy Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Stakgold; 2. , Jules Farell, 1930 1. Winfield Liggett, , Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, , , Peter P. Hal Sims, Sir Derrick Wernher; 2. W. Margaret Wagar Rank Cleveland Cogswell, J. Arnold Farrar, 1951 1. Jane Jaeger, Richard Kahn, Leo Roet, 1970 1. Dorothy Bare, Gerald Bare, Eugenie Doris Fuller, George Reith ; 2. Myron Field, Agnes Mathe, ; 2-3. Ken Barbour, 1931 1. Mrs. G.A. Bennett, Doris Fuller, Charles Gordon, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel William Daly, Mickey Rosenthal, Helen Lochridge, George Reith; 2. E.M. Baker, 1952 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Alvin Strasberg, Dave Strasberg; 2-3. Betty Margaret Beech, William McKenney, Mrs. Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. John Crawford, Adler, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs H. D. Stahl Emma Jean Hawes, George Rapee, Olive 1971 1. John Anderson, , Marilyn 1932 1. Marie Black, Huber Boscowitz, Sam Peterson, McCrary, Sue Picus; 2. Dorsey Brooks, Fry, Olga Hilliard; 2. Mrs. L. Bloomberg, 1953 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Edith Zerrene Brooks, Joan Remey, Vincent Bernard Cone, Louis Gotthelf, Mrs. Kemp, ; 2. Emanual Hochfeld, Remey Thomas Stern Mary Jane Kauder, Lew Mathe, Gloria 1972 1. Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, 1933 1. David Burnstine, Elinor Murdoch, Mrs. Turner Bill Passell; 2. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Ivan Stengel, Edwin Wetzler; 2. Dorothy 1954 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Emma Jean Hawes, , Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Margaret Wagar, Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. Marianne Hayden Truscott Boschan, Gertrude Eberson, David Murray, 1973 1. Ellen Alfandre, Philip Feldsman, 1934 1. Lester Bachner, Mrs. Lester Bachner, Lewis Tubbs Edith Sacks, Stanley Tomchin; 2-5. Betty James Lemon, Martha Lemon; 2. Mitch 1955 1. Gratian Goldstein, Harold Harkavy, Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Barnes, Barbara Collyer, Doris Fuller, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth; 2. Mary Sachs; 2-5. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Henry Vogel Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Freedman, Barbara Saltsman, Joey Silver; 2-5. Mark 1935 1. Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Ruth , Berger, Sallie Johnson, Amos Kaminsky, Sherman, Louis Watson; 2. Mary Clement, 1956 1. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Jack Saltz, Mona Stocknoff; 2-5. Carol Mary Zita Jacoby, , Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray; Crawford, John Crawford, Barbara Waldemar von Zedtwitz 2. Barbara Brier, Jan Stone, , Rappaport, Alvin Roth 1936 1. Hortense Evans, Louis Haddad, Robert Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1974 1. Edith Kemp, Jerome Yavitz, Rita McPherran, Elizabeth Whitney; 2. B. Jay 1957 1. John Crawford, , Harold Seamon, William Seamon; 2. Robert Becker, Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Gloria Turner; 2. Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Peggy Parker, Steve Sally Young Sam Fry, Dorothy Hayden, Sally Johnson, Parker, Steve Robinson 1937 1. Philip Abramsohn, Estelle Drescher, 1975 1. , , Jim , Ann Naiman; 2. S. Garton 1958 1. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Eunice Linhart, ; 2-3. Shirlee Churchill, Phyllis Gardner, Travers Rosen, William Rosen; 2. B. Jay Becker, Lazarus, Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe, Joan LeGros, Dorothy Roberts Bee Gale, Betty Goldberg, Howard Remey, Vincent Remey, Jim Zimmerman; 1938 1. Doris Fuller, Charles Goren, Henry Schenken 2-3. Carol Crawford, John Crawford, Vogel, Sally Young; 2. Eleanor Hirsch, 1959 1. Peter Leventritt, Robert Jordan, Charles Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth John Kunkel, Helen Pendelton Rockwell, Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young; 1976 1-2. Richard Katz, , Paul Milton Vernoff 2. Leonard Harmon, Edgar Kaplan, Swanson, Marion Weed; 1-2. Fred 1939 1. Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin Peggy Rotzell, , Betty Hamilton, John Sutherlin, , , Florence Stratford; 2. Edward Sheinwold , Nancy Weichsel, Peter Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, 1960 1. , Alicia Kempner, George Weichsel Charles Solomon Rapee, Betty Ann Welch; 2. B. Jay Becker, 1977 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark 1940 1. Marie Black, Henry Chanin, Olive Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Sidney Lair, Sidney Lazard; 2. Ethel Dayboch, Peterson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Silodor, Sylvia Stein Morrie Freier, Richard Paulsen, Sue Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen 1961 1. Richard Freeman, Emanuel Hochfield, Thornton Mitchell, Charles Solomon Louise Robinson, Gloria Turner; 2. John 1978 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark 1941 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Fisher, Jean Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots Lair, Sidney Lazard; 2. Betty Adler, Julian Sobel, Sally Young; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Kendrick, Sidney Lazard Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs Louise Wainwright, , Mrs. 1962 1. , Agnes Gordon, Eric 1979 1-3. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark William A. Tucker Murray, Helen Portugal; 2. Norman Kay, Lair, Sidney Lazard; 1-3. Betty Bloom, 1942 1. John Crawford, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein, Margaret Steven Bloom, Mark Cohen, Edith Sacks; Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; Wagar 1-3. Lynne Feldman, Mark Feldman, Ed 2. Philip Abramsohn, Kay Rhodes, Edith 1963 1. Sidney Lazard, Betty Kaplan, Edgar Nagy, Sharon Smith Seligman, Tobias Stone Kaplan, Stella Rebner; 2. Israel Cohen, 1980 1. Barry Crane, Jose John Hamui, Elias 1943 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels, Alvin Konstantinovsky, Laura Mariscal, Kerri Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Edith Hammond, Roth Shuman; 2. Gerald Caravelli, Dennis Pat Lightner, Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant 1964 1. John Fisher, , Emma Jean McGarry, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Wainwright Hawes, Margaret Wagar; 2-3. Martin Cohn, Helen Utegaard 1944 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Hampton Hume, Bernadine Jenkins, Mary 1981 1. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Marie Basher, Philley; 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Virginia Katz, Paul Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Edward Cohn, John Crawford, Margaret Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Jerome Van Zandt; 2. Bill Cole, , Norb Wagar Yavitz Kremer, 1945 1. John Crawford, Ruth Sherman, Margaret 1965 1. Barbara Brier, Alvin Roth, Jan Stone, 1982 1-2. Tommy Sanders, Carol Sanders, Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Estelle Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Sidney Lazard, Joan DeWitt; 1-2. Lynn Elis, Harry Fishbein, Alvin Roth, Edith Burt Norton, Carol Norton, Alan Press, Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole Seligman William Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Carol Stolkin 1983 1. Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew 1946 1. Samuel Katz, Alicia Kempner, Evelyn 1966 1. Jimmy Cayne, Judy Dryer, Paul Casen, ; 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Lebhar, Bertram Lebhar Jr.; 2. Charles Soloway, Eunice Rosen, William Rosen; Radin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth Goren, Emily Folline, Sidney Silodor, 2. Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth, Bee 1984 1. Susan Sternberg, , Juanita Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 15

The path to glory leads but to the grave (or to the side game) By Barry Rigal 2013 Freeman Mixed BAM It was a cruel beating that our team took in the winners Winthrop Allegaert, second round of the Spingold Knockout Teams. , David This deal, however, was a near miss that felt Grainger and Judy Bianco especially painful. Dlr: West ♠ Q 5 2 Vul: N-S ♥ Q J 10 6 ♦ 10 5 ♣ Q 10 7 4

