Friday, March 29, 2019 Volume 61, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski ACBL tackles governance Close matches and romps in Vandy Rd. of 16 changes, cheating issues Thursday’s round of 16 in the Vanderbilt KO By Russ Jones, ACBL President Teams saw several close contests and several not- The Board of Director (BOD) meetings from of Fame, NABC so-close ones. the Memphis NABC are now in the history books. scheduling, etc. In the close matches, Marty Seligman and The Board met for two long, productive days There is a lot company (No. 5) got the boot from George to discuss various motions, approve the 2019 of work to be done Mittelman’s squad (No. 12), 126-112. Team budget, and discuss the development of a strategic on this plan and a Lavazza (No. 4, captain) held on plan to be put in place for 2020. In addition, the lot of questions to against Daniel Zagorin (No. 13), 141-123. Warren governance committee of the BOD arrived in be answered. We Spector’s team took the measure of Dano De Memphis a day earlier than usual to work on currently have a task Falco’s squad 133-115, and Mike Levine’s lineup the first draft of a new governance plan, which force composed of stayed in control against Jim Mahaffey, 142-132. was discussed at the Board of Governors (BOG) BOD/BOG members The closest match of the round took place meeting in Memphis. who will be meeting between the No. 3 seed led by Andrew Rosenthal While still very much in the development electronically over and the No. 14 seed captained by Richard Coren. stages, the initial draft includes two governing the next couple of months and face-to-face at the After two late-night appeals, Rosenthal (who bodies – the Executive Board (now the BOD) and Las Vegas NABC. We welcome your thoughts had had won the match by 3 IMPs at the end of the Senate (now the BOG). The Executive Board and ideas. continued on page 4 would consist of approximately nine members One of the motions passed in Memphis was and would be charged with the general overall a BOG proposal to permanently expel players guidance of the League with focus on strategic convicted of collusive cheating without the Rosenberg, Grossack planning, accounting, and Executive Director possibility of readmission. The final versions in front in Silodor review. The Senate would be charged with the of the motion that passed would apply to Michael Rosenberg and Adam Grossack are oversight of all bridge-related business. This “premeditated collusive cheating at an NABC leading the after Thursday’s would include , , Hall continued on page 5 qualifying sessions. They scored 64.77% in the first session and 60.92% in the second for a carryover of 315.25 – three and a half boards on a Queen of the Clubs race 90 top. Irva Kay Eugene and Salem – places an hour or two away They have a half-board lead on the second- Neyhart plays a lot – as well as Corvallis and nearby Albany. All place qualifiers, Mark Dahl of Richmond VA and of bridge. together it’s about 450 sessions a year. of Memphis TN, whose carryover So much that “The last three years, that’s been my life,” is 269.43. Narrowly in third place with a carryover she’s won the Neyhart said. “I do take a week off here and there, of 264.95 are Russell Samuel of Coram NY and national Ace of spend time with my grandchildren. But even then, Patricia Griffin of Sausalito CA. Clubs race three I take a night off to play bridge.” She’s started In fourth are Adam Parrish and Greg times in a row in teaching the grandkids, who are 8 and 10 – or as Humphreys with 245.55, and in fifth with 243.97 three consecutive she describes it, “old enough that I can bring them are Eric Greco and . Jacob Freeman, brackets, this past to the club.” 18, and Finn Kolesnik, 14, qualified in sixth place. year in the 5000– With all the tournaments added onto her A field of 182 pairs advanced to today’s final 7500 bracket, with club points, Neyhart finished seventh in her sessions. a point total good enough to also win the next Mini-McKinney bracket, behind six professional higher bracket. players, with more than 1000 masterpoints in But don’t call her Helen Shanbrom yet. 2018. It was the second-highest total among all Zhu, Kent lead Although Neyhart racked up more than 600 black players in District 20, after bridge pro Roger points last year, she didn’t do it sitting in one McNay. Women’s Pairs Chicago-area players Judy Zhu and Ellen spot at the club in Corvallis OR where she lives. The NABCs are becoming a part of her Kent lead the qualifiers in the Smith Life Master Neyhart plays in about 15 tournaments a year, at schedule more frequently since going to her first Women’s Pairs. In Thursday’s opening round, Zhu least 10 in the Northwest and three or four others one in 2016, and this year she’ll go to all three and Kent posted a 64% in the first session and a further away. Even her club schedule requires an for the first time. She came to Memphis to play in 63% in the second to take a carryover of 85.39 unusual amount of travel. Neyhart plays 25–30 the with McNay. She plays matchpoints into today’s final round (top = 25). club games a month, many of them in Portland, continued on page 5 In second with a carryover of 64.87 matchpoints are Floridians Janice Seamon- Goodwill Message Molson and Riki Tulin. ATTENDANCE Enjoy! You can’t win all the Florida is well-represented on the women’s through Thursday time, but you can always have fun. leader board. Gen Geiger and Gigi Simpson, a Sandy DeMartino, Chair mother-daughter pair from Sarasota FL are third Goodwill with 61.32, and Miami players Tina Tessaro and 7397 tables Committee Irina Kislitsyna are fourth with 58.45. Page 2 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at the Sheraton Hotel unless otherwise noted. Friday, March 29 6:30 pm Intermediate/Newcomer dinner. Southwest Hall TBA Memorial . (Room TBA)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the Friday, March 29 game! Southwest Exhibit Hall on the second floor of the Convention 9:15 a.m. Donna Compton Passive vs. Attacking Defense Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change. 6:45 p.m. Adam Parrish When to Draw Saturday, March 30 9:15 a.m. Emily Harrell Mental Skills Training HOSPITALITY Friday March 22 through Saturday March 30 Friday, March 29 Exhibit Hall foyer 1:30 pm Lemon/blueberry triffle. East Hall 8:30 am–10 am; 11:30 am–1 pm; 6–7 pm Free coffee 10:30 pm Assorted cookies. Exhibit Hall foyer

singleton, so North would have five hearts unless It would have been good defense for North Vanderbilt Round of 32: his shape was 4=4=4=1. Furthermore, with to unblock the ♠9 at trick two – the bidding and Fleisher vs Pavlicek ♥10 9 South might have led his partner’s suit. So carding suggest that South has four spades. The By Paul Barden declarer took the deep in hearts, which three-suited strip-squeeze doesn’t work when There were only two major swings in the first failed, and the defense cashed its tricks for one North can put South in with ♠8, so declarer’s only quarter of the match. The first came on Board 7: off. winning line after a heart to the king would have Dlr: South ♠ J 9 7 5 Declarer might have guessed to play the ♦10 been to continue with the queen from hand, later Vul: Both ♥ A 8 3 2 at trick three, after which he would probably have finessing against the 8. Bd: 7 ♦ A J 3 2 made his contract because with one more trick The murky 1♥ opening proved more effective ♣ 2 secured, the heart finesse would be less attractive. than the clear 2♦, and Fleischer won 12 IMPs on ♠ K Q 2 ♠ 10 6 In the Closed Room, Frank Merblum opened the board. ♥ 7 6 4 ♥ K Q J 5 the North hand a mini-Roman 2♦, showing any ♦ K Q 7 ♦ 10 8 6 4 4-4-4-1 or 5-4-4-0, 11-15 points, or perhaps a bit less. Eric Greco showed his values by doubling, Appealing a ruling ♣ 8 7 6 4 ♣ A K Q Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal Doug Doub bid 2♠, pass or correct, and Geoff ♠ A 8 4 3 a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking Hampson tried 3NT. ♥ 10 9 with the director who delivered the original Merblum led the ♠5 to the 10, ace and 2, ♦ 9 5 ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork and Doub returned the ♠3 to the king, 7 and 6. ♣ J 10 9 5 3 regarding the appeal, and the appellants will Declarer led the ♥6 to the king, then the ♦4 back Nowadays everyone opens with any excuse explain what they believe to be wrong with the to the king and ace. North cleared his spade trick, in third seat: Joe Grue bid 1♥, which in third initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled then declarer led the ♥7 to the queen and cashed position could systemically be four cards. by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer dummy’s clubs, squeezing North in three suits. He Because openings can be so light, overcalling receives the case, the circumstances of that threw a heart, and found himself thrown in with 1NT is safe, so did that, and Jim particular case will determine whether the case the ace to lead away from the ♦J at trick 12. Munday raised him to game. can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of A commentator suggested that North could Brad Moss led the ♣10, usually showing the misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), have beaten the contract by ducking the first jack. Declarer won that and led the ♥K to North’s a panel of directors, or even a committee-type round of diamonds, but declarer could have ace, noting South’s 9. Hoping to find his partner hearing which could include bridge experts. with the ♦10 or perhaps the ♦9, Grue tried a countered by cashing his spade winner, discarding clever ♦2, which went to the 6, 9, and queen. Now a diamond from dummy, before leading a heart Pavlicek considered the heart position: North’s to the queen and cashing clubs. North has major ♣2 at trick one would be encouraging if he had tenaces in both red suits, but is strip-squeezed all a choice, and it couldn’t be that, so it had to be a the same. ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS and a low diamond. Why put yourself in such a predicament? Take All Your Chances If East follows with This hand is more or less the exception to By Eddie Kantar the lowest outstanding the general rule of ducking a trick early with this ♠ 4 3 diamond, play low, diamond combination because you must discover ♥ K J 8 6 5 ducking the trick how the diamonds break immediately because of ♦ A 9 6 into West. Holding a the threat of a premature spade return from East. ♣ A 5 4 doubleton diamond, ♠ K 8 7 6 ♠ J 10 9 5 2 West will have no ♥ 2 ♥ 7 safe exit and no Bonny Peterson ♦ J 8 ♦ Q 10 7 3 spade finesse will be came all the way ♣ Q J 8 6 3 2 ♣ K 10 9 necessary. If West has a diamond exit and from Eureka MT, a ♠ A Q diamonds are 4-2, you need the spade finesse. small town 80 miles ♥ A Q 10 9 4 3 If East doesn’t play the lowest missing from the nearest sanctioned bridge ♦ K 5 4 2 diamond, win the king and exit a diamond club. “It’s my birthday ♣ 7 hoping for 3-3 diamonds (36%). If you get present to myself,” lucky, you will be able to discard a spade from she said. “My first After you open 1♥ and partner responds dummy on your fourth diamond. However, if national.” The first 2NT, Jacoby, you show your singleton club, and diamonds are 4-2 (48%), close your eyes and few days she played partner bids 3♦. You bid 4NT, Roman Key Card take the spade finesse. Sometimes with a friend from Blackwood, and land in 6♥. The is work. In any case, you have 68% chance of Florida who had lived for a short time in the ♣Q. Hearts are 1-1. Plan the play. landing this contract by giving yourself two Eureka. Since then, she’s been picking up You have a certain diamond loser and a chances. partners at the I/N partnership desk. “It’s possible spade loser. When dealing with losers The normal way to play diamonds with been fun,” she said. “They’ve hooked me up with some good partners.” Before arriving, in two suits, it is almost always right to start this combination is to a diamond and she had about 30 masterpoints, almost all with the longer combined suit, providing the suit then play the ace-king. This technique allows from playing online. is unevenly divided. Given that your diamonds you to retain control of the suit when the suit are 4-3, you may be able to develop an extra breaks 4-2. However, you can’t afford to do diamond trick if their diamonds are divided that here. If you duck a diamond and East I/N players are our VIPs! 3-3. That extra diamond winner can be used to wins and returns a spade, you have more or Intermediate/Newcomer players: Please join discard a spade from dummy thus avoiding the less painted yourself into a corner. You don’t us for a special dinner in between the afternoon spade finesse. know whether diamonds are breaking 3-3, and evening games. Sliders and ice cream will be Win the ♣A, a club high, cross to a so you don’t know whether to take the spade served at 6 p.m. in the I/N playing area. trump, ruff dummy’s last club and play the ♦A finesse or gamble on the diamonds being 3-3.

