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Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Volume 91, Number 6 Daily Bulletin 91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Chinese pair wins 10K IMP Pairs Fleisher, Martel set the Hua Yang of Plano TX and Yuan Wei Wang of pace in the Blues Carrying the momentum of their win in the China won the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs on Tuesday. Mitchell Open BAM Monday night, Martin Fleisher They’re a first-time partnership and for Wang, it’s and Chip Martel top the field of the Kaplan Blue only the second time playing in the United States. Ribbon Pairs after the qualifying sessions. They Both come from bridge-playing families in China submitted scores of 66% and 61% to set the pace in and knew each other through family. the three-day event. Third after qualifying, Yang and Wang posted Frenchmen Jerome Rombaut and Combescune the second-best scores in each of the final sessions to Baptiste enter the day in the two spot, while Nicolas win by almost 16 IMPs. L’Ecuyer and Zygmunt Marcinski from Quebec hold “It’s very lucky to get a championship,” Wang down third place. said. The Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is a three-day Josh Donn of Las Vegas and Peter Gelfand of event consisting of two qualifying sessions, two Corralitos CA had a monster first final session to semifinal sessions and two final sessions. Today’s take a 35-IMP lead but went negative in the last field of 104 pairs will be cut in half for the Thursday session to place second. Miriam Harris-Botzum and final. Marty Harris, the leaders after qualifying, finished third. Winners of the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs: Yuan Wei continued on page 11 Wang and Hua Yang Canadians top Mini-Blues after day one The wise man Layne Noble and J. Mark Siegrist of Ontario, Godfrey another at a Hawaii Regional in the late 1960s. Canada, lead the field after the qualifying sessions of Chang is known as Chang says he had less than 50 masterpoints at the the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs. The three-day event is Hawaii’s best local time. He was playing with Maizie Ho, who managed limited to players with 0–6000 masterpoints. player. A Platinum to endplay her partner twice in a row on the same A board out of first place were Rebecca Anspach Life Master with hand. Sutherlin felt bad for Chang and offered to and Keith Connolly from St. Paul MN. almost 15,000 play with him the following year at the regional. Sitting in third are Texans Virgil Massey and masterpoints, They would play together each January for 50 years, Charlene Sands. Chang has been winning dozens of pair events along the way. The field of 106 pairs, reduced to 56 pairs for playing for 58 Chang considers himself lucky to have been today’s semifinal sessions, will be cut in half for years and earned endplayed by his partner twice on the same hand that tomorrow’s final. most of them day. “That experience was worth a lot to me,” he without leaving his says. Cappelletti, Fung lead home state. In 1999 at the Spring NABC in Vancouver, Godfrey Chang is Hawaii’s Chang, 81, is Chang finished second in back-to-back national pairs Women’s Pairs Allison Cappelletti of Delray Beach FL and highest-ranking player. also known for his events: the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs with Gerry Kismet Fung of Edmonton AB are leading the longtime partnership with John Sutherlin, who died Caravelli and the Rockwell Mixed Pairs with Anne Whitehead Women’s Pairs after Tuesday’s qualifying in May. Arndt. The Rockwell was especially hard for Chang sessions. They scored 57% and 65% to take the lead “He’s as good a guy as you can ever meet,” because it was so close: He and Arndt lost to Mike and a carryover of 34.98 into today’s final, where 13 Peggy Sutherlin says. “They really did become and Shannon Cappelletti by 0.62 matchpoints. That’s will be top. lifelong friends. I think John would consider how close he came to making Grand Life Master. In second, just 4.4 matchpoints back, are Godfrey one of his five best friends.” Before that Chang used to travel to one NABC Virginia Kellermeyer and Brenda Pugsley from the It began the first time they played against one continued on page 5 Reno–Carson City area. Californians Kate Hill and Evelyn Holz are sitting in third. Half of the 28-table field qualified for the second Behind the byline: day. Barry’s world Pre-registration required He has a quick wit, a quick pace and a quick He attended twinkle in his eye. He plays, writes, commentates what was generally for