♠ A 10 6 3 ♥ A 5 2 Skelton, Allan Cokin, Barbara Sion, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom, Kitty Munson ♦ A K J 6 ; 2. Edith Rosenkranz, George Cooper, Steven Cooper ♣ J 8 Rosenkranz, Carol Sanders, Mark Lair, 2001 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Chip West North East South Lynn Deas, Eddie Wold Martel, , , JoAnna Pass Pass Pass 1♣ 1985 1. Bill Pollack, , Alan Stansby; 2. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Joan Stein, 2♦ Dbl (1) Pass 2NT Truscott, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Billy Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ Dave Treadwell; 2. Rich Schmieder, Jyme Miller Pass 3NT All Pass Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol Dietz 2002 1. Michael Rosenberg, Debbie Rosenberg, (1) Hearts. 1986 1. Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen, Harold Lisa Berkowitz, , Richard After a friendly diamond lead – the 10 holds Lilie, Joyce Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky; 2. Paul in dummy – you play a club to the jack and king. Berkowitz; 2. Carol Simon, , Min Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Glasson, Joann The ♠9 goes to the jack and ace. You lead a second Ross, , Paul Kern, Claire Kern Glasson club: 8, 9, 10, low. Now you decide LHO has bid 1987 1-2. , Linda Perlman, Joan 2003 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Hemant Lall, Donna with only the ♦Q and the ♣K – he must have the Remey, ; 1-2. Bob Hamman, Compton, Petra Hamman; 2. Richard ♥K. So the ♥Q holds. A diamond to the ace then the Kerri Shuman, Rama Linz, Robert Levin Zeckhauser, Mildred Breed, Eddie Wold, ♥A and another heart endplays the defense in this 1988 1-2. Robert Radwin, Helen Utegaard, Flo Hjordis Eythorsdottir position: Rotman, Dan Rotman; 1-2. Ken Cohen, 2004 1. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill ♠ Q 5 Jo Anne Manfield, Robert Woodard, Ev Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, ♥ J Cogan Bill Pettis; 2. Rose Meltzer, Peter ♦ — 1989 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Gladys Weichsel, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, ♣ Q 7 Collier, Juanita Chambers; 2-3. Marty Jan Martel, Chip Martel ♠ 2 ♠ K 8 7 Bergen, Dori Cohen, , Richard 2005 1. Peggy Kaplan, Petra Hamman, Rozanne ♥ 9 ♥ — Oshlag; 2-3. Chester Hirsch, Mary Jane Pollack, Steve Beatty, Hemant Lall, ♦ Q 9 7 ♦ — Farell, , Marty Fleisher; 2. Barbara Sonsini, John ♣ — ♣ A 5 1990 1. Edith Rosenkranz, , Sutherlin, , Mark Lair, Rhoda ♠ 10 6 3 Eddie Wold, Marinesa Letizia, Kerri Walsh ♥ — Shuman, Mark Lair; 2. Jim Becker, Ellee 2006 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, ♦ K J Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian Whalen Rozanne Pollack, William Pollack; 2. ♣ — 1991 1. John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky, The defenders have two tricks in, and when Moss, Bronia Gmach, Jared Lilienstein; 2. Walid Elahmady, , Teri West plays a spade, you in dummy. Robert Thomson, Asya Kamsky, Rozanne Casen, If East wins his king, he can take only his ♣A. Pollack, Michael Radin, , 2007 1. Don Stack, Linda Eakes, Jack Spear, So East ducks. You win, cash the ♦K and exit with Dori Cohen Nancy Spear; 2. Stephen Goldtein, Leslie the ♦J to force West to give you a stepping stone to 1992 1. , Marinesa Letizia, Paryzer, John Stiefel, Sheila Gabay the ♥J at trick 13! , Juanita Chambers, Mike 2008 1. Chris Willenken, Migry Zur Campanile, West had Lawrence, Beth Palmer; 2. Bjorn Fallenius, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby; 2. Garey ♠9 2 ♥K 9 7 3 ♦Q 9 7 3 2 ♣K 9. Kathy Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Jeff Hayden, Barbara Kasle, Jo Morse, Gaylor Alas, an accident in the ending turned nine Meckstroth Kasle tricks and a good story into eight, and much 1993 1. Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, 2009 1. Robert Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, Sylvie wailing and gnashing of teeth. Beth Palmer, William Pettis; 2. Nancy Willard, John Hurd, Sabine Auken, Joel Molesworth, Stephen Schneer, Robbie Wooldridge; 2. Linda Smith, , ACBL accepting WBF Hopkins, Joan Lewis Stella Rainey, Jim Foster 1994 1. Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, Renee 2010 1. Gary Cohler, , JoAnna representative Mancuso, Steve Sion, Barbara Sion; 2. Stansby, Lew Stansby; 2. Les Bart, Gloria applications George Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Bart, , Kit Woolsey The American League Board Wold, , Larry Cohen 2011 1. Hemant Lall, Petra Hamman, Peggy of Directors is seeking qualified applicants to 1995 1. Joyce Lilie, , David Kaplan, Winthrop Allegaert, Judith Bianco; represent Zone 2 (Canada, Mexico and the United Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz; 2. Jeff Schuett, 2. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Josef States) to the World Bridge Federation. Two Ginny Schuett, Tom Kniest, Karen Walker, Blass, Anna Sarniak, Marcin Lesniewski, positions will be filled at the 2014 Fall NABC in Florine Walters, Mark Feldman Ewa Harasimowicz Providence in November. The term for the open 1996 1. Gaylor Kasle, Barabara Kasle, Nancy 2012 1. Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader WBF positions begins Jan. 1, 2015 and ends Dec. Passell, ; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Hanna, Karen Cumpstone; 2. Gabrielle 31, 2017. Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse, Mike Sherman, Joel Wooldridge, Debbie 2014 Election Timetable Passell, , Suzy Burger Rosenberg, Each member of the ACBL in good standing 1997 1. Marc Low, Sandra Low, Sue Sachs, 2013 1. Winthrop Allegaert, Petra Hamman, and at least 18 years of age who desires to be a David Sachs; 2. Kit Woolsey, Sally David Grainger, Judy Bianco; 2. Robert candidate for WBF Representative for Zone 2 Woolsey, Jo Anne Casen, Larry Mori, Brady, Craig Ganzer, Dana Berkowitz, must file a written declaration of candidacy with Martha Katz, Ralph Katz Mihaela Balint the director of elections prior to Oct. 15, 2014. 1998 1. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Jim Delivery may be by mail, by hand or email to Bjerkan, ; 2. , Kelley McGuire, ACBL Director of Elections, PO Geir Helgemo, Kitty Munson, Andrew Notice to players Each player must have an ACBL convention Box 289, Horn Lake MS 38637-0289, Robson card filled out and on the table. Please note that [email protected] or [email protected]. 1999 1. Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Zia other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Please include any supporting Mahmood, Matthew Granovetter; 2. or homemade cards that do not materials detailing your qualifications for this Richard Gabriel, Ellen Gabriel, Rhoda sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, position. Prager, Brian Ellis are not acceptable substitutes. 2000 1. Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, , Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro; 2. Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Page 16 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 1 WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 12 Tables 46.5 Tables 40.60 1 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Mary Ann Berg, 7 3 Atherton CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; , US; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, 14.09 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 62.76% Oisterwijk Netherlands 10.57 2 1 Kathryn Shannon, CD; Joan Berrington, New Zealand 61.91% 28.42 2 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Kevin Rosenberg, 7.93 3 2 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 59.95% Cupertino CA; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN; Christopher Huber, 5.94 4 Michael Kiernan - Maureen Kiernan, West Fargo ND 59.82% Providence RI 4.70 5 Norm Morrison, Brentwood NH; Robert Howard, Ogunquit ME 59.38% 16.24 3/4 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Neil 4.03 6 Jerrold Smith - Gerald Kukal, Las Vegas NV 58.63% Chambers - Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY 16.24 3/4 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince 4.17 7 3 Paul Lund, Salt Lake Cty UT; Matthew Lund, Palm Springs CA 57.47% Albert SK; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Yukiko Tokunaga, 3.13 8 Richard Buhl, Long Beach CA; Timothy Stewart, Washington DC 57.25% 1800002 Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 2.82 9 Michael Albert - Daniel AlbertRozenberg, Cambridge MA 56.95% 2.56 10 Byrd Howie - Linda Valentine, Hattiesburg MS 56.85% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 2 2.35 11 Mack Caldwell III, Elizabethtown KY; Ronald Covato, Elkton FL 55.85% 12 Tables 26.89 1 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Kevin Schoenfeld, 2.17 12 Ginger Hebert - William Freeman, Lafayette LA 55.82% Pleasanton CA; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Atam Lalchandani, 2.01 13 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 55.72% Incline Village NV 3.13 4 Paul Hashfield - Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA 55.55% 18.82 2 Mark Litterman - Stephen Weiner, Scottsdale 2.47 5 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 55.36% AZ; David Certa - Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ; Leonard Marks, 2.12 6 Marsha Addis - Sharra Canan, Holden MA 55.21% Tempe AZ 1.86 7 Rodger Lesniak - Sandra Lesniak, Madison AL 55.06% 10.76 3/4 Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; Jan Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; Barbara Clark, West Orange NJ; Roshen Hadulla, Santa Clarita CA WEDNESDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS 10.76 3/4 Janine Bibb - Peter Petruzzellis, Ajax ON; P 3.0 Tables Caplan - Catherine Caplan, N Versailles PA A B C 1.37 1 Sinian Huang - Martin Rademacher, Greece 61.25% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 3 1.03 2 Wendy Guongli Lin - Xin Yi Luo, 53.75% 12 Tables 23.07 1 Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Westlake OH; Edward Xu, North York ON; Wang Yanhong - Nannan Chen, WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Scarborough ON 16.5 Tables 16.15 2 Donald Paterson - Carol Akers Paterson, A B C Cordova TN; Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Jennifer 3.82 1 1 George Welch, San Jose CA; Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA 64.25% Ballantyne, Vancouver BC; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 2.87 2 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 63.69% 9.23 3/4 Phil Rizzuto, Toronto ON; Karen Kimes, Las 2.15 3 2 Jan Benson - Jett Elmer, Topeka KS 62.20% Vegas NV; Linda Connell - Ken Connell, Saskatoon SK; David 1.61 4 3 Guy Audett, Port Orchard WA; Donna Hickling, Falls Church VA 59.68% Rottmayer, Spokane WA 1.34 5 4 Marlene Felix - Sue Hunter, Los Angeles CA 59.05% 9.23 3/4 Gary Rosenthal - Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; 0.94 6 5 David Snyder, Oakland CA; Carol Warren, Piedmont CA 58.41% Merle Stetser - Kenneth Lee, Honolulu HI 0.67 6 Carole Collins, Arcadia CA; Barbara Leider, Pasadena CA 55.39% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 4 1.67 1 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 53.88% 15 Tables 1.25 2 Jeannette Stern, Carmel CA; Vicki Williams, Monterey CA 52.38% 21.97 1 Cheryl Haines, San Carlos CA; Norma Bozzini, 0.94 3 Ling Hu - Qi Xia, 51.79% San Mateo CA; Lisa Evans, Danville CA; Linda Gross, Lafayette CA WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS 15.38 2 Joseph Habeich, Portland OR; Paul Hern, 7 Tables Hilton Head SC; Joann Katz - Jerry Katz, Cincinnati OH 8.79 3/4 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson - Paul A B C Harris, Phoenix AZ; Janet Newman, Scottsdale AZ 2.40 1 Pat Rottschaefer - Joshua Rottschaefer, Orange CA; Elizabeth 8.79 3/4 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Randall Rathjen, St Burrell - Kent Burrell, La Habra CA 63.00 Augustine FL; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA; John Herriot, 2.13 2 1 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Melinda Berke, Strongsville OH; Los Angeles CA Wayne Tindall, San Juan TX; Joe Ramirez, Mission TX 61.00 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 5 1.60 3 2 Linda Thieken - Santhe Niedner, Scottsdale AZ; Barbara Dabney, 16 Tables Hayward CA; Sarah Simmerman, San Leandro CA 56.00 20.92 1 Tien Zee, Long Beach CA; Jack Chao, Chino 1.55 1 Mark Hugger, Dexter MI; Marilyn Koch, Comox BC; Ellen Kohjima, CA; Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Chi-Chong Yu, Hacienda Hgts Tacoma WA; Dennis Lebaron, Henderson NV; Kate Walters, Menlo CA Park CA; Sally Newell, Lexington SC 32.00 14.64 2 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Peter Klebofski, San Carlos CA; Theo Allen - Jeffrey Allen, Armonk NY 8.37 3/4 Elizabeth Hayes, Palm Bch Shores FL; Joseph WEDNESDAY A/X SIDE SWISS TEAMS Seubert, Mineral VA; Jane Rusch, Bay Head NJ; Selma LeVine, 57 Tables / Based on 87 Tables Palm Beach Gdns FL A X 8.37 3/4 Giorgia Botta, Rome 00135 Italy; Peggyann 12.17 1 Marcos Thoma, San Paula, Sp 0 Brazil; Stefano Tommasini - Joao Dib - Klein, New York NY; Jesse Stern, Orlando FL; Gerda Reimers, Leao Carvalho, Sao Paulo Brazil; Pablo Ravenna, Buenos Aires 14 Argentina 70.00 Colorado Spgs CO; Mary Ann Chestnut, Kalispell MT 9.13 2 1 , Amsterdam Netherlands; Han Peters, 6536 Hv Nijmege TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 6 Netherlands; Owen Lien - Magnus Lundgren, Hendersonville NC; Shane 16 Tables Blanchard, New York NY 65.00 19.10 1 Joshua Parks, Charlottesvl VA; Alex Dezieck, 6.85 3 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Vern Nunnally - Thomas Loveday, Sequim US; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta WA; John Cox, St Maries ID 61.00 GA 4.49 4/5 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; David Grainger, 13.37 2 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Douglas Grant, Roseville CA; Janet Macchi, Statham GA; , Dallas TX; San Francisco CA , Waterloo ON 57.00 7.64 3/4 Karen Caton - Caron Peck - Sue Gilbreath - 4.49 4/5 John Schwartz, Plano TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Wayne Eggers, Charles Brown, Arlington TX Woodridge IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 57.00 7.64 3/4 J Spencer Emtage, Del Mar CA; Christine 4.90 6 2 Martin Weiss - Beverly Weiss, Pasadena CA; Isaac Eskenazi - Sonja Denny, Encinitas CA; Lynn Wells - Janice Wells, Oceanside CA Spieker, Englewood NJ 56.00 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 7 2.17 7 Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Stephen Nafus, Boise ID; Robert Donaldson, 12 Tables Ogden UT; James Flesher, Salt Lake City UT 55.00 14.73 1 Jane Trahms - Cindy Moat, Lakeville MN; Kay 1.62 8 Edgar Hurt Jr - Diane Hurt, Lk Havasu Cty AZ; Alan Myerson - Abby Johnson, Minneapolis MN; Shelly Husebo, Eden Prairie MN Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 54.00 10.31 2 Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA; Peggy Chen, 1.35 9 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Gerald Saratoga CA; Robert Horowitz - Richard DeVaul, Los Altos CA Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 51.00 5.89 3/4 Joel Mashbaum, Ellicott City MD; Kathy Rooney, Gooding ID; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD; Pat Moore, 3.67 3 Vincent Cheng - Lorna Cheng, Visalia CA; Sandy Denison - Maynard Corvallis OR Denison, Bakersfield CA 49.00 5.89 3/4 Robert Kromm, St Clair Shrs MI; Penelope 2.75 4 Debra Hyatt, Westminster CO; Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ; Rudolph, Grosse Pointe MI; Phyllis Zimmerman, Warren MI; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina 1123 Argentina; Carlos Pellegrini, Marie Schwanitz, Gross Pt Woods MI Buenos Aires Argentina 48.00 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 8 2.07 5 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ; Diana Tenery - 14 Tables Larry Ascher, Englewood NJ 47.00 14.03 1 Robert Guerard, Brossard QC; J-Francois 1.55 6 Bill Carlson, Minnetonka MN; Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL; Wayne Gergen, Guillemette - Norma Fajardo-Solache - Irma Lopez-Solache, Minneapolis MN; Jeff Dziuk, Maplewood MN 45.00 Montreal QC 9.82 2 Kenneth Shafer, Petaluma CA; Patrick Thompson - Sohail Hasan, New York NY; Karen Kulander, Sunnyvale CA 5.61 3/4 Vilas Bankar - L Mizrahi, Bakersfield CA; Jerry Schmitt, Tehachapi CA; Edward Mizrahi, Encino CA 5.61 3/4 David Kroft, Thornhill ON; Mary Regottaz, Kenner LA; Marilyn Seward, Metairie LA; Henrik Rud Pedersen, Rodovre Denmark ♠♥♦♣ Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 17

WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 9 39.0 Tables 16 Tables A B C 12.31 1 Alain Cardinal, Newbury Park CA; Jacques Simard, Montreal QC; Marcie Avrith, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC; Sylvie 7.43 1 1 Harry Falk, Palm City FL; Rick Larkin, St Cloud FL 66.24% Labelle, Brossard QC 5.57 2 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 63.31% 8.62 2 Robert Krause - Linda Krause, Hacienda Hghts 4.39 3 Bruce Cuthbertson, Vancouver WA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 63.16% CA; Bonnie Louis, Tustin CA; Ilana Brodie, Irvine CA 3.13 4 John Stafford, Seattle WA; Rose Bolson, Lake Forest Par WA 61.54% 4.92 3/4 Jennifer Duval - Vera Huelbig - Terry Ahern, 2.35 5 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 61.08% Santa Clara CA; George Welch, San Jose CA 1.76 6 Erez Hendelman - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 59.62% 4.92 3/4 Linda Burke, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellie Schwartz - Valerie Tritt, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Jacqueline Eby, 4.32 2 Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS; Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK 58.60% Wellesley MA 3.36 3 Alan Hendrickson, North Bend WA; Kent Harold, Redmond WA 58.15% 2.43 4 Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Robert Hope, Provost AB 57.24% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET I 1.82 5 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Charles Brown, Arlington TX 56.28% 16 Tables 1.37 6 Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Linda James, Melbourne FL 55.67% 27.97 1 Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA; Lou Reich, Wheaton MD; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 2.43 1 Michael Cotter, Brooklyn NY; Thomas Oliver, Fountain Vly CA 55.31% 19.58 2 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; John Jones, Santa 1.82 2 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 51.62% Fe Sprgs CA; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, 1.37 3 Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA 51.01% Vancouver BC 1.03 4 Ronald Saldino, Big Bear Lake CA; Stefan Klein, Big Bear City CA 46.31% 12.59 3 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Santa Clara CA; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel WEDNESDAY B/C/D SIDE SWISS TEAMS Aviv 62267 Israel 9.79 4 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Les Bart - Gloria 31 Tables Bart, Bradenton FL; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA B C D 6.22 1 J Spencer Emtage, Del Mar CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET II Lynn Wells - Janice Wells, Oceanside CA 68.00 16 Tables 4.67 2 Arthur Bergman - Jacqueline Bergman, Panama City FL; Dianne 21.44 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Adam Kaplan, Crunk - Valeria Kittinger, Mammoth Lakes CA 64.00 New Port Richey FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 4.70 3 1 1 Phillip Calloway, Canoga Park CA; James Gardner, Northridge CA; 15.01 2 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra William Raines - Wayne Beagle, Woodland Hills CA 56.00 Rimstedt, New York NY; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; 3.53 4/5 2 Joyce Williamson, Kirkland WA; Susan Swope - Elaine Lieberman, Cecilia Rimstedt, 421 41 Vastra F Sweden Seattle WA; Sandra Juhansoo, Boca Raton FL 54.00 9.65 3 Roger Snowling, Hamilton ON; Gary Westfall, 2.30 4/5 Robert Walstad, Whitefish MT; Donald Doan - Mary Ann Chestnut, Brampton ON; Andrew Firko - Joseph Sauro, Oakville ON 7.50 4 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Judy Kalispell MT; Gerda Reimers, Colorado Spgs CO 54.00 Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Ala 2.64 6 3 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Ann Sobol, Nepean ON Atcheson, Fairfax VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA 51.00 2.51 4/5 2 Terry Gardner, Castro Valley CA; Lynn Taylor, Salt Lake City UT; WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET III Steven Drucker, Oakland CA; Sharon Weintrob, Wayne PA 48.00 16 Tables 1.74 4/5 David Kroft, Thornhill ON; Henrik Rud Pedersen, Rodovre Denmark; 17.11 1 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Radu Nistor, Edison NJ; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Barbara McLendon, Marilyn Seward, Metairie LA; Mary Regottaz, Kenner LA 48.00 New York NY 1.88 6/7 3 Liane Brennar - Kim Lazarus - Joan Gross - Charise Hollander, 11.98 2 Melvin Levine - Margie Schrader - William San Diego CA 43.00 Curtis, Colorado Spgs CO; Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI 0.98 6/7 Susan Panter - Ronald Morris - Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara 7.70 3 Judy Harris - Tom McNie, Salmon Arm BC; CA; Phil Kaiser, Goleta CA 43.00 Doug Hansford - Dennis Groden, Surrey BC 1.41 4 Christopher Gillmon - Alan Greenberg - Valerie Greenberg, Ojai 5.99 4 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, CA; Mark Robbins, Oak View CA 41.00 Saint Paul MN; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 96.0 Tables / Based on 143 Tables WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET IV A X 16 Tables 14.45 1 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, 32.62 1 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 63.06% Amesbury MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 24.47 2 Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Miho Sekizawa, Tokyo, Japan 62.66% 10.12 2 Haibo Zhao, People’s Republic of China; 18.35 3 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 62.09% Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Andrew Symons, Falkirk United 13.76 4 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Jack Beers, Oakland CA 61.77% Kingdom; Fiona Greenwood, Scotland United Kingdom 15.75 5 1 Tim Tilton, Bloomington IN; Richard Claussen, Bethlehem PA 61.77% 6.50 3 Edgar L’Heureux, White Rock BC; Jane 9.32 6 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam, Netherlands 61.45% Youngberg - John Lien - Liz Stoneman, Surrey BC 5.06 4 Frank Cook - Perry Richardson, Montgomery 8.29 7 Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA; Shirley Carroll, Indian Wells CA 61.38% AL; Don Haney, Trussville AL; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 12.01 8 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 60.40% 6.52 9 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Maija Romanovska, Riga Region Latvia 59.29% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET V 5.93 10 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 58.96% 12 Tables 5.44 11 Charles Martineau, St-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 58.59% 9.59 1 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Stephen 5.58 12 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 58.08% McDevitt, Medford MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Vincent Koon Kam King, US 4.66 13 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 57.95% 6.71 2 Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA; Tracey Bauer, 5.66 14 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 57.77% San Rafael CA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, 4.08 15 Greg Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 57.42% Naperville IL 5.16 16 Gary Tomczyk - Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV 57.35% 4.32 3 James Tanner, Highland CA; Owen Kustner - 4.10 17 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 57.02% Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; David Kennedy, San Bernardino CA 4.00 18 Connie Goldberg - Rui Marques, Merion Sta PA 56.55% 3.36 4 Luc Gagnon - Sylvie Levesque - Denise 11.81 19 2 Catherine McLeod, Eden NC; Peter Attwood, Sarnia ON 56.46% Leclerc - Yves Decelles, Baie-Comeau QC 3.11 20 Christopher Welland - , New York NY 56.38% 2.97 21 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 56.16% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET VI 8.86 22 3 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA 56.00% 12 Tables 6.64 4 John Ramos, W Hollywood CA; Brady Richter, Summit NJ 55.80% 7.19 1 Benjamin Kompa - Xiyuan Ge, Chapel Hill NC; Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY 5.25 5 Matt Cory - Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN 55.18% 5.03 2 Myrna Keisman - Sue Projain, Boca Raton FL; 4.50 6 Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 55.04% Jack Meng - Judy Keilin, Danville CA 3.94 7 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 54.73% 3.24 3 Louie Coletti - Linda Coletti, Mesquite NV; 3.50 8 Erik van Egmond - Madelon Spek, Leidschendam 54.40% Bharat Shah - Sudha Shah, Rancho Santa Fe CA 3.15 9 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA 54.23% 2.52 4 Benny Mahlberg - Arlene Mahlberg, Discovery 2.86 10 Kyoko Sugita, Japan; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 54.20% Bay CA; Rosemary Erwin - Joanne Wicker, Morgan Hill CA 2.63 11 Flo Heilig - Charles Heilig, Virginia Beach VA 54.07% WEDNESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET VII 16 Tables 5.81 1 Joseph Lieberman, Los Angeles CA; John Krah cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA; Aaron Mohrman, US Be Scent-sitive! the commonly reported symptoms are intense 4.07 2 Nolan Chang, San Gabriel CA; Cole Spencer, Some people have an extreme sensitivity to headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a Fayetteville AR; Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; Evan Berman, fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL Sarasota FL trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related 2.61 3 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Nancy Shirley, clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that problems. For these individuals, the issue is much Escondido CA; Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Jeanine Graham, prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The more serious than simply disliking a particular Tumwater WA ACBL has not issued an official policy on the smell — it’s a real health problem. 2.03 4 Hunter McClain - Kenneth Ramaley, Fort Mill matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill SC; J Pat Fourspring, Hendersonville NC; Judith Hartz, Missoula The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the MT of its members to refrain from using fragrances. consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to Because requires players to play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, be in close proximity to each other, individuals perfume or scented lotions. who suffer from fragrance-related reactions Page 18 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 1 WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 12 Tables Haitao Liu, 100028 People’s Republic of China; Xiao Feng Zhang 91.0 Tables / Based on 185 Tables - Yu Wei Wu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Lidang Dong, 125.00 1 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Jose Robles, Santiago Chile 2924.14 Shaanxi 710000 People’s Republic of China 93.75 2 Giuseppe Failla, Catania Italy; Dario Attanasio, Acicastello Italy 2886.88 vs 70.31 3 Larry Sealy - Jim Foster, US 2863.12 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Sumit Mukherjee, 55.56 4 Sophie Dauvergne, France France; Bernard Dauvergne, Ramonville France 2855.87 Kolkata Wb 91 India; Bhabesh Saha, Kolkata West Be India; 50.00 5 Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo 90163 Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 2842.82 Debabrata Majumder, West Bengal J00 India; Pritish Kushari, Kolkata India; Keyzad 45.45 6 Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 2831.44 Anklesaria, Ahmedabad 38001 India 41.67 7 Zachary Brescoll - H Hunt, Charlotte NC 2800.38 38.46 8 Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 2798.81 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; 35.71 9 Kiz Fung, Edmonton AB; Marin Marinov, New York NY 2794.38 Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G 33.33 10 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 2774.65 Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 31.25 11 Kenneth Klein - Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ 2772.77 vs Bernard Payen, France 94430 France; Erick Mauberquez, Paris 29.41 12 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 2771.26 France 75 France; Philippe Soulet, 75116 France; Thierry De 27.78 13 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 2768.11 Sainte-Marie, 75017 Paris France; Christophe Oursel, Clichy 26.32 14 Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 2749.69 France 25.00 15 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Harley Bress, McGrath AK 2733.28 23.81 16 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 2732.16 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 2 14 Tables 22.73 17 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 2728.02 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion 21.74 18 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Brian Hartwig, Laurel MD 2709.30 MI; Petur Gislason, ; Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland 20.83 19 Heather MacGregor - Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 2700.65 vs 20.00 20 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 2687.55 Wayne Christensen Jr, Laporte TX; Gerald Mindell, Chicago IL; 19.23 21 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 2674.39 Herbert Fallin Jr - La Quitta Talbot, Keller TX 18.52 22 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 2673.62 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA; 17.86 23 Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 2672.86 Jack Lee - Rock Shi Yan - Guoxu Zhang, Richmond BC; David 17.24 24 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 2664.22 Yu, Burnaby BC 16.67 25 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 2656.33 vs 16.13 26 , Reading R Great Britain; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 2656.26 Archie Topalian - Harold Farnsworth - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake 17.65 27 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 2653.47 City UT; Rodney Organt, Salt Lake Cty UT 15.15 28 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 2646.55 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 3 14.71 29 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 2643.82 14 Tables 14.29 30 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 2640.99 Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX; Shirley Shelton, Longview TX; 13.89 31 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 2639.47 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Judith Hess, Kirkland WA 13.51 32 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Egypt 2630.38 vs 22.61 33 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 2630.30 Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; , Dallas TX; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Maria Myllari - Vesa Fagerlend - Arrtu 12.82 34 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Keith Woolf, Mentor OH 2625.34 Karhulahli, Finland 17.06 35 Tarun Badiani - Patrick Bocken, Middlesex England 2619.12 12.20 36 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 2618.46 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH; A J 11.90 37 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 2617.68 Stephani, Cincinnati OH; John Meinking, Maineville OH 11.63 38 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 2616.69 vs 11.36 39 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 2612.26 Timothy Toderash - Donald Cattani - Tim McCormack, Thunder Bay ON; Ken Cressman - Susan Cressman, Gorham ON 18.78 40 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 2610.93 10.87 41 Samantha Punch, Stirling, UK; Elizabeth McGowan, Midlothian United Kingdom 2609.52 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 4 10.64 42 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Ronnie Berr, Savion Israel 2604.45 12 Tables 12.10 43 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 2602.40 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Eric Schulz - Mary 10.20 44 Mike Dorn Wiss - James McAvoy, Victoria BC 2601.00 Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH; Patricia Foutz, Christiansburg VA 10.00 45 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 2592.07 vs Terry Darwin - Catherine Fortney, Millbrae CA; Daniel McGuire - 9.80 46 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 2589.05 Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 9.62 47 Edward Foran - , Marietta GA 2583.74 10.21 48 Kiran Gulati - Subhash Gulati, Bloomfield MI 2580.42 Steven Ackerman - Estelle Kevitch, Salt Lake City UT; Ann Morin 9.26 49 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY 2579.08 - William Aeschbacher, Park City UT 9.09 50 Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA 2572.49 vs David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Barbara Maniscalco - James Maniscalco, La Quinta CA WEDNESDAY 0-3000 ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 1 8 Tables / Based on 30 Tables WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 5 12.60 1 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn,Larchmont NY 97.00 15 Tables 9.45 2 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Sharon Fauss, Central Point OR; Shirley Jobes,Winnabow Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Carol Holmes, Meridian ID; Debra NC; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 85.00 Pride, Laguna Woods CA; Pamela Keim, Regina SK vs 7.09 3 Linda Lord, Schomberg ON; Sonia Ostroff, Pickering ON; John Stafford,Newcastle Raianne Heading - Patrick Heading, Ormond Beach FL; ON; Judy Singer, Scarborough ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 80.00 Christopher Forte - Per Berg, Palm Coast FL WEDNESDAY 0-3000 ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 2 David Findley - Blythe Olshan Findley, Westchester IL; Russell 8 Tables / Based on 14 Tables Fox, Las Vegas NV; Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA 6.75 1 Robert Arnett - Nancy Reader - Anne Gorry, Houston TX; Jim Hargrove Jr,Oakland CA 92.00 vs Donna Casey - Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL; Thomas Aldrich 5.06 2 Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON; Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON; Tony Robson,Arlington III, Palatine IL; Gordon Parks, Long Grove IL VA; Joe Hertz, Sterling VA 85.00 3.80 3 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Lucilla Edwards, Pahrump NV; Daniel Stone -Janet Stone, WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 6 Madison WI 75.00 16 Tables Cao Yi - Huang Zi Zhong, People’s Republic of China; Wang WEDNESDAY 0-3000 ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 3 Wei, Shanghai 201199 People’s Republic of China; Shu Wei, Shanghai 200051 People’s Republic of China 8 Tables / Based on 11 Tables vs 5.66 1 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Michael McDonald, Rochester Hls MI; Alice Layman, Charlottesville VA; Maggie Eckman, Palmyra VA; Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY; Brian Wyman, Neptune Nancy Holley, Visalia CA; Mavis De Pass, Exeter CA City NJ 98.00 4.25 2 Matthew Connor - Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY; William Kraybill, Lewis Ctr Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Virginia Bright, Lakeside MT; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT OH; Alex Balandin, New City NY 90.00 vs 3.18 3 Guy Franklin, Chicago IL; Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL; Jack Windecker - Genise Hasan, Claremont CA; Judy Feder, New York NY; Susan Orton Wocker, Toronto ON 85.00 Emminger, Upland CA; Linda Ananea, San Dimas CA WEDNESDAY 0-3000 ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 4 10 Tables 5.11 1 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Theresa Schneider - Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 95.00 3.83 2 Peter Galbraith, Blakely Is WA; Catherine Hess, Blakely Island WA; Katie Fagan - Thomas Fagan, Kailua HI 91.00 2.87 3 Giovanni De Nitto - Therese De Nitto, Brossard QC; Roger David - Lise Bedard, Longueuil QC 89.00 2.16 4 Donald Hixson - Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD; Harold Fellerman - Bonnie Fellerman, Maple Grove MN 79.00