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QUALIFIERS IN THE SMITH LM WOMEN’S PAIRS Vanderbilt 26.0 Tables / Based on 50 Tables Carryover continued from page 1 1 Judy Zhu, Romeoville IL; Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 85.39 regulation) prevailed with an appeals-adjusted score 2 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL 64.87 of 99-97. 3 Gen Geiger - Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 61.32 4 Tina Tessaro - Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL 58.45 In the more lopsided contests, Jeff Wolfson’s 5 Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 56.51 squad took out giant-killer Richard Pavlicek’s 6 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 54.19 team 164-100. The No. 2 seed led by Nick Nickell 7 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 45.28 cruised against Krekorian npc (No. 15, John 8 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL 40.66 Onstott), 149-86. No. 8 “Pepsi” Pszczola sent No. 9 9 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN 39.88 Stan Tulin to the sidelines, 166-116. 10 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 38.80 11 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Carol Clifford, Miami FL 37.52 WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 12 - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 37.20 4 Tables 13 Mary Ose, Incline Village NV; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 34.53 Carl Dahl Jr., Sun City Center FL; Jim Hutter, Broomfield CO; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA; Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR 14 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 33.29 vs 15 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 33.11 Finn Kolesnik - Emma Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Daniel Sonner, 16 , Las Vegas NV; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 32.27 Redwood City CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar 17 Francine Moring, Columbia SC; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 32.16 Baqai, Irvine CA; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON 18 Eleanor Rodgers - Dot Blue, Nashville TN 32.15 19 Susan Fuller - Maris Zilant, Miami FL 31.46 WEDNESDAY EVENING ZIP KO 10 Tables 20 Sally Wheeler, The Woodlands TX; Cindy Bernstein, Indialantic FL 28.88 3.73 1 Mee Warren, New York NY; Lee Lin, New 21 Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE; Donna Givner, Golden CO 28.21 York City NY; Todd Wachsman, East Meadow NY; Jeffrey 22 Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; Fran White, Fallbrook CA 26.69 Liu, Coconut Creek FL; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Matt Cory, 23 Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 26.50 Indianapolis IN 24 Colleen Treanor - Beverly Parrish, The Villages FL 23.01 2.61 2 Robert Barrington - Hee-Jung Moon - Katherine Todd, New York NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY 25 Tania Reyes Hiller, Bedford Corners NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 22.11 1.49 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Sarik Goyal - 26 Vickie Sebastian, Beavercreek OH; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 21.78 Daniel Weiss, Evanston IL; Kyle Rockoff, Buffalo Grove IL 27 Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 20.60 1.49 3/4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, 28 Heather MacGregor, Portola Valley CA; Melanie Kakalec, San Jose CA 20.04 Sunnyside NY; Danielle Cusson, New York NY; Shmuel 29 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 17.64 Greenberg, Israel 30 Anne LaCour, Georgetown TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 17.00 THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 31 Lyn Fry, London England; Lizzie Godfrey, Pereille France 16.64 6 Tables 32 Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 16.53 Wesley May, Menlo Park CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City 33 Rhoda Kratenstein - , Delray Beach FL 16.10 CA; Sundaresan Ram, Tucson AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 34 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; , Paris France 13.25 vs 35 Dee Adams, Memphis TN; Jane Eason, Nesbit MS 13.23 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Joyce 36 Frances Schneider - Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 12.22 Currie, Falls Church VA; Amy Brisson, Arlington VA 37 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 11.59 38 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 10.40 39 Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ; Ruth Yeselson, Highland Park NJ 8.59 40 Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Jane McLaughlin, San Francisco CA 7.63 41 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ 6.88 42 Eileen Paley, White Plains NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 6.49 43 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 6.48 44 Leigh Anne Shafer - Suzanne McCarthy, Winnipeg MB 6.19 45 Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV; Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV 4.88 46 Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA; Susan Young, Shreveport LA 4.47 47 Judi Radin - Jodi Edmonds, New York NY 3.35 48 Rama Linz, Los Angeles CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 2.70 49 Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX; Emily Harrell, Birmingham AL 2.45 50 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 0.59 51 Emma Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jennifer Lin, North Bethesda MD 0.42 52 Donna Touliatos, Memphis TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN 0.00 QUALIFIERS IN THE SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 91.0 Tables Carryover 1 Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 315.25 2 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 269.43 3 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Patricia Griffin, Sausalito CA 264.95 4 Adam Parrish, New York NY; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 245.55 5 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; David Gold, London England 243.97 6 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 231.50 7 David Gurvich, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 227.89 8 Laurie Vogel - , New York NY 219.29 9 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 218.80 10 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London England 206.22 11 Phil Warden, Madison WI; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 205.19 12 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 203.57 13 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 202.28 14 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Chris Moll, Durham NC 193.73 15 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 192.81 16 Peter Jepsen, Aarhus Denmark; Soren Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 191.85 17 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; , Toronto ON 190.98 18 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 189.83 19 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 185.95 20 Stefan Skorchev, Sofia Bulgaria; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France 185.41 21 David Yang, Darien IL; Marin Marinov, New York NY 184.09 22 Ami Zamir, Hod Hasharon Israel; Asaf Yekutieli, Tel Aviv Israel 181.91 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 5