Reisinger and teaches bridge. His overnight output for considered the Teams that wish to enter the Reisinger Board-a- championship newspapers is prodigious – his byline strongest academic Match Teams must pre-register no later than in your Daily Bulletin is as familiar as your morning high school in the 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29. See Matt Smith in the cup of coffee. Or tea, if that’s your preference. U.K., studying Tapa Ballroom. Barry Rigal is a man of boundless energy in the math and Latin bridge world. and Greek. “I “I always wanted to find something to excel at,” was consistently Goodwill Message Barry says. “I haven’t yet decided whether bridge is at the bottom of Accept the decisions of your director with it. There is the beauty of the permutations when card my class,” he politeness and grace. combinations fall the way you want and for a short says. Looking for Sandy DeMartino, Chair time, you think you understand the patterns and what something to excel Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee the game is all about. Then the next board comes and in, he first tried you realize you were deluding yourself.” table tennis. “But I Barry was born and grew up in central London. couldn’t smash the ball.” ATTENDANCE He has one older brother, two younger sisters and Then he took up chess: “I could play chess, but 10 nephews and nieces, all of whom still live in clearly I wasn’t going to excel.” through Tuesday London. He was raised in a card-playing household Then his math teacher organized bridge games a – “knockout whist, oh hell, but not bridge.” continued on page 9 3192.5 tables Page 2 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. (Sea Pearl Room 2, Mid-Pacific Center) Wednesday, November 28 9 am-noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing Sunday, December 2 education course for club directors to increase their skills. 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Awkward! By Barry Rigal This deal presented an awkward declarer and defense problem. Dlr: East ♠ 7 6 2 Vul: Both ♥ K 8 5 2 ♦ J 10 8 4 ♣ A K ♠ K 9 ♠ Q J 10 5 4 ♥ 6 3 ♥ A J ♦ A Q 9 6 5 2 ♦ 7 ♣ Q 6 2 ♣ 9 8 7 5 3 ♠ A 8 3 ♥ Q 10 9 7 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ J 10 4 West North East South Pass Pass 2♦ Pass Pass 2♥ Pass 3♥ All Pass Because 2♦ escapes for down one, South did well to balance, but North’s raise put his side in dangerous territory. West did not find the ♠K lead, instead, putting a low club on the table. Declarer won to lead a low heart. East took the ace and knew partner rated to have a top spade and decent diamonds. The ♠Q shift covered all bases. South had to duck, and now East shifted to diamonds: king, ace, 4. Discounts offered When West reverted to spades, declarer could Five restaurants at the Hilton Hawaiian win and draw trumps, then set up either a diamond Village are offering discounts to bridge players to pitch his spade or ruff a club and then exit in with convention cards that were not listed in the spades to avoid losing a diamond. restaurant guide. Dairy Queen is offering a 20% Should West have found the winning defense? discount; Blue Water Shrimp & Seafood is offering Underlead in diamonds at trick five. East can ruff 10%. At the other three – CJ’s New York Style and exit in spades and one way or another, the Delicatessen, Hatsuhana and Round Table Pizza – defenders must score a fifth trick. the discount is 10% excluding alcohol. Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS hand. As North, count is counterproductive. As West, if declarer Thinking bridge holding two plays a fourth diamond, intending to ruff with By Eddie Kantar spades, a 2♥ dummy’s ♠A, discard your last club. Now rebid after declarer cannot enjoy a third club ruff and is held Hand evaluation. Responder’s rebid. Third- partner bids 2♦ to eight tricks. hand play. Counting your tricks. shows six hearts, exceptionally, Dlr: South ♠ A 4 five headed by Vul: E–W ♥ J 8 6 4 2 three of the top ♦ 9 3 four honor cards. ♣ K 6 5 3 Opener can ♠ Q J 8 3 ♠ 9 6 pass 2♥ with a ♥ 10 5 ♥ K Q 9 singleton heart. ♦ J 7 4 ♦ Q 10 8 2 Defensive ♣ Q J 10 2 ♣ A 9 8 7 commentary: ♠ K 10 7 5 2 As East, if declarer plays low at trick one, signal ♥ A 7 3 encouragement with the ♣9, your highest equal ♦ A K 6 5 spot card. Signaling with the ♣8 denies the ♣9! ♣ 4 Play commentary: With the ♣A marked on West North East South your right, duck the first club, ruff the club honor 1♠ return and try to make as many low trumps as you Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ can. Play the ♦A and ♦K, ruff a diamond low, ruff a