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was Ronald Saldino of Big Bear Lake CA. His Scottsdale AZ. Life Master news teammates were Eiko Miller, Big Bear City CA, Sohail Hasan of New York NY became a Dana McWilliams of Brownstown MI became and Arlene Elder, Big Bear Lake CA. Silver Life Master by finishing second in Bracket a Life Master by finishing second in the Gold Rush Myriam Milgrom of Port St. Lucie FL 8 of the Tuesday-Wednesday KO. His partner was Swiss Teams on Tuesday. She needed 1.29 points advanced a rank to Diamond Life Master. She Patrick Thompson and his teammates were Karen for her gold card and won 9.83. Her partner was surpassed 5000 points in May, but the 32 points Kulander and Kenneth Shafer. Kathleen Beatty, Loganville GA. Her teammates she won on OKbridge that month were not sent to Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA, were Richard Muntz, Brownstown Township MI, ACBL until she departed for the Summer NABC. became a Silver Life Master playing in the Mini- and Susan Yester, Birmingham MI. Diane Cohen, Clifton NJ, became a Life Spingold II KO Teams. Her team made it to the Stefan Klein of Big Bear City CA became a Master by winning the Wednesday Daylight Gold quarterfinals. She played with her husband, Tim Life Master by finishing second in Bracket 5 of the Rush Swiss Teams. She needed 7.32 gold points. White. Their teammates were Bonnie Broders and Monday-Tuesday KO. He needed less than 4 points Cohen’s teammates were David Cheng of Palo Alto captain for Life Master status and earned 9.03. His partner CA, Marge Paul of Indio CA and Ronald Grantz of Christopher Class. Page 20 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

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WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Norm Morrison, Brentwood NH; Robert Howard, Ogunquit ME 60.42% 1 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Scott Smith, Bloomington MN 57.74% 2 1 Harvey Rosenberg, Livermore CA; D Lynn Shaeffer, Pleasanton CA 56.85% 2 Jerrold Smith - Gerald Kukal, Las Vegas NV 54.76% 3 2 Joann Okumura - Nancy Sparrow, Salt Lake City UT 52.68% 3 Steve Kasner, Bellevue WA; Wende Keirsey, Kent WA 51.79% 4 3 Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Tom Jen Kwan, Vancouver BC 52.08% 4 1 Pauline Bullert, Vancouver WA; Krista Kabacy, Ridgefield WA 50.30% 2 Arnold Gieske - Linda Gieske, Los Angeles CA 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Peter Schaff, Lenexa KS; Paul Moss, Saint George UT 57.42% 1 Philip Blackburn, Rocky Mtn House AB; Kathleen Friesen, Trabuco Canyon CA 59.39% 2 2 Paul Lund, Salt Lake Cty UT; Matthew Lund, Palm Springs CA 56.61% 2 1 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 57.70% 3 Mack Caldwell III, Elizabethtown KY; Ronald Covato, Elkton FL 54.86% 3 Susan Haas, Cottonwood CA; Holly Campbell, Lolo MT 52.51% 4 3 Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA; Bette Yaeger, Sunnyvale CA 51.51% 4 2 Julie Cassetta - Karla Ramsey, Bigfork MT 51.32% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Lynn Shapley, Redmond WA; Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 60.71% 1 Michael Kiernan - Maureen Kiernan, West Fargo ND 59.82% 2 Byrd Howie - Linda Valentine, Hattiesburg MS 59.52% 2 Karl Drew - Fay Drew, Las Vegas NV 55.95% 3 2 Terri Schmalz - Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO 52.98% 3 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 55.65% 4 Meg Harrington, Las Vegas NV; Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY 49.40% 4 2 Don Baltz, N Las Vegas NV; Maria Poh, Las Vegas NV 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 60.20% 1 Ginger Hebert - William Freeman, Lafayette LA 65.22% 2 1 Paul Hashfield - Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA 58.16% 2 1 Richard Blacksmith, Las Vegas NV; Michael Blanchard, Henderson NV 56.89% 3 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 54.55% 3 Richard Buhl, Long Beach CA; Timothy Stewart, Washington DC 55.87% 4 Marilyn Ribardo - Ruth McCann, San Jose CA 48.89% 4 Judy Sandberg - Joel Sandberg, Hacienda Hgts CA 52.60% 2 Wynne Begun - Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 48.04% 2 Robert Gray, Prince Frederic MD; Dale Quasny, Covina CA 51.96% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Peter Peca Jr, El Paso TX; James Willson, Dallas TX 64.58% 1 Michael Albert - Daniel AlbertRozenberg, Cambridge MA 59.52% 2 1 Rodger Lesniak - Sandra Lesniak, Madison AL 61.01% 2 Pat Peterson - James Peterson, Fernley NV 57.74% 3 2 Marsha Addis - Sharra Canan, Holden MA 53.57% 3 Oscar Chiodi - Sheila Davis, Las Vegas NV 56.25% 4 Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Joanna Gleason, Chestnut Hill MA 52.08% 4 1 Sheila Ross - Steve Upadhye, Lincoln CA 51.19% 2/3 Liang Fan, Los Angeles CA; Jesse Chao, San Francisco CA 50.89% 2/3 David Dierkes, St Louis MO; Michael Kelly, Ballwin MO 50.89%

WEDNESDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS SECTION W A B C 1 1 1 Sinian Huang - Martin Rademacher, Greece 61.25% 2 Wendy Guongli Lin - Xin Yi Luo, 53.75%

WEDNESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 John Lanigan - Karol Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 57.74% 1 June Cohen - Kenneth Naiff, Scottsdale AZ 63.69% 2 John Spencer - Catherine Spencer, Guelph ON 56.84% 2 1 Jan Benson - Jett Elmer, Topeka KS 62.20% 3 1 Brian Mansunaga, Loomis CA; Agatha Pope, Naples FL 55.06% 3 Laura Palmer, Auburn AL; Lorie Heiberger, Charlotte NC 54.17% 2 Jeannette Stern, Carmel CA; Vicki Williams, Monterey CA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 George Welch, San Jose CA; Terry Ahern, Santa Clara CA 64.25% 1 1 Marlene Felix - Sue Hunter, Los Angeles CA 59.05% 2 2 Guy Audett, Port Orchard WA; Donna Hickling, Falls Church VA 59.68% 2 2 David Snyder, Oakland CA; Carol Warren, Piedmont CA 58.41% 3 3 Carole Collins, Arcadia CA; Barbara Leider, Pasadena CA 55.39% 3 3 Jo Ann Slaten, Colleyville TX; Rui Yang, Beijing Chad 51.07% 4 1 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 53.88% 4 Mark Suhany, Henderson NV; Diana Cooper, Las Vegas NV 49.32% 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 48.09% 2 Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA; Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA 47.65%