23 Subhash Gupta, New Delhi India; Sandeep Thakral, Gurgaon India 180.85 24 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 180.00 Board Highlights 25 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 177.10 continued from page 1 26 John McAllister, Keswick VA; Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria 176.01 27 Stephen Peterkin - Samantha Punch, Stirling UK 166.70 or similar event.” Also, anyone that has been 28 Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 166.11 suspended in the past for cheating will now have a 29 Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 165.45 mandatory five-year probation,if readmitted. The 30 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, Harrow UK 162.52 BOD and BOG wish to send a message to those 31 Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 161.64 who spoil our great game by cheating that it will 32 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH 159.41 not be tolerated. 33 Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 154.91 Another motion that passed was a directive 34 , Alpharetta GA; Eric Laurant, Overasselt Netherlands 154.27 from the Board to ACBL management to develop 35 Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA; Carole Grob, Gainesville VA 154.07 36 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 153.89 a policy to allow for the voluntary relinquishment 37 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 153.42 of NABC titles (for cases in which teammates 38 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 153.12 have been convicted of collusive cheating). The 39 Frances Corney - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 152.87 details of this policy will be announced soon. 40 Joan Brody, Livingston NJ; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY 152.21 Finally, remember that I am available on 41 Peter Trenka, New York NY; Samuel Amer, Long Island NY 151.15 social media at ACBL Pres on Facebook and 42 Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Soren Caspersen, Aarhus Denmark 149.95 @ACBL_Pres on Twitter. 43 Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 146.60 44 Lynda Nitabach, North Plainfield NJ; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 146.51 45 Fred Lerner, Unionville ON; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON 146.44 Neyhart 46 , Saint Johnsbury VT; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC 146.12 continued from page 1 47 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 146.06 48 David Whitehouse, East Grand Rapids MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 145.54 regularly in mixed and women’s events and has 49 Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY 145.16 made it to the second day each time since Kansas 50 Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 144.93 City two years ago. 51 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland 142.78 Now a Diamond Life Master with more than 52 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 142.10 6200 masterpoints, Neyhart learned bridge from 53 H. Hunt - Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 139.42 a neighbor when her children were little. “I’ve 54 AJ Stephani - Bob Fisk, Cincinnati OH 137.21 never taken a lesson,” she said. After a 20-year 55 David Hoffner, Galloway NJ; Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 134.68 break, she started playing duplicate in 2004, but 56 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 134.39 not very much at first. She was too busy with 57 Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, Foster City CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 130.79 58 Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 127.22 work as a certified public accountant. “I owned 59 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Pallos Hills IL 124.78 my own company,” she said. “I worked day 60 Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 121.36 and night.” Fortunately, there were night games 61 Ranald Davidson, York ON; Christal Henner, New York NY 121.23 available – and good-sized ones back then. 62 Michael Roche, Victoria BC; John Carruthers, Kingsville ON 120.94 She started scaling back on her work in 63 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 120.08 2012, and two years later semi-retired, selling 64 Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN 119.09 the company and starting to work part time. At 65 Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY; Divakar Bhargava, Henrico VA 117.84 the district level, she’s won her Ace of Clubs 66 Shona Donovan - Mark Donovan, Kingston ON 116.23 bracket every year since 2012 and won the Mini- 67 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA 115.50 McKenney for five years straight. Last year, two 68 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India 113.93 69 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 113.09 of her regular partners finished third nationally in 70 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 111.52 their Ace of Clubs brackets: Brian Breckenridge 71 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Signe Buus Thomsen, Valby Denmark 111.11 in 1500–2500 and Dennis Harms in 2500–3500. 72 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon, Singapore 106.60 She’s also gotten more involved in other 73 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 106.56 aspects of bridge since then, unlike most players 74 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 106.25 who rack up masterpoints at the rate she does. 75 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 103.19 Neyhart serves as an area representative for 76 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY 101.85 three units on the District 20 board and on its 77 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 99.67 finance committee, as well as a special committee 78 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 99.23 created to examine ways to reduce expenses. She 79 Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Gaithersburg MD 98.02 80 Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA 97.73 attends board meetings at all the clubs in the three 81 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 95.02 units she represents. “I feel like I’m making a 82 Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA 94.29 contribution as well as getting to know the people 83 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 94.01 at the clubs in my area,” she said. “I like making a 84 Jordan Kaye, Chicago IL; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 93.36 contribution to bridge.” 85 Gregory Thorpe - Steve Hirsch, Brea CA 93.35 Page 6 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 1 86 Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 91.47 12 Tables 87 Donald Presse - William Presse, Halifax NS 91.42 15.46 1 Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Peter Cleaves - 88 David Lindop - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON 90.62 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 10.82 2 John Vega, Naples FL; Marty Lavine, Atlanta 89 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Soren Hein, Munich Germany 89.66 GA; Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton 90 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 88.71 FL 91 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ 87.27 6.96 3 Susan Davison, New York NY; Omer Ekinci, 92 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 85.45 Astoria NY; Sharon Phillips, Greenwich CT; Gokhan Yilmaz, 93 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC 83.39 Instanbul Turkey 94 Daniel Boye, East Syracuse NY; Michael Ranis, Miami FL 83.07 5.41 4 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Robert Sweeney, Memphis TN; Michael 95 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; , Las Vegas NV 83.00 McGuire, Hernando MS 96 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 82.84 97 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Renee Cooper, Perth 82.50 THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 2 98 Chuck Malcolm, Olathe KS; William Muir, Kansas City MO 82.32 12 Tables 99 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL 81.70 9.58 1 Lee Smart - Tom Ebers - Sherry Thaxton, Memphis TN; Susan Ray, Germantown TN 100 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 80.42 6.71 2 Alexander Stille - Brian Sutton, Bethesda 101 Fred Schenker - Craig Biddle, Pittsburgh PA 80.24 MD; Barbara Devaney, Washington DC; Edward Rothenheber, 102 , Elk Grove CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 79.62 Severn MD 103 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX 78.97 4.31 3 Kathy Bost - Debby Schadt - Joyce Graflund, 104 Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; Ron LaCour, Georgetown TX 78.74 Memphis TN; Judith Shore, Germantown TN 105 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 78.44 3.35 4 Dennis Jacobs - Carol Bolen, Allison Park PA; John Dinius, Canton CT; Mary Lou Flach, Sewickley PA 106 Oleg Rubinchik - Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 77.86 107 Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 77.71 THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 3 108 Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 77.50 9 Tables 109 Patricia Herrera, Mexico City Mexico; Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA 75.25 6.52 1 Lynn Root - Emily Miller - Laura Burke, 110 Jared Lilienstein - Siqing Yu, New York NY 70.93 Birmingham MI; Melinda Muirhead, Bloomfield Hills MI 111 Barbara Hamman - , Dallas TX 70.43 4.56 2 Fred Brown, San Jose CA; Lucy Morini, Warren VT; Josh Rich - William Riley, Alton IL 112 R. Rubinstein, Sunnyside NY; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 68.77 2.93 3 Roseann Buckley - Raeann Koerner, Ventura 113 Marie Eggeling, Tuebingen Germany; Matthias Felmy, Oldenburg Germany 68.02 CA; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Sharon Beynon, Los 114 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 67.82 Angeles CA 115 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Acton MA 67.52 2.28 4 Lorne Cock - Shirley Cock - Carla Archibald, 116 Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 66.67 Truro NS; Janice Edey, Angevine Lake NS 117 Ari Sippola, Richardson TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX 66.04 118 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL 64.29 119 Susan Fulton, Maplewood NJ; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 63.85 120 Robert Bell - Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD 63.42 121 Sam Madison-Jammal - Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 62.40 122 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 58.49 123 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Michael Berkowitz, Brooklyn NY 57.47 124 Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN 56.67 125 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Giorgia Botta, Long Island City NY 55.90 126 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 55.33 127 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY 51.25 128 Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 51.14 129 Michael E., Fort Worth TX; Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA 51.04 130 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 48.53 131 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 47.51 132 Maciej Dobrzynski, Warka Poland; Kamil Walczyk, Radom Poland 45.69 133 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY 44.42 134 Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 42.54 135 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 42.15 136 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA 40.71 137 John Dong, Richmond Hill ON; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 40.32 138 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 40.13 139 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 37.89 140 Daniel McGuire, Epsom NH; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 37.79 141 Amit Duvshani, New York NY; Vladimir Kolbun, Forest Hills NY 36.89 142 Doug Barnes, Caledon ON; John McWhinnie, Hillsburgh ON 36.74 143 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 35.45 144 Wesley May, Menlo Park CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 34.90 145 Anshul Paliwal - Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 34.27 146 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; , Delray Beach FL 33.04 147 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 32.35 148 Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 31.63 149 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 31.42 150 Jim Foster - Susan Stockham, Birmingham AL 28.39 151 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Greg Frank, Hot Springs Village AR 27.56 152 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Chris Sloan, Nashville TN 26.00 153 Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Larry Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN 25.31 154 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Bill Heid, Santa Fe NM 25.26 155 Jack Feagin Jr. - Claudia Feagin, Atlanta GA 24.37 156 Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 23.73 157 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 23.34 158 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 21.42 159 Ed Bissell - Carol Reitz, State College PA 20.84 160 Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA 20.73 161 Ben Tucker, Vashon WA; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA 20.21 162 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 19.73 163 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 19.24 164 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY 18.10 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 7

165 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Julie Arbit, Milford MI 16.81 THURSDAY DAYLIGHT COMPACT KO 4 166 Elizabeth Wachowicz - Zenon Wachowicz, Vernon Hills IL 16.47 9 Tables 167 Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; Will Engel, Rockford IL 14.98 4.94 1 Nicole Hudak - Katherine Todd, New York NY; Matthew Gordon, Northport NY; Lee Lin, New York City 168 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Jonathan Weinstein, St. Louis MO 14.61 NY 169 Boris Fang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Cynthia Huang, Chicago IL 11.67 3.46 2 John Early - Barry Daubenspeck, Lansdale 170 Diana Nettleton, Oxford UK; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK 11.47 PA; Beth Peterson, Horseshoe Bay TX; Barbara Layman, 171 Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 10.56 Cordova TN 172 Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 9.19 2.22 3 Holli Mast - Stephen Mast, Corning NY; Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, Georgetown TX 173 Cabot Jaffee Jr., Maitland FL; Robert Sprick, Orlando FL 8.95 1.73 4 Mary Gail Sutton - Richard Sutton, 174 Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, New York NY 8.76 Collierville TN; Gail Walzer, Germantown TN; Ann Caldwell, 175 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 8.42 Memphis TN 176 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 7.44 177 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; George Krizel, Vineland NJ 6.63 178 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 6.57 179 William Pollack, New York NY; Jim Hilton, Austin TX 6.12 Another cold contract? 180 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 0.72 By Barry Rigal 181 Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 0.49 This was our first board of the evening set 182 Jack Waller, Dana Point CA; Glenna Shannahan, Indian Wells CA 0.00 in the final of the Platinum Pairs. I’m sure our THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS opponents were fully awake, but I wonder if they 15.5 Tables were regretting their choice of defenses here. A B C Dlr: South ♠ 4 2 5.63 1 Pierre Franceschetti, Paris France; Hilda Setton, Italy 71.38% Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 8 3 2 4.77 2 1 Thuy Tran - Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 61.37% Bd: 15 ♦ K J 3.17 3 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Romain Tembouret, France 56.20% ♣ A Q 9 5 2.38 4 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON 55.22% ♠ 10 7 3 ♠ A J 9 6 5 3.58 5 2 Larry Newman, Blue Ash OH; Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH 54.81% ♥ J 9 6 5 ♥ A 7 2.68 6 3 1 Richard Tam, Carmel IN; Gary Cole, Norwalk OH 52.24% 1.52 7 Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; Will Engel, Rockford IL 52.10% ♦ A 10 5 ♦ 9 8 6 3 2.01 4 2 Amy Buck, Atlanta GA; Jenny Kimball, Sandy Springs GA 51.88% ♣ 10 7 2 ♣ 4 3 1.53 5 Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH; Judy Ruehl, Batavia OH 51.75% ♠ K Q 8 1.13 6 Patricia Towle, Colorado Springs CO; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS 51.59% ♥ 10 4 1.38 3 Kerry Hanlon - Betsy Fochs, Duluth MN 48.44% ♦ Q 7 4 2 ♣ K J 8 6 THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS West North East South 9.0 Tables Pass A B C Pass 1♥ 1♠ Dbl 2.85 1 1 1 Scott Shipley - Amy Shipley, St. Louis MO 61.90% 2♠ 3♣ Pass 3NT 2.14 2 2 2 Betsy Eggers - Jack Honderd, Atlanta GA 61.31% 1.60 3 3 3 Rod Goree, San Francisco CA; Kathy Duggan, Knoxville TN 55.36% All Pass 1.20 4 Joette Miles, Carterville IL; Wanda Culpepper, Creal Springs IL 55.06% 3♣ showed extras. After a low spade lead 1.08 5 4 4 Mary Anne Wildman - Gary Evans, Little Rock AR 53.87% to the ace and spade continuation, declarer led 0.81 5 P. Steven Dotson - Donna Dotson, Chelsea MI 53.27% a heart to the queen and ace. Back came a third spade, and now it was easy to knock out the ♦A THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS for nine tricks. 4.0 Tables Had East ducked the heart ace, declarer would A B C simply have gone after diamonds for the ninth 1.63 1 Nancy McPherson, Germantown TN; Clara Petty, Collierville TN 58.79% winner again without risking the contract. 1.39 2 1 George Kieffer - Barbara Kieffer, Buckingham PA 58.57% But notice the effect if East puts in the ♠J at 1.04 3 2 Rich Boardman, Olive Branch MS; James Bowlan, Memphis TN 57.40% the first trick: Surely declarer has a spade stopper THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS here? If declarer wins and plays hearts (surely 9.5 Tables his best chance in abstract), the defenders win A B C and duck a spade, and declarer has no legitimate 3.00 1 1 1 Bonny Peterson, Eureka MT; Dee White, Memphis TN 64.76% pressure. But if declarer plays a diamond, West 2.25 2 2 P. Steven Dotson - Donna Dotson, Chelsea MI 63.80% must win and play another spade. Now whether 1.69 3 Claire Barnett - Alan Barnett, Bedford NS 63.37% the defenders win or duck this trick, declarer 1.50 4 3 2 Nancy McPherson, Germantown TN; Clara Petty, Collierville TN 61.61% unblocks diamonds and runs the clubs. Here’s the 1.02 5 4 Marjorie Bathum - Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA 58.64% 0.71 6 Albert Ballard Jr. - Patrick Musick, Lawrence KS 55.15% position as declarer plays the last club (after three 1.13 5 3 Daisy Jones - Naomi Taylor, Memphis TN 51.32% spades, two diamonds and three clubs have been 0.84 4 Joan Reid, North Attleboro MA; Edie Carter, Bonita Springs FL 50.24% played): ♠ — ♥ K Q 8 3 ♦ — ♣ 5 ♠ — ♠ 9 6 ♥ J 9 6 5 ♥ A ♦ 10 ♦ 9 8 ♣ — ♣ ♠ — ♥ 10 4 ♦ Q 7 ♣ J West can discard a heart, but East must keep both diamonds and must pitch a spade winner, letting declarer lead a heart and force East to give him the last two tricks. Page 8 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SANDRA NOTT MEMORIAL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 44.0 Tables / Based on 84 Tables A B C 39.67 1 1 David Whitesell, Yellow Springs OH; Tracy Brines, Smithfield VA 61.47% 29.75 2 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 60.87% 22.31 3 2 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 59.95% 16.74 4 Ranajit Chakraborty, Memphis TN; Charles Sepessy, Cordova TN 58.70% 13.22 5 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, North Richland Hills TX 58.43% 11.79 6 3 E. Melnick – M. Melnick, Hilton Head SC 57.94% 9.92 7 4 Kenneth Van Cleve, Traverse City MI; Michael Boruta, Anacortes WA 57.16% 8.82 8 Adrian Record, Fergus ON; David Longstaff, Waterloo ON 56.86% 7.93 9 Burton Weil - Mike Cook, Memphis TN 56.57% 7.21 10 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 56.48% 6.99 11 5 Greg Smith, Denver CO; Douglas Fjare, Estes Park CO 56.13% 6.10 12 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY 55.79% 5.67 13 Roger Anderson, Eagan MN; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 55.39% 5.99 14 6 Ken Horwedel, Las Vegas NV; Melody Euler, Temple TX 55.32% 4.96 15 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 55.10% 4.67 16 Susan Perez, Ballwin MO; John Samsel, Chesterfield MO 54.96% 4.41 17 Shelba Parmley, Fort Worth TX; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 54.45% 5.24 18 7 Steven Hodorowski - Lyn Yukon, Memphis TN 54.38% 4.66 19 8 Derald Keetch, Livingston TX; John Manopoli, Jamaica Plain MA 54.09% 3.78 20 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 54.07% 3.61 21 Saul Agranoff, Waltham MA; Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA 53.69% 4.19 22 9 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, St. Paul MN 53.67% 8.65 10 1 Jon Hansen, Kristiansand Norway; Kaj Jorstad, Helle Norway 53.62% 7.29 11 Gail Cannold, Rye NY; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 53.58% 3.22 12 Robert Griffiths, Elora ON; Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON 53.49% 2.99 13 Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA; James Fox, Canonsburg PA 53.35% 6.49 14 2 Dan Knier, Waite Park MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 52.84% 2.62 15 Bonnie Fortune, Newberg OR; Marta Cannell, Hood River OR 52.80% 4.87 3 James Schnepf - Connie Nelson, Avon MN 52.66% 3.65 4 Elizabeth Brown - Bruce Brown, Denton TX 52.55% 2.88 5 Ben Reischer, Leland NC; Gregory Eyerly, Winnabow NC 52.30% 2.87 6 George Trost, Key West FL; William Sigward, Pelham NY 52.28% 2.75 7 Shelley Fehrenbach, Great Neck NY; Sandra Grunfeld, New York NY 51.59% 1.92 8 Marg Willis, Nepean ON; Maureen McCann, Arnprior ON 51.16%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 24 Tables A B C 7.25 1 Jerome Rombaut, Hem France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Hilda Setton, Italy; Pierre Franceschetti, Paris France; Quentin Robert, Paris France; Julien Bernard, Le Vesinet France 74.00 6.40 2 1 J.F. Lowenstein - Eleanor Onstott - Wayne Weisler, New Orleans LA; Use of the – Jacob Karno, Metairie LA 53.00 4.80 3 2 1 Judy Kaye, Estero FL; Douglas Wacek, Burlington VT; Alerts and Announcements Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 51.00 When using bidding boxes, the ACBL 3.15 4/5 3/4 Thomas Suter, Street MD; Robert Suter, Bel Air MD; Mel Volmert, requires that players tap the Alert strip and say Springfield MO; John Steffan, Marco Island FL 49.00 “Alert” at the same time. 3.15 4/5 3/4 Paul Boisvert, Tallahassee FL; Gayle Marr, Fort Walton Beach FL; When making an Announcement, use the Robert Henderson, Rome GA; Doris Needham, Navarre FL 49.00 Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and 2.03 6 5 Lisa Harris - Larry Jackson, Memphis TN; Sharon Ohsfeldt - tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN 48.00 Alerts or Announces 1.52 6 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY; a bid must make sure Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL; Phillip Yorston, Albuquerque NM 47.00 1.79 2 Linda Hall - Susan Harlan - Jason Mook, Shreveport LA; his opponents are Tommy Mook, Shreveport LA 42.00 aware that an Alert or 1.34 3 Sam Shah - Jo Shah, Irving TX; Bharti Parikh - Kaushik Parikh, Announcement has Germantown TN 39.00 been made.

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THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 56.0 Tables 7 3 2 17.33 1 Janet Baumgartner, Edmond OK; Jim Hammond, Oklahoma City OK 63.54% 13.00 2 David Cancian, Lincoln MA; Richard Giles, Wakefield MA 62.65% 9.75 3 1 Kevin Henry, Cincinnati OH; John Janus, Manhattan Beach CA 62.05% 7.31 4 2 Alice Wright, Denton TX; Sharon Harbach, Argyle TX 61.74% 5.78 5 Michael Blanchard, Benbrook TX; William Eads, Fort Worth TX 60.71% 5.06 6 3 Kishor Lathi, Greenwich CT; Maureen Walsh, Stamford CT 59.52% 4.33 7 Carol Scovic, Blue Ash OH; Robert Roark, Cincinnati OH 59.38% 3.85 8 K. Baxter, Antioch TN; Dorothy Nagel, Murfreesboro TN 58.63% 3.80 9/10 4 Bradley Martin, Middletown OH; Doug Reams, Trenton OH 58.33% 3.31 9/10 Buddy Massey, Gulfport MS; Robert Reich, Mandeville LA 58.33% 3.00 11 5 J. Ross Bengel, Playa Del Rey CA; Robert Johann, Redondo Beach CA 57.59% 2.67 12 Michael Windham - Linda Windham, Cypress TX 57.44% 2.48 13 Cynthia Polayes - Carolyn Turek, Chicago IL 56.83% 2.49 14 Bipin Patel, Redlands CA; Stephen Silvius, San Bernardino CA 56.55% 2.57 15 6 Fran Madsen - Nels Madsen, Auburn AL 56.40% 2.25 16 7 Elaine Colokathis, Chelmsford MA; Latika Mangrulkar, Farmington Hills MI 56.25% 1.88 17/18 Nancy Speer, Little Rock AR; Joyce Stroud, Hot Springs AR 56.10% 2.16 17/18 8 Dianna Durbin - Louis Durbin, Paducah KY 56.10% 4.28 19/20 9/10 1/2 James Sturtevant - Rosalie Sturtevant, Mount Prospect IL 55.95% 4.28 19/20 9/10 1/2 Xiaoyuan Niu - Jia Mi, Alpharetta GA 55.95% 1.58 21 11 Betty Murdock - Erin Oblinger, Cincinnati OH 55.85% 2.42 22/23 Linus Weimer - Wanda Lonnon, Andover KS 55.65% 2.75 22/23 12 3 Renee Theiler-Reichle - Karen Eddy, Fallbrook CA 55.65% 1.79 24 13 Richard Lazaroff - Patricia Lazaroff, St. Louis MO 55.29% 1.53 25 Regina Sommer - Thomas Rosenthal, Johns Island SC 55.12% 1.28 26 14 Tanner Chapman - Lana Foot, Little Rock AR 55.06% 1.87 27 15 Paula Carter - Maryanne Macdonald, Memphis TN 54.32% 1.20 28 Sheryl Davis - Carol Koch, Hot Springs AR 54.18% 2.06 4 Kenneth Javor - Constance Javor, Denton TX 52.98% 2.22 5 Debra Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Stephanie Jones, Terrace Park OH 52.15% 1.62 6 William Barnes - Heather Barnes, Naples FL 51.04% 1.22 7 Wayne Dunn - David Francis, Lebanon OH 50.30% Page 10 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