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY AFTERNOON-EVENING SIDE GAME WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS HHH JJJ LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bruce Cuthbertson, Vancouver WA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA 63.16% 1 1 Harry Falk, Palm City FL; Rick Larkin, St Cloud FL 66.24% 2 John Stafford, Seattle WA; Rose Bolson, Lake Forest Par WA 61.54% 2 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 63.31% 3 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 61.08% 3 2 Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS; Douglas Fjare, Ponca City OK 58.60% 4 Erez Hendelman - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 59.62% 4 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA 57.79% 5 1 Alan Hendrickson, North Bend WA; Kent Harold, Redmond WA 58.15% 5 3 Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Robert Hope, Provost AB 57.24% 6 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 56.73% 6 4 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Charles Brown, Arlington TX 56.28% 7 Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA 56.02% 7 5 Martha Keller, San Francisco CA; Linda James, Melbourne FL 55.67% 8 2 1 Michael Cotter, Brooklyn NY; Thomas Oliver, Fountain Vly CA 55.31% 8 6 Harry Selldin, Houston TX; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI 55.52% 9 3 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 55.16% 9 David Waterman - Terry Waterman, St George UT 54.86% 10 Joyce Penn, Columbus OH; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 55.11% 10 Sandra Gagnon, la Jolla CA; Robert Johnson, Las Vegas NV 54.05% 11 4 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 55.01% 11 7 Ellen Kuiper - Olga Wright, Calgary AB 53.44% 12 5 David Bryant, Ashland OR; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 54.91% 12 8 Peter Speksnyder - Janet Law, Hamilton ON 53.09% 13 Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Robin Kay, Egg Harbour NJ 54.30% 13 9 Gabriela Marchioni, Sao Paulo Brazil; Laura Marchioni, San Paulo Brazil 52.94% 14 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC 53.80% 14 10 Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Dale Dye, Wyndmoor PA 52.68% 15 6 Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA; David Strauss, San Francisco CA 53.74% 15 11 1 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 51.62% 16 Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Farideh Sigari, Los Angeles CA 53.54% 16 12 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; David Taylor, Seattle WA 51.27% 7 Clinton Lew - Sanford Jones, Claremont CA 52.48% 2 Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA 51.01% 8 Lorraine O’Donnell - Ashok Bhakta, El Paso TX 51.77% 9 Florence Thier - Kay Johnson, Chandler AZ 51.42% 10 Carolyn Staab, Glen Ivy CA; Avice Osmundson, La Habra CA 51.27% 2 Richard Muntz, Brownstown Twp MI; Susan Yester, Birmingham MI 45.04%

WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Jack Beers, Oakland CA 69.31% 1 1 Tim Tilton, Bloomington IN; Richard Claussen, Bethlehem PA 65.54% 2 Greg Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC 65.92% 2 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Maija Romanovska, Riga Region Latvia 61.28% 3 1 Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro Vly CA 61.77% 3 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 60.26% 4 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 60.38% 4 2 John Ramos, W Hollywood CA; Brady Richter, Summit NJ 57.14% 5 2 Lynn Bartz - Ken Imboden, San Jose CA 58.46% 5 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 54.80% 6 3 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA 56.23% 6 Bernard Figueiredo - Hanan Deeby, Vista CA 53.99% 7 John Potter, Panama City FL; Betty Potter, Black Mountain NC 55.23% 7 3 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rch Palos Vrd CA 53.94% 8/9 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 54.31% 8 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL 53.72% 8/9 Charles James - Andrea James, Auburn WA 54.31% 9 Rollie Armacost, Green Valley AZ; Darlene Armacost, Great Falls MT 53.33% 10 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA 53.23% 10 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 53.18% 11 Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 53.08% 11 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Jayendu Patel, Newton MA 53.05% 4 David Legrow, Eagleville PA; John Dickenson, North Wales PA 52.08% 4/5 Bette Maffucci, Norman OK; Jerry Jones, Oklahoma City OK 49.18% 5/6 Eric Swanson, Golden CO; Aaron Carnes, Tucson AZ 49.85% 4/5 James Berglund, Okemos MI; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 49.18% 5/6 Ross Willingham Jr, Federal Way WA; Rita-Ellen Lehr, Bellevue WA 49.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OOO PPP SSS EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Janet Lippmann, Hartsdale NY; Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 67.56% 1 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 58.81% 2 Connie Goldberg - Rui Marques, Merion Sta PA 64.17% 2 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 58.05% 3 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, 3051 Eg, Rotter Netherlands 62.80% 3 1 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA 58.00% 4 Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA; Shirley Carroll, Indian Wells CA 60.98% 4 2 Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 57.95% 5 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 60.73% 5 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 57.24% 6 Charles Martineau, St-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 60.32% 6 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC 55.31% 7 1 Catherine McLeod, Eden NC; Peter Attwood, Sarnia ON 59.16% 7 Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, Oxnard CA 54.91% 8 2 Kyoko Sugita, Japan; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 55.01% 8 3 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Donna Silver, Atlanta GA 54.55% 9 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 54.91% 9 4 Stuart Oulton, Tatamagouche NS; G Chippin, Fredericton NB 54.50% 10 3 Flo Heilig - Charles Heilig, Virginia Beach VA 54.50% 10 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 54.45% 11 4 Erik van Egmond - Madelon Spek, Leidschendam 54.40% 11 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Bill Canfield, St Louis MO 53.29% 12 5 Judy Rice - Peter Rice, Loveland OH 54.20% 12 Gary Tomczyk - Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV 53.24% 13 Christopher Welland - Christal Henner, New York NY 54.00% 13 5 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 52.83% 14 Jack Snyder - Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 53.44% 14 Ronald Susi, Windsor Mills MD; Linda Smith, Annapolis MD 52.68% 15 6 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 53.34% 15 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 51.52% 16 George Vasilevsky - Sali Ma, Las Vegas NV 52.43% 16 6 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 51.21% 17 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Frank Anshen, Setauket NY 51.47% 17 Craig Hemphill - Nancy Mitchell, Jacksonville FL 51.06% 7 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 51.01% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RRR QQQ EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 67.43% 1 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; McKenzie Myers, Beaverton OR 72.07% 2 Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Miho Sekizawa, Tokyo, Japan 66.36% 2 1 , Baltimore MD; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 61.70% 3 1 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 56.85% 3 2 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 56.85% 4 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA 55.59% 4 3 Matt Cory - Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN 55.29% 5 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, des Plaines IL 55.31% 5 4 Nicholas Krall, Del Mar CA; M Ali Mahdavi, Solana Beach CA 53.67% 6 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 55.30% 6 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 53.51% 7 3 Julian Laderman, Bronx NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 54.46% 7 Si Dombu - Adis Dombu, Las Vegas NV 53.49% 8 4 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 54.45% 8 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Alan Kudisch, Farmingdale NY 52.63% 9 Linda Friedman - Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 52.80% 9 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 52.47% 10 Howard Sloan, New York NY; 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Jay Roll, Clovis CA 52.61% 10 John Peter Lagodimos, Chula Vista CA; James Andrews, San Diego CA 52.20% 5 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 49.66% 6 Hongyan Chen - Peijie Zang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 48.80% Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 21

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q R S T U EAST-WEST 1 Michael White, Atlanta GA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 61.54% 1 Kenneth Klein - Harvinder Sidhu, Scottsdale AZ 61.39% 2 Tarun Badiani - Patrick Bocken, Middlesex England 61.39% 2 Zachary Brescoll - H Hunt, Charlotte NC 60.98% 3 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Laura Kenney, San Rafael CA 61.05% 3 Giuseppe Failla, Catania Italy; Dario Attanasio, Acicastello Italy 60.09% 4 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Harley Bress, McGrath AK 60.58% 4 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 59.62% 5 Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 59.19% 5 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Jose Robles, Santiago Chile 58.93% 6 Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 58.95% 6 Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 58.76% 7 Edward Foran - Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 58.87% 7 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 58.48% 8/9 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 58.33% 8 Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA; Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA 58.01% 8/9 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 58.33% 9 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 57.99% 10 Samantha Punch, Stirling, UK; Elizabeth McGowan, Midlothian United Kingdom 56.77% 10 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 57.63% 11 Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo 90163 Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 56.71% 11 Libby Fernandez - Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 57.41% 12 Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ; Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA 56.50% 12 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 57.24% 13/14 Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Sondra Blank, Saint-Laurent QC 55.17% 13 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Cairo Egypt 56.84% 13/14 G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 55.17% 14 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 56.77% 15 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 55.06% 15 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; John Aslin, Seattle WA 55.92% 16 Sophie Dauvergne, France France; Bernard Dauvergne, Ramonville France 55.04% 16 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 55.47% 17 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 54.57% 17 Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 55.19% 18 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 54.34% 18 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 55.13% 19 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Ronnie Berr, Savion Israel 54.21% 19 Rob Crawford, Henderson NV; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 54.76% 20 D Wolkowitz, Brooklyn NY; Gabrielle Sherman, Santa Clara CA 54.15% 20 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 54.70% 21 Mark Donovan - Shona Donovan, Kingston ON 54.06% 21 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 54.68% 22 Melih Sen - Berk Basaran, Instanbul Turkey 53.91% 22 Joan Rubin, Encino CA; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA 54.57% 23/24 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO 53.85% 23 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 54.36% 23/24 Robert Sartorius, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 53.85% 24 William Doroshow, Skokie IL; James Ward, Champaign IL 54.19% 25 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 53.80% 25 Patricia Cummins, St Michael ; Douglas Rotchell, Saskatoon SK 54.15% 26 Larry Sealy - Jim Foster, US 53.59% 26 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 53.95% 27 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 53.57% 27 John Schoenbrun, Cupertino CA; Robert Madalena, San Jose CA 53.89% 28 Mike Lucas - Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 53.50% 28 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 53.82% 29 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 53.25% 29 Mike Dorn Wiss - James McAvoy, Victoria BC 53.78% 30 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Michael Radin, New York NY 52.99% 30 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 53.68% 31 Ray Loftis - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA 52.97% 31 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 53.18% 32 Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA 52.91% 32 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 53.01% 33 Jeffrey Starr, Las Vegas NV; Gary Miller, Marina Del Rey CA 52.71% 33 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 52.99% 34 Kiran Gulati - Subhash Gulati, Bloomfield MI 52.56% 34 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 52.82% 35 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Joe Wilson, Helendale CA 52.48% 35 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 52.59% 36 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Keith Woolf, Mentor OH 52.31% 36 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 52.22%

WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 3RD OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WWW XXX YYY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Howard Sloan - Doug Herron, New York NY 70.01% 1 Stefano Tommasini - Leao Carvalho, Sao Paulo Brazil 64.91% 2 Lilian Yee, Sante Fe NM; Sik Tong Yee, Gilbert AZ 65.01% 2 Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI 64.69% 3 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 64.43% 3 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA 62.96% 4 Nancy Molesworth - Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY 64.42% 4 Pawel Niedzielski, Loda 90-013 Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 62.15% 5 1 Ke Zhang, Grand Forks ND; Michael Roeder, Madison WI 62.95% 5 1 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; John Kropinak, Columbus OH 61.86% 6 Sharon Christenson, Edina MN; Carole Gerk, Las Vegas NV 60.61% 6 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Donald Cline, Ventura CA 60.53% 7 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Maria Abbott, San Francisco CA 58.73% 7 Samuel Jordan - Yoko Jordan, Cardiff CA 60.23% 8 Darleen Bates, Durham NC; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 58.17% 8 2 William Seager - Jean Seager, Coronado CA 58.64% 9 2 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Herb Wiltsek, San Francisco CA 56.45% 9 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 57.67% 10 John Russell, North Barringto IL; William McFall, New Berlin WI 55.86% 10 3 Catherine Tucker - James Willson, Dallas TX 56.93% 11 H Philip Monyer, Middletown PA; Jeremy Lynch, Millersburg PA 55.61% 11 4 Patricia Estes, Maitland FL; Theda Cook, Daingerfield TX 56.67% 12 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Kathryn Shannon, CD 54.40% 12 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 56.29% 13 Charles Grimes, Midland TX; Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 53.75% 13 5 Gary Moye, Marietta GA; Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 56.16% 14 3 Donald Doan, Kalispell MT; Robert Walstad, Whitefish MT 52.71% 14 Nancy Smalley - John Smalley, Beaumont TX 53.50% 15 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 52.41% 15 Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; Michael Weber, Milwaukie OR 53.24% 16 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 52.33% 16 Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL 52.50% 17 4 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Ghada Darawish, Toronto ON 51.12% 17 6 Brian Howard, Bradenton FL; Karen Kribs, Aspen CO 52.23% 18 5 1 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Nancy Shirley, Escondido CA 50.38% 18 7 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 51.84% 6 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA 49.50% 8 Mike Spooner - Martin Rademacher, Glen Allen VA 50.52% 7 3 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA 49.17% 9 Sherry Mann, Saint George UT; James McNerney, St George UT 50.09% 8 Jacqueline Ives, La Jolla CA; Norma Huhn, San Diego CA 49.02% 10 Sudha Shah - Bharat Shah, Rancho Santa Fe CA 49.33% 9 4 John Caffrey, Albuquerque NM; Samuel Borkowsky, Los Alamos NM 48.50% 11 2 Susan Laurenson - Jennifer Delany, 6012 New Zealand 48.86% 10 Theresa Schneider - Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 48.45% 3 Henry Trautwein, Naples FL; Virginia Trautwein, Goleta CA 48.80% 11 Wanda Cavinder - Elizabeth Brown, Indianapolis IN 47.47% 4 Alain Cardinal, Newbury Park CA; Jacques Simard, Montreal QC 46.75% 5 James Calhoun, Arvada CO; Katherine Demong, Denver CO 47.06% 5 Mark Robbins, Oak View CA; Christopher Gillmon, Ojai CA 45.47%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Casey Mackie - Sandra Simon, Glenview IL 62.41% 1 Patricia Lysaught - Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 58.43% 2 2 Geri Murphy - Judi Nicolai, San Francisco CA 61.39% 2 1 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Wilmette IL 57.87% 3 Loretta Green - Donna Phelps, Mesquite NV 60.46% 3 2 1 Cheng Bo Gu - Yi Chen Hao, 57.04% 4 3 Susan Pottery, Vancouver BC; Sharon Allen, Surrey BC 60.00% 4 3 2 Beth Chensoff, Winnetka IL; Helen Ashley, Naples FL 55.93% 5 4 1 Rui Jie Shi - Di Wu, 56.43% 5 4 Yi Hung Zhang - Yuqi Wen, 54.72% 6 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 51.02% 6 Walden Holmgren - Mary Holmgren, Las Vegas NV 50.65% 2 Delores Craig - Russell Johnson, El Paso TX 49.35%

WEDNESDAY MORNIGN 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sandy Fox - Mary Shapiro, Scottsdale AZ 60.04% 1 1 1 Bob Geiser - Judy Geiser, San Diego CA 64.33% 2 2 1 Christine Barkley, Modesto CA; Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA 57.48% 2 2 2 Bill Cox - Bernadine Cox, Hayward CA 56.08% 3 3 Susan Chudacoff, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; James Sackett, Ponte Vedra FL 56.85% 3 3 Hiroko Kitamura - Hideki Kitamura, Chula Vista CA 53.49% 4 4 Edward Easley - Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 50.93% 4 Catherine King, Palos Verdes Es CA; Elizabeth Biggins, Palos Verdes CA 51.49% 2 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 50.63%

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WEDNESDAY MORNIGN 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Sarah Simmerman, San Leandro CA; Kate Hare, Alameda CA 61.90% 1 1 Kathryn Edelman - Daniel Edelman, San Francisco CA 59.52% 2 1 1 Gerald Mackin - Robert Robey, Las Vegas NV 57.14% 2 2 1 Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA; Rui Yang, Beijing Chad 57.14% 3 2 2 Robert Williams, Playa Del Rey CA; Sylvia Christensen, Playa del Rey CA 56.85% 3/4 3/4 2/3 Samuel Sagi, Tucson AZ; Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 56.55% 4 3 3 Kenneth Koutz, Guerneville CA; Robert Rottmayer, Santa Rosa CA 55.06% 3/4 3/4 2/3 Debby Saunders - Steve Saunders, Durango CO 56.55% 4 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Nisarg Shah - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 67.26% 1 1 1 Xin Yi Luo - Wendy Guongli Lin, 58.93% 2 2 H David Law, Agoura Hills CA; Dana Brenner, Chatsworth CA 60.12% 2 2 Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL; Paul Reback, N Palm Bch FL 56.25% 3 3 2 Marty Husted - Judy Husted, Glendora CA 54.17% 3 3 2 Terri Chandler, Campbellsville KY; Hilda Grider, Coulmbia KY 51.49% 4 Barbara Pastine - Ellen Pedersen, Bozeman MT 52.38% 4 4 Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA; Dennis Lebaron, Henderson NV 51.19% 4 3 David Lindstrom - Sandra Lindstrom, Mercer Island WA 50.30%

WEDNESDAY 0-3000 PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS PPP QQQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Carol Holihan, Cary NC; Lena Hoomani, Los Angeles CA 67.01% 1 1 Haobo Fu - Xiaotong Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 66.75% 2 2 1 Michael Cotter, Brooklyn NY; Thomas Oliver, Fountain Vly CA 61.77% 2 2 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 66.13% 3 George Humphrey - Linda Willingham, San Diego CA 60.86% 3 David Rosenstein - Robert Johnson, Portland OR 63.36% 4 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; John Ide, Carson City NV 57.69% 4 3 1 John Tracey - Susan Tracey, La Quinta CA 58.65% 5 3 Richard Darling - Judy Darling, Morrisburg ON 56.15% 5 4 2 Carol Breard, Rancho Mirage CA; Connie Swanson, Palm Desert CA 56.77% 6 4 P East - Deborah East, Winchester KY 56.01% 6 5 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Hank Sheehan, Torrance CA 56.72% 7 5 Mitsuko Kodama - Lester Kodama, Mililani HI 54.38% 7 6 Joan Dziekanksi - Elizabeth Tozer, New York NY 55.08% 8 6 Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA; Leila Greenfield, Studio City CA 52.44% 8 7 Rick Stell, Houston TX; Steve Vaughn, Humble TX 54.69% 9 7 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 51.62% 9 8 Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA; Russell Johnson, Olympia WA 51.59% 10 8 Norma Murray - Joan Crowell, Menard TX 50.83% 10 9 3 Rich Kerr, Calgary AB; Kathleen Ponce De Leon, Phoenix AZ 50.01% 9 2 Sally Nelson, Des Moines IA; Jim Hutter, Ames IA 50.75% 4 Gilbert Frank - Marilyn Hofert, Encino CA 47.69% 3 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Hanna Zhuang, Alhambra CA 49.55% 4 Beverly Meyer, Carson City NV; Ruth Rouse, Gardnerville NV 48.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RRR SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Glenn Crawford - Colleen Armstead, Sun City West AZ 57.34% 1 1 1 Vincent Kwong - Sandra Wong, Markham ON 66.10% 2 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 56.51% 2 2 Michael Copeland, Bozeman MT; Malou Flato, Austin TX 60.69% 3 2 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 55.23% 3 3 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 59.94% 4 3 Cheng Xu - Renfei Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 54.75% 4 4 2 Sandra Livingston - Ronald Livingston, Laguna Beach CA 58.33% 5 4 William Carrell, Moriarty NM; Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD 54.34% 5 5 3 Umesh Reghuram, Fremont CA; Fleurette Demers, Drummondville QC 57.27% 6 5 2 Georgia Smith, Los Ranchos NM; Lois Seibel, Albuqueruque NM 54.11% 6 6 4 Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Greg Chang, Lexington MA 55.94% 7/8 6/7 3/4 Patricia Penty, Aurora ON; Esther Climans, Thornhill ON 53.82% 7 7 Arnold Grushkin - Beverly Grushkin, Indio CA 55.38% 7/8 6/7 3/4 Paul Hagerty - Nancy Hagerty, Oviedo FL 53.82% 8 8 Michael Ravera - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 55.30% 9 8 Jacques Printz, Vancouver BC; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 53.15% 9 9 Sherry Newman - Michael Newman, Encino CA 51.30% 10 9 Erica Stempler, Beechhurst NY; Barbara Cooper, Bayside NY 52.38% 10 Paul Matheson - David Stentz, The Villages FL 49.72% 10 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; James Chan, San Jose CA 52.22%

WEDNESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Jane Witherspoon, Worthington OH; Kimberly Music, Lewis Ctr OH 59.52% 1 1 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Arne Wagner, Piedmont CA 62.20% 2 Norm Morrison, Brentwood NH; Robert Howard, Ogunquit ME 58.33% 2 2 Mary Welch - Joe Welch, Sarasota FL 53.57% 3 1 Julie Cassetta - Karla Ramsey, Bigfork MT 57.14% 3 3 Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Tom Jen Kwan, Vancouver BC 51.79% 4 2 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Colleen Bilas, Palos Verdes CA 51.19% 4 Bennie Vaughan - Catherine Vaughan, Surrey BC 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Jerrold Smith - Gerald Kukal, Las Vegas NV 62.50% 1 1 Kathryn Shannon, CD; Joan Berrington, New Zealand 73.81% 2 Steve Kasner, Bellevue WA; Wende Keirsey, Kent WA 58.63% 2 2 Paul Lund, Salt Lake Cty UT; Matthew Lund, Palm Springs CA 58.33% 3 Mack Caldwell III, Elizabethtown KY; Ronald Covato, Elkton FL 56.85% 3 3 Nisarg Shah - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA 56.55% 4 1 Lynne Castoldi, la Quinta CA; Leigh Castoldi, Renton WA 49.40% 4 Arnold Gieske - Linda Gieske, Los Angeles CA 50.00% 2 William Jeffers, Boulder CO; Katharine Horner, Richmond VA 49.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Richard Buhl, Long Beach CA; Timothy Stewart, Washington DC 58.63% 1 Dianne Rogots - Barbara Quintero, Las Vegas NV 62.20% 2 1 Karen Key, Elk Grove CA; Glenna Cook, San Mateo CA 57.74% 2 William Edwards Jr - Patricia Edwards, Dalton GA 57.44% 3 2 Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Angela Evert, Atlanta GA 52.98% 3 Byrd Howie - Linda Valentine, Hattiesburg MS 54.17% 4 Judy Sandberg - Joel Sandberg, Hacienda Hgts CA 51.79% 4 1 Terri Schmalz - Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO 53.87% 2 Meg Harrington, Las Vegas NV; Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY 44.94% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 65.31% 1 Helen Greer - Evelyn Robinson, Greenville SC 67.26% 2 Marilyn Ribardo - Ruth McCann, San Jose CA 57.14% 2 Richard Bargar - Terry Kay Bargar, Andover MA 56.89% 3 Michael Albert - Daniel AlbertRozenberg, Cambridge MA 54.38% 3 Oscar Chiodi - Sheila Davis, Las Vegas NV 54.76% 4 1 Sheila Ross - Steve Upadhye, Lincoln CA 48.59% 4 1 Paul Hashfield - Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA 52.94% 2 Patricia Wong, Foster City CA; Agnes Lee, Redwood City CA 46.90% 2 Wynne Begun - Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 44.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST 7 8 7 8 1 Michael Kiernan - Maureen Kiernan, West Fargo ND 59.82% 1 Shane Garner - Robert Hartman, Memphis TN 62.20% 2 1 Marsha Addis - Sharra Canan, Holden MA 56.85% 2 Rochelle Lotto, Calabasa CA; Ellen Carrier, Malibu CA 55.65% 3 2 Cheryl Floyd - Patricia Pearcy, Little Rock AR 55.36% 3 1 Eleanor Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL; Victor Lamoureux, Dartmouth NS 55.06% 4 Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Joanna Gleason, Chestnut Hill MA 53.27% 4 2 Rodger Lesniak - Sandra Lesniak, Madison AL 49.11%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 1ST OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Rosemary Kelley - Paul Kelley Jr, San Antonio TX 62.62% 1 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 68.46% 2 Susan Patricelli - Jim Cleary, Surprise AZ 58.38% 2 1 1 Gerald Toole, Livingston TX; Gay Anderson, Allen TX 56.85% 3/4 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 58.00% 3 2 2 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Isha Thapa, Palo Alto CA 56.38% 3/4 1 1 Roswitha Muehl-Kuehner - Subash Nijhawan, Germany Germany 58.00% 4 3 David Bryant, Ashland OR; Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA 56.31% 5 Barbara Dunkley - Barbara Vasilevsky, Las Vegas NV 57.62% 5 William Grosnick - Edie McAlpin, Elkins Park PA 56.23% 6 2 Marilyn Ritter, Livingston NJ; Anita Manes, Boca Raton FL 55.69% 6 Susan Stark, Cleveland OH; Judy Barnett, Oro Valley AZ 55.69% 7 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA 54.00% 7 4 3 Patricia Soulet - De Sainte Marie, Paris France 55.46% 8 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 53.85% 8 5 Barbara Peck - Charles Peck, Houston TX 55.31% 9 Harris Jacobs, Worcester MA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 53.54% 9/10 6 Howard Litsky - Miriam Litsky, Dunwoody GA 54.54% 10/11 3 Don Weglin - Arthur Carey, Henderson NV 53.23% 9/10 Martha Roth, Coronado CA; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 54.54% 10/11 Darleen Bates, Durham NC; Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 53.23% 11 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 54.38% 12 4 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Michael Lipp, Trenton OH 53.15% 12 7 Ashley Szymski, Aurora IL; Gerald Szymski, Westmont IL 54.08% 5 2 Gloria Lee Ray, Los Angeles CA; Edith Morgan, Las Vegas NV 50.62% 8 4 Jacquelyn Sollner, San Diego CA; Loretta Westler, Philadelphia PA 53.38% 6 Barry Belinky, Cincinnati OH; Harold Sanchez, Denver CO 50.54% 9 John Van Cleve, New Albany IN; Russell Van Cleve, Newport Coast CA 50.54% 7 Svetlana Stojsic - B Lantz, Salt Lake City UT 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 William Glass, Clovis CA; Norman Woo, Irvine CA 64.17% 1 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 60.61% 2 Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA; Marilyn Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 61.01% 2 1 1 Mike Peiffer, Colleyville TX; Larry Yarger, West Point NE 59.48% 3 Keith Connolly - Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN 60.54% 3 David Caprera, Denver CO; Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC 58.94% 4 1 Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 59.63% 4 George Drake - Helene Drake, Phoenix AZ 57.74% 5 Steven Adelson - Lillian Zisook, Scottsdale AZ 59.33% 5 2 Harry Selldin, Houston TX; Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI 56.46% 6 Jane Rubin - Bruce Rubin, Las Vegas NV 59.15% 6 John Coone, Vernon BC; Jack Triplett, Inkom ID 55.36% 7 2 Mike McClain, Las Vegas NV; Betty Liddicoat, Los Altos CA 57.75% 7 Joan Zavis, Highland Park IL; Marilyn Kroll, Boca Raton FL 54.97% 8 Sharon Christenson, Edina MN; Carole Gerk, Las Vegas NV 57.70% 8 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; , Wilmington DE 54.52% 9 Harold Emme, Brentwood CA; Carol Emme, Plainfield IL 56.92% 9 Yoshinori Kurachi, Tokyo 13200 Japan; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 53.04% 10 William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 56.47% 10 3 Kathryn Dunlap - David Wagner, Oklahoma City OK 52.98% 11 James Hawkes - Anne Rahtjen Hawkes, Charleston SC 55.53% 11 4 2 Marlene Levitt, West Orange NJ; Arnold Levitt, Jersey City NJ 52.76% 12 3 Ron Westwood, Ventura CA; Teryl Burke, Thousand Oaks CA 54.55% 12 5 Anne Lamport, Ryde Nsw Australia; Simon Stocken, Austin TX 50.43% 4 Carol Linch, Highland Park IL; Beverly Saltz, Delray Beach FL 53.95% 6 Ellie Stauffer - Katherine Niwa, Salt Lake City UT 49.77% 5 Daniel Oditt - Herbert Bartick, Scottsdale AZ 50.99% 6 1 Nicole Abadi, Mexico Mexico; Arnold Silberstein, Delegacion Mig Mexico 48.97% 2 Barbara Pyles, Vancouver WA; Deborah Lackey, Washougal WA 45.53%

WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS EEE FFF EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 63.92% 1 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 61.23% 2 Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 63.54% 2 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 60.85% 3 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 59.15% 3 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 57.54% 4 1 Tim Tilton, Bloomington IN; Richard Claussen, Bethlehem PA 58.00% 4 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Maija Romanovska, Riga Region Latvia 57.31% 5 2 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 57.54% 5 Vic Quiros, Scottsdale AZ; Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ 56.46% 6 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 56.62% 6 Charles James - Andrea James, Auburn WA 55.92% 7 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Jayendu Patel, Newton MA 56.08% 7 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 55.77% 8 3 John Ramos, W Hollywood CA; Brady Richter, Summit NJ 54.46% 8 1 Stephen Cheston, Chicago IL; Katherine Rehak, Oak Park IL 54.54% 9 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Jenkintown PA 53.23% 9 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Jack Beers, Oakland CA 54.23% 10 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL 52.69% 10 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 53.46% 11 Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 52.62% 11 2 Kurt Tackett, Salt Lake City UT; Leon Smith, Salt Lake Cty UT 53.38% 4 Tom Snow - Lori Hays, Arroyo Grande CA 51.54% 3 Ron Lien, Brea CA; Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA 52.23% 5 Bette Maffucci, Norman OK; Jerry Jones, Oklahoma City OK 51.46% 4 Lynn Bartz - Ken Imboden, San Jose CA 48.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH TTT EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 62.00% 1 Steve Mager, Hermosa Bch CA; Shirley Carroll, Indian Wells CA 61.78% 2 Gary Tomczyk - Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV 61.47% 2 Chuck Wong, Danville CA; Kunio Okui, Castro Valley CA 60.22% 3 Phillip Grothus, Houston TX; Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX 61.45% 3 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Drijver, 3051 Eg, Rotter Netherlands 60.09% 4 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 60.12% 4 Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Miho Sekizawa, Tokyo, Japan 58.97% 5 1 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 58.70% 5 1 Dana Hastings - Edward Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 57.73% 6 Janet Becker, Timonium MD; R Jay Becker, New York NY 57.53% 6 Charles Martineau, St-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 56.85% 7 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Melvin Lubart, Hummelstown PA 56.98% 7 Molly Tinsley, Ashland OR; Hy Chansky, Las Vegas NV 56.24% 8 William Watkins, Gatineau QC; Dave Blackman, Barbados 56.06% 8 2 Beverly Busacca, Bakersfield CA; Sharon Wilson, Stratford TX 56.10% 9 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 55.09% 9 Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA; James Klein, Pittsburgh PA 55.94% 10 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 55.03% 10 Robert Fendrick - Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA 55.58% 11 Jerry Keller, Laurel MD; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 54.11% 11 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, des Plaines IL 55.41% 12 Jack Snyder - Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 53.82% 12 Linda Friedman - Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 55.09% 13 2 Catherine McLeod, Eden NC; Peter Attwood, Sarnia ON 53.77% 13 Terry Currie, Houston TX; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 54.49% 14 Arline Fulton, Freehold NJ; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 53.31% 14 3 Erik van Egmond - Madelon Spek, Leidschendam 54.40% 15 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Bill Canfield, St Louis MO 53.17% 15 4 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Vandana Vidwans, Foster City CA 54.00% 16 3 Richard Nordeng, Madison WI; Ann Gillman, Waunakee WI 52.91% 16 5 Flo Heilig - Charles Heilig, Virginia Beach VA 53.64% 17 Susan Jackson - Stephen Jackson, Roseville MN 52.89% 17 6 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 53.50% 4 Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Richard Scoggin, Reno NV 52.13% 7 Gina Schultz - Mary Hildebrand, Lubbock TX 53.17% 5 Barbara Lehrer - Kris Boswinkel, Asheville NC 50.99% 8 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 50.55% 6 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 50.18% Daily Bulletin Thursday, July 24, 2014 Page 23

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS III OOO EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 60.62% 1 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 60.85% 2 Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Amr Elghamry, Monrovia CA 59.85% 2 Curt Soloff, Denver CO; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 60.62% 3 Erwin Linzner, Santa Rosa CA; Antoni Baranski, San Mateo CA 57.00% 3 Royce McCray, Caddo Mills TX; Walter Schafer Jr, Huntington Beac CA 59.23% 4 George Vasilevsky - Sali Ma, Las Vegas NV 56.00% 4 Christopher Welland - Christal Henner, New York NY 58.77% 5 1 Matt Cory - Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN 55.08% 5 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 58.69% 6 David Rogers - Sandy McCay, Naples FL 54.69% 6 1 Preston Morrow - Carolyn Motes Jr, Dallas TX 57.15% 7 Hilary Skolnik - Mel Skolnik, Santa Fe NM 53.62% 7 2 Gregory Nowak, Las Vegas NV; Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI 56.31% 8 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 52.92% 8 3 Judy Rice - Peter Rice, Loveland OH 53.62% 9 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Stephen Lippmann, Hartsdale NY 52.62% 9 4 Kyoko Sugita, Japan; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 53.38% 10 John Peter Lagodimos, Chula Vista CA; James Andrews, San Diego CA 51.54% 10 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 53.31% 2 Nicholas Krall, Del Mar CA; M Ali Mahdavi, Solana Beach CA 50.08% 5 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 52.77% 3 Robert Lass - Cory Perkers, Chicago IL 50.00% 4 Kenneth Walheim, Canoga Park CA; James Rodgers, San Gabriel CA 49.38%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mark Conley - Rohini De Silva,Esq, Encino CA 64.33% 1 1 David Hidley - Kathleen Heckathorn, Murrieta CA 73.50% 2 Barbara Crews - William Crews, El Paso TX 54.50% 2 Carie Boucher, Centennial CO; Karen Birck, Wilton CT 67.33% 3 2 1 Xin Ran Tong - Jia Yin Liu, 52.50% 3 2 1 Brent Xiao - Rory Xiao, Fremont CA 56.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Frisco CO 62.80% 1 1 1 Ling Hu - Qi Xia, 65.77% 2 Loretta Green - Donna Phelps, Mesquite NV 58.04% 2 2 Walden Holmgren - Mary Holmgren, Las Vegas NV 59.52% 3 Pam Schrock, Kenwood CA; Darylan Stratten, Sebastop CA 52.38% 3 Mary Pawlak - Peter Pawlak, Atlanta GA 53.57% 1 1 Qi Song - Gialin Hao, 49.11% 3 Wayne Detmer, Woodbury MN; Jerry Moore, Los Angeles CA 53.27% 2 Sarah Proesel, Winnetka IL; Angela Steger, Wilmette IL 46.13%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sharon Matthews - Mimi Draves, Oxnard CA 56.85% 1 1 1 Nan Turner, Carmel IN; Nancy Cole, Vancouver WA 59.52% 2 2 Anne Newman, Chandler AZ; Maria Davis, Sun Lakes AZ 55.95% 2 2 Howard Maves, Maricopa AZ; Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ 54.76% 3 John Lanigan - Karol Lanigan, Colorado Spgs CO 54.76% 3 3 Jane Adrian, Boca Grande FL; Ingrid Yonker, Berwyn PA 54.46% 4 3 2 Wendy Guongli Lin - Xin Yi Luo, 53.87% 4/5 4/5 Annette Tham - Ann Schweichler, San Rafael CA 52.68% 5/6 4/5 Louise Holmes - John Kotlarsky, Manotick ON 52.38% 4/5 4/5 2 Catherine King, Palos Verdes Es CA; Elizabeth Biggins, Palos Verdes CA 52.68% 5/6 4/5 Brian Mansunaga, Loomis CA; Sandra Burkett, Lincoln CA 52.38% 3 Miriam Kaegi, Novato CA; Martha England, Mill Valley CA 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION W EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Edward Easley - Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 69.90% 1 1 1 Larry Graves - Vicki Graves, La Quinta CA 65.48% 2 2 1 Kate Walters, Menlo Park CA; Ian Cropton, Sg1 2lf United Kingdom 56.21% 2 2 2 Bob Geiser - Judy Geiser, San Diego CA 58.45% 3 3 2 Louella Josset - Selwyn Josset, Dallas TX 56.17% 3 3 Anand Kumar - Kiran Kumar, Walnut CA 56.21% 4 4 Dan Branscum, Oak Harbor WA; Joe Varga, Vancouver WA 54.46% 4 4 Dennis Lebaron, Henderson NV; Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 56.04% 5 5 Steven Munk, Lake Worth FL; Stephen Seidner, West Palm Beach FL 52.46% 5 5 Julie Marquette, Olney MD; Leslie Yanko, Las Vegas NV 52.30% 3 Claire Hammons - Margaret Keeler, Tehachapi CA 48.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 David Lindstrom - Sandra Lindstrom, Mercer Island WA 63.10% 1 1 1 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 58.63% 2 2 Susan Chudacoff, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; James Sackett, Ponte Vedra FL 55.36% 2 2 2 Ingrid Mattinger - Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA 57.44% 3 Claudia Latona - Robert D’Avanzo, Sarasota FL 54.76% 3 3 Sarah Bourland - Mary Tweedie, Bloomington IL 55.95% 4 3 2 Mark Hugger, Dexter MI; Ellen Kohjima, Tacoma WA 53.87% 4 4 3 Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA; Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA 54.17% 5 4 3 Juliana Cargill - Timothy Joseph, Prescott AZ 50.89% 5 5 Paul Reback, N Palm Bch FL; Sharon Reback, N Palm Beach FL 51.49%