VANDERBILT KO TEAMS – QUARTERFINAL PAIRINGS 68 Tables Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Nick Nickell, New York NY; , Burr Ridge IL; Robert Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL Netherlands vs vs Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; , Palm Beach Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Becker, Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; , Astoria Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Peter Crouch, NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Surrey England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia Gardens FL 50.00 9/16 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Steve Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - - Migry Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Zur Campanile, New York NY; , Chicago IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; , vs London England; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Dror Padon - Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze - Venkatrao Koneru, San Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; , Taby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Antonio Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Palma, Evora Portugal Spain; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; 50.00 9/16 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio Sementa, Korbel, Las Vegas NV; , Toronto ON; Peter Parma Italy Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Diyan Danailov - Jerry Stamatov, Sofia vs Bulgaria George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland

1. Fleisher 70 125 188 205 64. Vega 22 46 78 115 1. Fleisher 14 47 73 111 32. (33) Pavlicek 25 59 97 149 32. PD Pioneers 10 44 76 125 33. Pavlicek 55 81 116 136 1. (33) Pavlicek 27 52 87 100 16. (17) Wolfson 33 72 100 164 17. Wolfson 37 60 98 140 48. Joel 20 44 74 112 17. Wolfson 16 25 66 109 16. (49) Liebowitz 3 40 77 91 16. Hill 19 32 49 82 49. Liebowitz 53 82 95 104 1. (17) Wolfson 8. Pszczola 9. Tulin 48 88 142 142 56. Barrett 22 46 53 w/d 9. Tulin 33 46 101 149 24. (41) Pelka 4 46 56 66 24. Street 42 61 102 126 41. Pelka 45 95 118 134 9. Tulin 18 45 68 116 8. Pszczola 35 55 89 166 25. Fireman 29 73 131 166 40. Saelensminde 17 49 63 74 25. Fireman 41 59 95 106 8. Pszczola 9 61 72 127 8. Pszczola 21 46 134 194 57. Stornes 55 68 86 92

5. Seligman 41 104 147 147 60. Hansen 7 13 42 w/d 5. Seligman 19 43 61 91 28. Kasle 11 63 70 90 28. Kasle 50 75 98 101 37. Juster 19 24 79 98 5. Seligman 34 66 85 112 12. Mittelman 49 68 77 126 21. Lewis 4 24 66 96 44. Kolesnik 47 86 107 145 21. (44) Kolesnik 0 3 20 w/d 12. Mittelman 45 84 112 112 12. Mittelman 28 30 72 93 53. Zolotow 20 50 66 78 5. (12) Mittelman 4. Lavazza 13. Zagorin 48 73 100 120 52. Rogoff 23 33 79 112 13. Zagorin 45 87 124 157 20. Berg 22 38 87 140 20. Berg 43 61 149 193 45. Setton 26 50 78 84 13. Zagorin 37 49 91 123 4. Lavazza 40 75 100 141 29. Lebowitz 22 38 77 99 36. Leong 24 34 68 109 29. (36) Leong 29 35 54 89 4. Lavazza 29 65 88 131 4. Lavazza 83 153 197 269 61. Davison 14 29 72 86 Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 11

50.00 9/16 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce 25.00 17/32 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck 25.00 17/32 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; - Walid Elahmady, Multon, Monaco; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Adam Stokka, Taby Cairo Egypt; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Jacob Morgan, Klukowski, Poland; - Aleksander Dubinin, Sweden Madison WI Moscow Russia 25.00 17/32 David Pelka, Los Angeles CA; Piotr 50.00 9/16 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Patricia Cayne, 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Bizon, Cracow Poland; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; W. Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Bart Bramley - Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA; Marek Tilburg Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; William Pollack, New York NY Szymanowski, Warsaw Poland Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason 25.00 17/32 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Soren 50.00 9/16 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Feldman, San Diego CA; , Warszawa Poland; Hein, Munich Germany; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; 25.00 17/32 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip 50.00 9/16 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim , Stockholm Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola King, Harrow ; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Munday, Southaven MS; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill Stefan Skorchev, Sofia Bulgaria Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT MA; , Palm Beach Gardens FL 25.00 17/32 Tony Leibowitz, Woollahra Australia; 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge Wells UK; Christian Bakke, Bergen NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Michal Kwiecien - Jacek Norway; Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim Norway Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA Romanski, Lublin Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; 25.00 17/32 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, 25.00 17/32 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland Mumbay India; Sundarram Srinivatan, Chennai India; P. Sridhar, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome 25.00 17/32 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Chennai India; Raju Tolani - Ajay Khare, Mumbai India Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Italy Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland 25.00 17/32 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, 25.00 17/32 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Sumit Mukherjee, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Kolkata India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India; Michael Stockholm Sweden Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand

2. Nickell 67 143 188 249 63. Kils 29 33 66 102 2. Nickell 48 89 124 124 31. (34) Hyatt npc 23 35 39 w/d 31. O’Rourke 26 67 80 89 34. Hyatt npc 14 44 93 160 2. Nickell 44 88 107 149 15. Krekorian npc 34 58 78 86 18. Zhao 47 63 82 109 47. Team Lea 28 76 115 127 18. (47) Team Lea 18 25 50 57 15. Krekorian npc 20 28 41 79 15. Krekorian npc 14 78 122 155 50. McAllister 15 30 50 83 2. Nickell 7. (23) Spector 10. Zimmermann 93 133 166 219 55. (68) Bodell 4 37 69 114 10. Zimmermann 13 40 92 127 23. Spector 43 75 114 161 23. Spector 62 122 142 142 42. Collins 0 6 17 w/d 10. (23) Spector 26 54 95 133 7. (26) De Falco 48 62 86 115 26. De Falco 27 62 84 130 39. Rigal 32 56 105 125 26. De Falco 24 74 124 153 7. Gupta 15 45 77 108 7. Gupta 26 63 123 166 58. NRK 50 67 92 118

6. Cayne 29 74 131 150 59. Team IRG 15 34 52 66 6. Cayne 23 48 87 118 27. Mahaffey 36 86 116 126 27. Mahaffey 22 83 103 170 38. Team Breno 22 41 80 85 6. (27) Mahaffey 31 51 93 132 11. (22) Levine 55 78 114 142 22. Levine 62 77 110 115 43. Rippey 15 71 83 105 22. Levine 26 56 125 142 11. (54) Texan Aces 26 38 51 74 11. Lall 18 54 102 118 54. Texan Aces 30 55 83 120 6. (22) Levine 3. Rosenthal 14. Coren 30 54 118 144 51. Punch 25 64 64 101 14. Coren 45 101 142 164 19. Robinson 53 71 80 133 19. Robinson 15 37 78 110 46. Roche 10 17 52 98 14. Coren 41 68 83 97 3. Rosenthal 24 52 69 99 30. Dikhnova 51 122 158 158 35. Meltzer 5 27 60 w/d 30. Dikhnova 13 19 53 w/d 3. Rosenthal 28 80 143 143 3. Rosenthal 38 71 144 144 62. Fleischmann 1 9 41 w/d Page 12 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS Player Memo stations 18.0 Tables There are two player memo stations located A B C on the second floor of the Convention Center. One 6.07 1 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 63.20% is located next to the bookseller booth, and the 4.55 2 Brian Trent - Linda Trent, Fullerton CA 61.64% 3.41 3 Robert Lass - Tom Fogarty, Chicago IL 59.97% other is located near the ATM machines. 2.56 4 Paul Wright Jr., Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr., Folly Beach SC 59.07% 4.77 5 1 Sanae Zaveloff, Austin TX; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 56.79% 3.58 6 2 Zag Kadah, Los Gatos CA; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 56.62% 2.68 7 3 Robert Gromatka - Jeff La Caze, Bella Vista AR 54.87% 2.01 4 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 54.23% 1.51 5 Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Muriel Stitt, Honolulu HI 54.22% 1.13 6 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 54.17% 2.63 1 Patty Cottom, Terre Haute IN; Mary Lunsford, Clinton IN 51.12% 1.97 2 Susan Schwartz - K.K. Weinberg, Memphis TN 48.98% 1.48 3 Richard Tam, Carmel IN; Gary Cole, Norwalk OH 47.44% 1.11 4 Jonda Hazzard, Laguna Woods CA; Willa King, San Clemente CA 46.55%

JACK WYNNS THURSDAY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 25 Tables A B C 14.00 1 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; , Sarasota FL; , New York NY; , Charlottenlund Denmark; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of China 101.00 10.50 2 1 Martha Welte - John Welte, Buffalo NY; Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON 79.00 7.88 3 2 Anne Atwood, Richmond VA; Paul Allman - Randolph Hammock, Los Angeles CA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 78.00 5.91 4 3 Joanne Wicker - Kenneth Johnson, Morgan Hill CA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN 77.00 4.67 5 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Thomas Maccormac - Nathan Doyle, Dublin Ireland 72.00 4.00 6 4 John Childers, Reed City MI; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ; A. Ansari, Austin TX; Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI 70.00 2.51 5/6 Hellen Revelle - Anita Platt - Kate Hopkins - Jane Kirby, Dallas TX 68.00 2.51 5/6 Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Michele Pockross, Wilmette IL; Homer Smith Jr., Suffolk VA; Douglas Thompson, Hampton VA 68.00 3.36 1 Kathryn Kimmerling, Blythewood SC; Sue Kline, Columbia SC; Mariee Walton, Cary NC; Leslie Blair, Raleigh NC 52.00 2.52 2 Sheryl Thompson, Metairie LA; Molly Silvia - Di Lapeyre - Cappy McIver, New Orleans LA 48.00

THURSDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 16 Tables A B C 5.55 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland 65.00 4.16 2 , Hockenheim Germany; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 1 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Roland Rohowsky, Nuerenberg Germany 58.00 15 Tables 4.80 3 1 Ann Hudson, Suffield CT; Joyce Currie, Falls Church VA; Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Bernie Weiss, Aspen CO 52.00 Melbourne FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL; , Little Elm TX 3.60 4 2 1 Bert Solomon - Michael Lynch, Edwards CO; Pravina Jani, Austin TX; vs Zaeem Lutfi, Leander TX 47.00 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach 2.37 5/6 3/4 Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA; Uday Ivatury - Laura Tolkow, Gardens FL; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola New York NY; Kenneth Hopke, Annandale VA 46.00 Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, 2.37 5/6 3/4 2 James Keiger - Nicole Hudak, New York NY; Matthew Gordon, Halmstad Sweden Northport NY; Lee Lin, New York City NY 46.00 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 1.52 5 Joerg Rottenbacher, Arcadia CA; Andrew Rottenbacher, Poland; Jacek Romanski - Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; P. South Pasadena CA; Arlene Geisler - Kenneth Geisler, Clarkston MI 44.00 Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland JACK WYNNS THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS vs 20.0 Tables James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; A B C Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 15.00 1 Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 57.13% 11.25 2 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solana Beach CA 57.04% THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 2 8.44 3 1 Alexander Bealles, Butler PA; Ildiko Baxter, Allison Park PA 56.91% 9 Tables 6.33 4 Swadesh Mahajan - Kalpana Sutaria, Austin TX 56.28% Kenneth Salter, Norristown PA; Thomas Salter, Hatfield PA; 5.00 5 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 55.97% Patricia Andrews, Lumberville PA; Stephen Becker, Anacortes WA 4.29 6 Phillip Goatz - Cynthia Goatz, Las Vegas NV 55.90% vs 3.75 7 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA 55.70% Alan Godes, Needham MA; Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; 4.38 8 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 54.82% Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; William Belanich, Glen Allen 6.19 9 2 Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Lynn Bartz, San Jose CA 53.70% VA 2.73 10 Khalid AlDoori, Harrison NY; Kassie Munoz, White Plains NY 53.47% 4.64 3 Ron Root, Beaverton OR; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 53.36% John Emmerson, Federal Way WA; Tom West, Savannah GA; Ann Romeo, Seattle WA; Hugh Hendrickson, Renton WA 3.48 4 Dorothy Mersereau - David Johnson, Calgary AB 52.58% vs 2.75 5 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 52.03% Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Ron Sholes - Carole Sholes, 2.36 6 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 51.19% Springfield IL; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 13

JACK WYNNS THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 18.5 Tables A B C 6.28 1 Jim Bachelder - Karen Clemency, Columbus OH 62.27% 4.71 2 Pat McDevitt - Phyllis McDevitt, Brookline MA 61.39% 5.42 3 1 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 61.29% 4.07 4 2 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Sharon Beynon, Los Angeles CA 60.02% 3.05 5 3 James Fox, Canonsburg PA; Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA 58.85% 2.29 6 4 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX; Judy Peters, Grapeland TX 58.70% 1.71 7 5 Jagjit Singh, East Lansing MI; Alan Gardner, Floral Park NY 58.07% 1.42 6 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Elizabeth Staehlin, Scarsdale NY 56.98% 2.80 1 Raphael Hallerman, Chicago IL; Sean McNally, Minneapolis MN 56.43% 2.10 2 Michael Kelly, Chesterfield MO; Jim Gibson, Jerseyville IL 54.28% 1.58 3 John Kunnen - Gary Camp, Grand Rapids MI 48.31% 1.18 4 Keith Thompson, Saint Paul MN; Michele Grindal, Minneapolis MN 45.40%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 3.0 Tables A B C 1.95 1 H. Byron Jenkins II, Southaven MS; Alan Peterfreund, Amherst MA 56.00% 1.28 2/3 Alice Wright, Denton TX; Sharon Harbach, Argyle TX 54.00% 1.28 2/3 Steven Plotkin – J. Michael Russell, New Orleans LA 54.00%

Notice of binding arbitration By becoming an ACBL member or renewing your membership in the ACBL, you expressly agree to waive your right to have disputes between you and the ACBL resolved in a court of law and agree to accept the use of binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. The binding arbitration provisions are available for review at acbl.org/ bindingarbitration.

Entry fees A valid ACBL number is required to play in all events at the NABC. Players must be ACBL members whose service fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following NABC+ events: THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 3 9 Tables Kay Platinum Pairs, Lebhar IMP Pairs, Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA; Linda Nemmer, San Jose CA; Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs, Vanderbilt Mary Kocevar, Hobart IN; Laurence Dunford, Dyer IN Knockout Teams, Rockwell Mixed Pairs, vs Mark Stein, Skokie IL; Sidney Levin, St. Louis MO; Sherry Silodor Open Pairs, Smith Life Master Steigmann - Robert Steigmann, Urbana IL Women’s Pairs, NABC+ Fast Pairs and the . Jerry Kraemer - John Kraemer, Ballwin MO; John Levis - Fritz The entry fees for these contests are $25 per Gebhard, St. Louis MO vs player per session. This means $100 per team per Peter Tuttle - Ken Bowlby, London ON; Arda Kabaca - Ilgaz session for four-person teams, $125 per team per Ciftci, Toronto ON session for five-person teams, and $150 per team per session for six-person teams. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund. Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the 0–10,000 Swiss Teams and the ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 0–10,000 Knockout Teams. The entry fee is $17 Page 14 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

that you can ride to any number of attractions Only two? Free tours throughout downtown and explore the city at your By Barry Rigal ACBL Museum – See the premier collection own pace. Ride all day long on one ticket! NABC The regional team game on Wednesday of bridge-related artifacts, including spectacular attendees receive special discounts with promo (otherwise known as “the Vanderbilt for losers”)! collections of trump indicators and trophies, code “ACBL.” saw our opponent in the East seat somewhat and explore the history of the game at ACBL Midtown Dinner Out Tours – Ask any disappointed in the number of trump tricks she Headquarters. A free shuttle is offered daily, but local, and they’ll say some of the best restaurants emerged with. seating is limited, and reservations are required. in Memphis are 15 minutes away in Midtown. You hold: Sign up at acbl.org/tours or at the Sheraton. Enjoy live entertainment on the bus on your way ♠K 9 7 6 ♥J 10 5 3 ♦A J ♣A 9 5 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to explore two of Midtown’s hottest entertainment and open 1♣ in second seat. LHO 1♦, – St. Jude is the leading research hospital for districts: Overton Square and Cooper-Young. passed around to you. I think pass is right (partner childhood cancers where no child’s family pays NABC attendees receive special discounts with surely can’t have a penalty double of 1♦?), but I for treatment. See the monumental strides this promo code “ACBL.” doubled anyway. LHO then bid 1♥, and partner fabulous institution is making in special tours Memphis Brewery Tours – Enjoy live music gave me 2♣, ending the auction. for NABC attendees. A free shuttle is offered on the bus with a local musician as we take you When dummy came down, I realized that daily, but seating is limited, and reservations are to one of the city’s best microbreweries. Take trumps were surely not going to break: required. Sign up at acbl.org/tours or at the St. a tour of the brewery, meet the brewmaster, try ♠ Q 10 Jude booth in the Convention Center. some seasonal samples, then settle in with a glass ♥ K 9 4 Other tours of your favorite along with some delicious pizza. ♦ 10 9 7 6 Downtown Attractions Shuttle – Enjoy the NABC attendees receive special discounts with ♣ J 7 6 3 sights of Memphis on this hop-on-hop-off bus promo code “ACBL.” ♠ 8 5 4 ♠ A J 3 2 ♥ A Q 7 2 ♥ 8 6 ♦ K Q 8 4 3 ♦ 5 2 ♣ 2 ♣ K Q 10 8 4 ♠ K 9 7 6 ♥ J 10 5 3 ♦ A J ♣ A 9 5 However, the ♦K lead was certainly helpful. I won and returned a diamond to West’s queen, as East followed. Now a third diamond would let East pitch a heart to get a ruff, but West played the ♠8 to East’s ace. Back came a heart to the ace and a heart to the 9, letting me cash the ♠Q and lead the ♦10. East ruffed with the ♣10, so I pitched a heart and stuck in the king on the spade return. East followed suit, so I pitched a heart from dummy, then led the fourth spade, ruffed by West’s 2 and overruffed with the 3. This produced the following elegant ending: ♠ — ♥ — ♦ 9 ♣ J 7 6 ♠ — ♠ — ♥ Q 7 ♥ — ♦ 8 4 ♦ — ♣ — ♣ K Q 8 4 ♠ — ♥ J ♦ — ♣ A 9 5 The ♦9 was ruffed with the ♣Q and overruffed with the ace. I then ruffed the ♥J with the ♣J. East overruffed and returned the ♣4 at trick 12. This ran to dummy’s 7, and my ♣9 captured the 8 at trick 13. Contract made!