Convention card reminder may use only standard carding. This restriction If the director determines the partnership has at Each player is required to have a convention may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent least one substantially completed convention card card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a round after convention cards have been properly but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, session. The convention card must include the first prepared and approved by the director. Further, the the director may give warnings or assign such and last name of each member of the partnership, partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the and the cards must be identical. penalty for each board played, commencing with circumstances. If a director determines that neither player has a the next round and continuing until the restriction is The objective of these warnings and penalties is substantially completed card, the partnership may lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL play only the Yellow Card and discretion of the director. regulations.

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Friday, July 25, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single Paradise North $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning KO Teams 2 of 3 Paradise South $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Friday, July 25, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Pavilion 4 $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Pavilion 4 $16 $20 Friday, July 25, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Conference Room 11, second floor $20 — 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 F TBA $17 — 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 F TBA $17 — Friday, July 25, 1 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 5th Paradise North $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Friday, July 25, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F TBA $20 — Friday, July 25, 1 & 7:30 p.m. FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F TBA $20 ­— 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 0-3000 Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Thursday-Friday KO Teams 3-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Friday-Saturday KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Friday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 6th Paradise North $16 $20 A/X Side Swiss Teams single Paradise South $15 $19 B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Paradise South $15 $19 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom G $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Friday, July 25, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom G $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *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. Page 24 Thursday, July 24, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Thursday, July 24, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Thursday Morning KO Teams 3rd Paradise South $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning KO Teams 1 of 3 Paradise South $16 $20 Wednesday-Thursday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 1st single Paradise North $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Pavilion 4 $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Pavilion 4 $16 $20 0-3000 Round-Robin Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Thursday, July 24, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Conference Room 11, second floor $20 — WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Conference Room 11, second floor $20 — Thursday, July 24, 1 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 3rd Paradise North $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Thursday, July 24, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Ballroom A $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Thursday, July 24, 1 & 7:30 p.m. FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom C $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 4 Pavilion 9 $17 — 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 4 Pavilion 9 $17 — Stratified Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 A/X Pairs (5000+/0-5000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Newly added event. 0-3000 Stratified Pairs (3000/2000/1000) 1-2 Paradise North $16 $20 Thursday-Friday KO Teams 1-2 Paradise South $16 $20 Wednesday-Thursday KO Teams 3-4 Paradise South $16 $20 Thursday, July 24, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 4th Paradise North $16 $20 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Paradise South $15 $19 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom G $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom G $15 $15 Thursday, July 24, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom G $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *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. New events added An A/X Pairs event (5000+/0-5000) has been added to the Las Vegas schedule for Tuesday and Thursday at 1 and 7:30 p.m. each day.

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS O P Q R S T U EAST-WEST 1 Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 64.67% 1 Larry Sealy - Jim Foster, US 67.05% 2 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Little Rock AR 63.75% 2 Sophie Dauvergne, France France; Bernard Dauvergne, Ramonville France 62.13% 3 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Kevin Fay, Columbia MO 62.43% 3/4 Bruce Rogoff, River Vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 60.65% 4 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 61.92% 3/4 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 60.65% 5 David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 60.19% 5 David Lindop, Toronto ON; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 60.08% 6 Massimiliano Di Franco, Palermo 90163 Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 59.95% 6 Brad Carmichael, Kansas City MO; Brian Hartwig, Laurel MD 59.52% 7 Kiz Fung, Edmonton AB; Marin Marinov, New York NY 59.21% 7 Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA; Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA 58.24% 8 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Jose Robles, Santiago Chile 58.89% 8 Zachary Brescoll - H Hunt, Charlotte NC 58.11% 9 Giuseppe Failla, Catania Italy; Dario Attanasio, Acicastello Italy 58.69% 9 Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 57.45% 10 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Joe DeGaetano, Waltham MA 58.45% 10 Anam Tebha - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 57.44% 11 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 57.21% 11 Bill Jacobson, Beachwood OH; Keith Woolf, Mentor OH 56.97% 12 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA 57.18% 12 David Johnson, Calgary AB; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK 55.61% 13 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Ronnie Berr, Savion Israel 56.53% 13 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 55.48% 14 S Fuhrmann, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.50% 14 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Belinda Gu, San Francisco CA 55.24% 15 Heather MacGregor - Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 55.75% 15 Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC 55.24% 16 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 55.60% 16 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 54.89% 17 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 55.39% 17 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 54.69% 18 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 55.32% 18 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 54.44% 19 Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 55.22% 19 Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA 54.29% 20 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 55.19% 20 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 54.22% 21 Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Sun Lakes AZ 54.86% 21 Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ; , Scottsdale AZ 54.20% 22 Robert Priest - Linda Ivanoff, Harrisburg PA 54.73% 22 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 54.03% 23 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY 54.12% 23 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 53.99% 24 Diana Jing, New Westminster BC; Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC 53.99% 24 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL 53.58% 25 William Ehlers, Livingston NJ; Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ 53.94% 25 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 53.55% 26 Chuck Said - Elaine Said, Nashville TN 53.77% 26 Omer Kizilok, Istanbul; Erdem Ozturk, Istnbul 53.16% 27 Mike Dorn Wiss - James McAvoy, Victoria BC 53.25% 27 Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 53.03% 28 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Donna Christensen, Laguna Beach CA 53.14% 28 Jon Wright - Greg House, San Diego CA 52.82% 29 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 53.13% 29 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 52.68% 30 Ed Lazarus - Diane Lazarus, Baltimore MD 53.11% 30 Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA 52.58% 31 Paul Lewis - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 52.81% 31 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 52.36% 32 John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 52.75% 32 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY 52.33% 33 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 52.54% 33 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO 52.21% 34 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 52.00% 34 Ahmed Rabie, Henderson NV; Ahmed Yousry, Manyal Cairo Egypt 52.18% 35 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 51.91% 35 Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Harley Bress, McGrath AK 52.15% 36 Rob Crawford, Henderson NV; Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA 51.76% 36 Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Elizabeth McGowan, Midlothian United Kingdom 52.02%

WEDNESDAY 0-3000 PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Margaret Breeden - James Breeden, Carson City NV 63.22% 1 1 1 Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Greg Chang, Lexington MA 66.58% 2 2 Betty Williams, Bainbridge Is WA; Gayle Grubb, Newport Beach CA 58.51% 2 2 2 Paul Hagerty - Nancy Hagerty, Oviedo FL 59.60% 3/4 3/4 Emily Robinson, Houston TX; Eric Robinson, New York NY 58.15% 3 3 3 Michel Trudel, Granby QC; Pierrette Desmarais, St-Hyacinthe QC 59.06% 3/4 3/4 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL 58.15% 4 4 Michael Copeland, Bozeman MT; Malou Flato, Austin TX 55.07% 5 David Ruoff - Susan Ruoff, Corona CA 55.34% 5 5 Janice Hanna, Prescott Valley AZ; Bonita Katt, Marana AZ 53.99% 6 5 Mary Cornelius - Ken Cornelius, Portland OR 54.80% 6 6 4 Sandra Livingston - Ronald Livingston, Laguna Beach CA 52.99% 7 6 2 Vincent Kwong - Sandra Wong, Markham ON 54.53% 7 7 Patricia Penty, Aurora ON; Esther Climans, Thornhill ON 52.54% 8 7 Harlan Ellis, Visalia CA; Marcie Buford, Hanford CA 53.71% 8 8 Kris Digre, Conroe TX; Lawrence Wolfson, Schaumburg IL 52.08% 9 8 3 Glenn Crawford - Colleen Armstead, Sun City West AZ 52.99% 9 9 Anne Whitaker - Gertrude Callahan, Henderson NV 51.63% 10 9 4 Georgia Smith, Los Ranchos NM; Lois Seibel, Albuqueruque NM 52.63% 10/11 Jacques Printz, Vancouver BC; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 51.27% 10/11 William Thorp, Dana Point CA; Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON 51.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQQ PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Rosenstein - Robert Johnson, Portland OR 64.95% 1 1 1 Carol Weiss, White Plains NY; Joseph DiBenedetto, Scarsdale NY 61.87% 2 1 1 Elaine Brestel, Greenville NC; William Bidermann, San Diego CA 61.96% 2 2 P East - Deborah East, Winchester KY 60.24% 3 2 Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA; Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 59.15% 3 3 Albert Lauber - James Beller, Washington DC 58.24% 4 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA 57.97% 4 4 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Hank Sheehan, Torrance CA 57.25% 5 3 Rick Stell, Houston TX; Steve Vaughn, Humble TX 55.25% 5/6 5/6 Carol Holihan, Cary NC; Lena Hoomani, Los Angeles CA 56.61% 6 4 John Pringle - Susan Pringle, Rio Verde AZ 52.45% 5/6 5/6 Richard Darling - Judy Darling, Morrisburg ON 56.61% 7 5 2 Betty Witteried, Hill CA; Judy Zimmerer, Fresno CA 52.36% 7 George Humphrey - Linda Willingham, San Diego CA 55.43% 8 6 Joan Dziekanksi - Elizabeth Tozer, New York NY 51.18% 8 7 2 J Kardach, Vacaville CA; John Kardach, Melbourne FL 55.25% 9 7 Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly, Sun City Center FL 51.09% 9 8 3 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Hanna Zhuang, Alhambra CA 54.53% 10/11 8/9 3 John Tracey - Susan Tracey, La Quinta CA 50.45% 10 9 4 Carol Zanio - Kenneth Zanio, Lake Forest CA 53.17% 10/11 8/9 Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA; Russell Johnson, Olympia WA 50.45% 4/5 Carol Breard, Rancho Mirage CA; Connie Swanson, Palm Desert CA 47.10% 4/5 Susan Colby - Reg Watt, Garland TX 47.10%