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Convention Center NABC Electronic All about the fun By Rena Hetzer Access and Parking Device Policy Katherine Hepburn once said, “If you obey all Access to the second level is limited due to Except by the rules, you miss all the fun.” construction happening on the ground level of the permission of the I hired local player Brian Cummins to play Convention Center. director in charge, any with me for four sessions here in Memphis. The escalators that travel between P1 electronic equipment We entered the national Mixed Pairs, but after (South Hall Lobby) and the East Concourse are or device capable failing to qualify, we played in a regional pair inaccessible. Two of the South elevators will be of receiving or game. The afternoon set had not gone well, and available at all times to take passengers to all sending an electronic as the evening session was winding down, Brian parking levels and Level 2. , or capable of informed me that we were having yet another South communicating in below-average session. We were both feeling a Hall and the any way, may not be little blue. parking level operated or functioning in any manner in the I found myself declaring 3NT on the final (P1) is under playing area during a session of play. Any such board of the evening against a Polish pair we construction, equipment must not be visible during the session had played in the afternoon. They had taken us and the West and must remain off at all times. (me) to the cleaners on the two boards we had entrance ramp The above restrictions apply to all players, previously played against them. They arrived at is closed. captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders our table with ice cream in hand and an entourage Parking is still available on the levels below (P2 - except those persons granted permission by the of friends all chattering in Polish. Here’s the deal: Green and P3 - Orange). Vehicles taller than 6’1”, ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing Dlr: East ♠ 9 6 which cannot access the P2 or P3 parking, may session or segment of play. Further restrictions Vul: E-W ♥ Q J 5 park in the Front Street parking lot north of the and requirements apply in events involving live Bd: 22 ♦ A Q J 10 garage entrance. internet and/or yugraph coverage. ♣ A 10 7 5 To access the garage, enter the East entrance A violation of any of the above restrictions ♠ K Q 7 5 4 2 ♠ 8 ramp off of Front Street and continue down the will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to ♥ 9 8 3 ♥ K 10 7 4 spiral ramp to P2 or P3. Law 91 of the Laws of . ♦ 5 ♦ K 9 8 6 2 The Convention Center staff has designated NABC+ events ♣ 8 4 3 ♣ Q J 9 alternate entrances where you can access the n First offense of any kind (ringing, answering ♠ A J 10 3 closest elevators or escalators to reach your or initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a ♥ A 6 2 desired level. session: One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of ♦ 7 4 3 To access the Second Level (Ballrooms, the maximum available VPs per match, at the ♣ K 6 2 Exhibit Hall, Meeting Rooms 201-205): respective form of scoring. I opened 1♣ as South, left-hand Pole From parking levels P2 and P3, ride an n Second offense in the same session or third overcalled 2♠, Brian cuebid 3♠, and I bid 3NT, elevator up to level 2 (press ‘2’ in the offense within the event, disqualification of ending the auction. elevator). the pair or team from the event. I won the opening spade lead with the 9 in From Main Street: Other events dummy. It was now an easy matter to take 10 Option 1: Ride the escalator up to level 2. n First offense, in the same session – ringing tricks by just ducking a club all around, but no, I Option 2: Enter the ADA entrance from the only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at was not up to it. corner of Front Street and Poplar Avenue the respective form of scoring; first offense I led a club to the king and a diamond to the (adjacent to large metal sculpture). Ride the in the same session – answering or initiating 10 which held. Then I led the ♥Q which held, elevator to level 2 (press ‘2’ in the elevator). a call, texting or browsing: one-half board, followed by the ♦A Q. Right-hand Pole won the Option 3: Enter the Cannon Center lobby, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of king and returned a diamond. head towards the west elevator, and ride the scoring. I cleverly realized that I had nine tricks and elevator to the Mezzanine level (press ‘2’ in n Second offense in the same session: two full started thinking about a 10th. Left-hand Pole was the elevator). Next, exit right onto the Morgan boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum starting to get a little antsy, so I smiled and said Keegan Lobby and go through the double available VPs per match, at the respective to him, “A little impatient, are you? I have nine glass doors to enter the Convention Center. form of scoring. and want 10.” He then cheerfully said, “I’ll help. Follow the signs to the meeting spaces. n Third offense in the event: disqualification of Show me your hand.” the pair or team from the event. I complied. He said, “Lead a spade and duck Kibitzers violating this policy will be it,” which I did. He then led a spade back into my removed from the playing area for the remainder A-J despite having an exit in hearts. of the session. Then all of us, entourage included, started This policy applies to all events at NABCs. laughing out loud. It was a wonderful moment of fun. Page 16 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

down two vulnerable for minus 200, bid 3NT be scent-sitive! IMP Strategy with a combined 21 high-card points after a Some people have an extreme sensitivity to (for Swiss teams, knockout bidding misunderstanding --- which my partner fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL teams and IMP pairs) played well for down one and minus 100 --- clubs, units and districts have adopted policies and doubled them in 4*H*, making five for By Steven Gaynor that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The minus 990. We thought we were slaughtered. In a matchpoint event, we are always looking ACBL has not Wrong. We won IMPs on all three boards and for that extra trick or playing in a risky issued an official blitzed the other team. or notrump rather than a poorer-scoring, but safer, policy on the 14. Don’t be a hero. Do not make a confusing bid . Why? Because it pays off big time when matter, preferring that (1) may be passed when it is forcing or (2) it works. instead to appeal shows extra values that you don’t have. Make We may even risk our contract to make a play to the goodwill the call that shows your strength. for an overtrick. On defense we strive not to blow a of its members to 15. “Take out insurance.” In every team game, trick rather than beat a contract. refrain from using there will be a hand where both sides can make In IMP scoring, however, the considerations fragrances. game. Usually it is a wild hand with lots of change drastically. Now just making or beating a Because distribution, doubles fits and long suits. It is contract can give us a big score, but extra tricks are duplicate bridge requires players to be in usually right to bid one more (called “taking chump change. (OK, I know we have all won or close proximity to each other, individuals who out insurance”) – unless you are sure they are lost a match by 1 IMP.) suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot going down and you cannot make your bid. Winning IMP strategies include: avoid those who are wearing them. Among 16. On defense, strive at all costs to beat the 1. Make your contract. Do not worry about the commonly reported symptoms are intense contract when it means giving up an overtrick. overtricks or undertricks. If you are in the right headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a You may take risks that you would never dream spot, things will usually work out in your favor. trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related of at matchpoints – such as leading the king 2. Trust your . Even at pairs, you problems. For these individuals, the issue is much from K-x, hoping to find your partner with the will be a winner if you are in the right suit at more serious than simply disliking a particular ace of that suit or the queen and a quick entry the right level despite blowing an overtrick smell — it’s a real health problem. in trumps. Sometimes you give up an overtrick, once in a while. Please, if you’re going to play in a club or so you lose 1 IMP. If your bold play sets a 3. Stretch to bid a game. If vulnerable, game a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or contract just one time in 10, you are ahead. should be bid even if it is as a low as a 40% scented lotions. 17. If it’s hard for you, it’s hard for them. The chance. If not vulnerable, it should be a 50% player sitting in your seat at the other table is prospect. holding the same cards you are. This guiding 4. If you bid three vulnerable games that your principle will help you on several of the points opponents do not bid and you make only one of already listed. them, you break even. If you are in an auction Steven Gaynor is an Emerald Life Master who and the decision is now in your hands whether lives in Minneapolis MN. He is a member of the to bid game or not — if you have to think about national Charity and Goodwill committees. it, bid game. 5. Do not double their partial. You better have them down two in your own hand before you chance a double of a bid below game. And ‘down two in your own hand’ means you have a fistful of trump tricks. Do not count on your partner for many of these tricks. 6. Do not go for numbers. Don’t make some wild, preemptive bid just because you have six or seven (or more) cards in one suit. It is not worth it. 7. Your competitive bidding should be more constructive at IMP scoring. Upgrade your overcalls by at least a queen. This means that if you would with 8 points at pairs, overcall with 10 or more at IMPs. 8. Play your safest contract. If in the bidding your find you have a better fit in a minor than a major, play in the minor, especially at a partial. You want to make whatever contract you bid. Plus 110 is only a bit worse than plus 140 and it may not even make any difference sometimes. 9. This also applies to game and slam bidding. If partner opens 1NT and you have a four-card major with at least invitational values, bid Stayman. Plus 620 and plus 630 are the same at IMPs. 10. Do not stretch to bid slams. Bid slams only when they have at least 75% probability of success. 11. Do not stretch to bid slams. Oh, is this a repeat? Well, good. The point needs extra emphasis. 12. You have partners at the other table. Don’t make a risky bid or play because you think you are down in a match. 13. Once, in a seven-board match, we bid a slam Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 17

pair not play in a specified segment, not play Slow play against a specified pair or not play together as Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied a violation of law and subject to penalty. When only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly reminder Each player is required to have a convention a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them repetitious offenders. card filled out legibly and on the table throughout to make up the time lost as quickly as possible An appeal of an action taken by a TD with a session. The convention card must include whether at fault or not. All players are expected regard to time may be taken to the Director in the first and last name of each member of the to make a concerted effort to catch up when they Charge of the tournament, and no further. For partnership, and the cards must be identical. have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the If a director determines that neither player has their lateness. responsibility to ensure that each KO match a substantially completed card, the partnership In the absence of compelling evidence to the segment finishes within the allotted time. While may play only the Yellow contrary, the director should presume that a pair a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a Card and may use only standard carding. This finishing a round late by more than two or three monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to restriction may be lifted only at the beginning minutes on more than one occasion during a apply one or more of the remedies listed below. of a subsequent round after convention cards session is responsible for the lateness. There is a The TD may choose to ignore an occasional have been properly prepared and approved by strong expectation that the director will penalize minor late finish. The TD may remove one or the director. Further, the partnership will receive such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to more boards from a segment. The TD may award a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board increase for subsequent instances of slow play and no score (when neither team is more at fault), an played, commencing with the next round and for chronic or egregious slow play. assigned score (when a result already exists at continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP While warnings typically will be given before one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be the director. limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty. made to remove boards before they can be played If the director determines the partnership has Players are expected to be aware, in a general at either table, but not having done so does not at least one substantially completed convention sense, of time used and remaining in a segment preclude removing one or more later. in which they are playing regardless of whether a card but has not fully complied with ACBL clock is in use or a time announcement has been regulations, the director may give warnings made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no or assign such penalties as he deems to be clock immediately visible” will not be considered Smoking Policy appropriate under the circumstances. Smoking is not permitted in the playing area persuasive. The objective of these warnings and penalties during any bridge playing event at an NABC. In consultation with the DIC of the is the encouragement of full compliance with This includes electronic smoking devices. tournament, the TD may require that a particular ACBL regulations. Page 18 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

may carry on to game. matchpoint game, and North bid 3♦ which was For the Record Law 16B1 states: “Any extraneous passed out and made on time. One is tempted By Robb Gordon, National Recorder information from partner that might suggest a call to bid 3♦ with the solid suit, but certainly risks What is a “logical alternative”? or play is unauthorized. This includes remarks, disaster. As it happened, partner had a 3♦ bid the One of the most frequent causes for both questions, replies to questions, unexpected Alerts first time as well as the second, so all was well. tournament director calls and Player Memos or failures to Alert, unmistakable hesitation, But passing 2♠ is certainly a logical alternative involves unauthorized information. Law 16A unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, here. You have no assurance of a diamond fit or defines specifically what information is authorized. movement or mannerism. any useful values from partner. In fact, you might Anything else is unauthorized. What are some (a) A player may not choose a call or play that be changing a plus to a minus by bidding. examples of unauthorized information? You is demonstrably suggested over another by After receiving UI from partner (break in overhear a result at another table. The wrong pair unauthorized information if the other call or play , missed Alert, body language), if one starts play against you, and it is discovered during is a logical alternative. chooses an action that is judged to be suggested by the auction. (b) A logical alternative is an action that a the UI (perhaps by polling other players) when a When these happen, it is your obligation to significant proportion of the class of players in logical alternative exists, the director must do two summon the director immediately. The director question, using the methods of the partnership, things. First, the director should determine if there will either assign an artificial adjusted score, or would seriously consider, and some might select.” is damage to the non-offending side (Law 16B3) permit you to continue to play the hand, reserving To use ’s description of logical and adjust the score as appropriate under Law the option to adjust the score. alternative, “Would it have been obviously 12C. If the director feels that offender’s action, The more troublesome forms of unauthorized foolish to pass, an egregious error, absurd? No, it although not permitted, is normal for a player of information (UI) include extraneous things like wouldn’t; pass would be right quite often.” this ability, then an adjustment could be made Alerts by partner (when he shouldn’t), explanation A similar hand was recently discussed on with no procedural penalty. However, if a player of Alerts by partner (when they are incorrect), Bridge Winners: with the offender’s level of expertise should have non-Alerts by partner (when she should), and ♠— ♥A K Q 5 3 ♦A J 9 6 5 2 ♣A K known that he was violating the Law, then the sometimes even questions partner asks the director should also penalize the offender per Law opponents. Additionally, there are times when East was dealer, both vul: 73C2. partner’s tempo is unusually slow or fast. When West North East South The reason that these violations are not fully a player breaks tempo, or asks a question out 1♠ 2♠ remediated by simple restoration of equity using of turn, it is an irregularity. Unlike some other 3♠ Pass Pass Dbl Law 12 is that players should be aware that when irregularities, a director should not necessarily Pass 4♥ Pass 4♠ they cross that line two things will happen. The be summoned immediately. However, if you Pass 5♥ Pass ? first is that they get the worst of equity, keeping have reason to believe that this break in tempo As a bidding problem, probably most of you their bad results and losing their good ones, but or question is going to put your opponent in a would press on. But it isn’t automatically right additionally possibly paying a score penalty difficult position, it is good to notify the director, (say partner had: (which does not accrue to the non-offenders). first to establish facts, and second, to remind the ♠x x x x ♥x x x ♦x x ♣x x x x). Proper enforcement of these practices should recipient of UI about their obligations. But when partner breaks tempo over both 3♠ reduce the frequency of players reflexively “doing In and of themselves, none of these things and 4♠, doing what you were “always going to what they were always going to do.” are illegal. However, UI can put a burden on the do” doesn’t cut it. Pass is a logical alternative. The reason this is a “recorder” article is that partner of the person providing it. For example, Remember Kaplan: “Would it be obviously foolish we get many Player Memos about tempo. Some you hold: to pass?” Hardly. To avoid this problem, you need of those involve situations where UI leads to good ♠A K J x x ♥K Q x x ♦3 ♣K J 9. to make a bid that incontrovertibly pushes you to “guesses,” and the director was never called. 6♥ over 4♥ or give up on the grand and just bid Obviously, the recorder can’t adjust your score. You LHO Partner RHO 6♥ over 4♥, or find a partner who doesn’t create But you also lose a great witness when the director 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass problems in tempo-sensitive situations! isn’t involved. Nonetheless, we investigate. If 3♥ (1) Pass 3♠ (2) Pass With East dealer and E-W vul, you hold this the action by the subject is one that they should ? hand as North: have known was unlawful, we can be very stern, (1) or choice of strain? ♠10 8 ♥Q J 4 ♦A K Q 8 7 2 ♣ 6 2 counseling at the least, and taking disciplinary (2) Slow action is quite possible, especially if the subject If you had meant 3♥ as a game try, as many West North East South has had other similar incidents reported. would, partner rejected the try. The fact that it Pass Pass was rejected slowly is unauthorized information. 1♠ 2♦ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2♠ Pass (1) Notice to players But perhaps you meant to bid game and offer an Each player must have an ACBL convention Pass ? alternative strain. Sorry, but since there is no way card filled out and on the table. Please note that (1) Break in tempo to prove that (unless your system oddly carries other types of convention cards, such as the WBF This is a hand from an older NABC which only that specific meaning), you are stuck. Now convention card or homemade cards that do not the director got right and the appeals committee if your hand were much stronger, so you had sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, dropped the ball. This was from a single-session obviously intended 3♥ as a slam try, of course, you are not acceptable substitutes. Daily Bulletin Friday, March 29, 2019 Page 19

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon. Charity begins com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish ACBL Shuttle Bus Service list, wedding or baby registry and other account Shuttle runs every 15 minutes at AmazonSmile settings are also the same. Friday, March 22– Saturday, March 30 For every eligible purchase you make on How do I select a charitable organization? Pickup at Memphis Cook Convention Center Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation Go to smile.amazon.com using your (Main St. on Sheraton side of the street) donates .5% of the purchase price (less shipping, computer or mobile device. On your first visit 4–8:45 p.m. gift wrap charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. to AmazonSmile, you’ll select a charitable Drop off and pickup at the intersection of Why not make the ACBL Educational Foundation organization before you begin shopping. Choose Union Ave. & Main St. or the ACBL Charity Foundation your chosen either ACBL Charity Foundation or ACBL Drop off and pickup at Beale St. & 2nd St. charity? Educational Foundation. (by Hard Rock Café) When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll 9–11pm find the exact same low prices and convenient Shuttle drop off at the following hotels: shopping experience as Amazon.com with the Trolley fare is $1 (cash) Comfort Inn Downtown added bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a The fare for the Main St. trolleys is $1, Courtyard Court Square portion of the purchase price to your favorite cash only. Contrary to earlier reports, the trolley Moxy Court Square charitable organization. Picture this: If every rides are NOT free to NABC attendees. ACBL Springhill Court Square ACBL member were to designate one of the members are asked to kindly refrain from arguing Hu Hotel two ACBL charity funds as their AmazonSmile with trolley operators on this matter. Residence Inn Downtown recipient and spend $200, $168,000 would flow Doubletree Downtown to the Educational Foundation and the Charity Foundation! Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on AmazonSmile? ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Richard & Day Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Morning Side Swiss Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Saturday, March 30, 10 a.m. Backbeat Tours 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Backbeat Tours 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Saturday, March 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Richard & Mary Oshlag Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 (unlimited/3000/1500) Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Saturday, March 30, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Heritage Ballroom, 2nd floor Sheraton Hotel $25 Saturday, March 30, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Saturday, March 30, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Ballroom C, Level 2 Convention Center $25 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Saturday, March 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m. JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom B, Level 2 Convention Center $25 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions GOLDER , FLIGHT B 1-2 Q East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 Q East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center No fee Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Richard & Mary Oshlag Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Saturday Compact KO Teams 1-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Saturday, March 30, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Saturday, March 30, 7:30 p.m. Evening Side Swiss Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300/200). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/300/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 20 Friday, March 29, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Friday, March 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Friday, March 29, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Friday, March 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Sandra Nott Memorial Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 (unlimited/3000/1500) Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Daylight A/B/C Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300/200) 1-2 Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Friday, March 29, Noon & 7 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Ballroom C, Level 2 Convention Center $25 Friday, March 29, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Friday, March 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Ballroom B, Level 2 Convention Center $25 SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Ballroom A, Level 2 Convention Center $25 In Honor of Friends Affected by Alzheimer’s Open Pairs 1-2 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 (unlimited/3000/750) Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 Friday, March 29, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. Evening Side Swiss Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Evening Side Board-a-Match Teams single East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session East Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southwest Ex Hall, Level 2 Convention Center $15 $15 Friday, March 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Heritage Ballroom, 2nd floor Sheraton Hotel $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300/200). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/300/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

Today’s Sponsors In Honor of Friends Affected by Alzheimer’s Today’s Open Pairs is dedicated to four local Rochelle Perlman. Rochelle Perlman Wynns for over 10 years. The foursome played players who have been affected by Alzheimer’s: is devoted to her family. She and husband bridge in each other’s homes, Destin, and the Charlie Bost, Mary Oshlag, Rochelle Perlman and Frank have one daughter, Susie, and two bridge club whenever possible. To Rochelle, Ron Ohsfeldt. granddaughters, Ellen and Emily, on whom she everything was lovely. She never met a stranger Charlie Bost was a fun-loving man who dotes. Rochelle, along with Sandra Nott, Louise and never complained. loved sports, bridge, family and friends. Davis and Sandra Wolfe, took lessons from Jack Ron Ohsfeldt. Wife Sharon Ohsfeldt Mary Oshlag. says, “Ron was a Mary, the creator of consulting actuary. the popular “Eight is We moved to the Enough” team game Memphis area in format, is the wife of 1978 when Ron longtime ACBL employee opened an office for Richard Oshlag. The pair the firm now known was part of the winning as Willis Towers Senior Swiss Teams in Watson. We meet in 2011. Mary is the love of college math class as Richard’s life, and he has freshmen. Ron died in been by her side through 2004.” several of years of her cognitive decline. Charlie Bost Mary Oshlag Rochelle Perlman Ron Ohsfeldt