Pass 2♠ All Pass club, ruff a diamond with the ♠A and lead dummy’s last club. If West still has a club, you can ruff, your Opening lead: ♣Q. seventh trick. The ♠K and ♥A bring your trick total Bidding commentary: As South, partner’s to nine. Don’t worry that you’re ruffing a diamond Wendy Wiltse and Randy Wentross were bidding shows two spades, not three. Partner with the ♠A; the diamond is s a loser in any case playing for the first time as partners and the usually supports directly with three trumps. To bid and the ruff provides you with a dummy entry to first time at this tournament on Tuesday in on in this sequence requires 16+ high-card points. ruff a club. the 299er game. Wiltse, a local, has been But if you are strong enough to bid again with this Defensive commentary: Defenders often give playing for six months. Wentross, who has been playing for two years, used to live in the distribution, try 3♥ to show a singleton club as well count when declarer initiates a suit (diamonds). area but moved to Tucson AZ. “A teacher we three hearts (your 2♦ rebid has denied four hearts), However, when the count in the suit is known had in common put us together,” Wentross catering to a possible five hearts in partner’s (diamonds is declarer’s second-bid suit), giving said.

• There was one disciplinary appeal to a district FOR THE RECORD appellate committee. • The ACBL Appeals & Charges Committee heard By the Numbers one appeal and one automatic review. By Robb Gordon, National Recorder Sometime during the first quarter of 2019 we One of the more visible tasks of the Office of expect to have full-year data available. National Recorder is compiling a database of Player Memos and making sure they are investigated by the appropriate party, be that the National Recorder, or Bridge Bucks a district or unit recorder. We want to have a copy of every Player Memo in ACBL-land in our database, and check cashing and we have been Bridge Bucks and encouraging tournament check-cashing services will directors and local be available outside the recorders to help us Coral Ballroom in the make that happen. Mid-Pacific Center. Hours Through the end of of operation are 9:30 to 10 October, the numbers a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. look like this: Players may purchase • We have received Bridge Bucks using all major credit cards. There is a 286 Player Memos: $500 limit daily on check cashing. We got 41 in Philadelphia, 40 in No cash concessions Atlanta and 185 in non-NABC events. There will be no cash concessions at this NABC. • Out of these, 17 were matters not within ACBL Food and beverage costs would have been quite jurisdiction, such as club discipline. high for the players. Many outlets, including the • Forty-seven were handled at the unit level, 80 ABC stores, Wiki Wiki Market and Starbucks, offer at the district level and 122 by the National a variety of beverages, sandwiches, salads, etc. at Recorder. reasonable prices. • Sixteen Player Memos went to the Anti-Cheating Commission for consultation. • Twenty-six matters were heard by various Credit cards accepted disciplinary committees: Units handled 12 for entry fees (including two appeals of club barrings); Purchase your entries for all events at the NABC districts handled four and a regional tournament via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted disciplinary committee handled one. wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear as • That leaves nine that were handed at the national ACBL Tournament Entry. To use this option, the level. Four were handled directly by managment. entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single The ACBL Disciplinary Committee heard five card. Please be patient with directors using this cases, of which two resulted in negotiated system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an resolutions. alternative to cash. Page 4 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin QUALIFIERS IN THE KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS Conventional wisdom 52.0 Tables / Based on 103 Tables Carryover By Barry Rigal 1 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 610.89 One of the gadgets that the fancy have taken 2 Jerome Rombaut - Combescune Baptiste, Hem France 606.88 up is a modified form of key card in response to a 3 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 589.59 4 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 580.00 preempt. The way it works is to use a jump to 4♣ (or 5 Stan Schenker - David Milton, Herndon VA 576.81 4♦ over a 3♣ opener) to ask for key cards with that 6 Joe Grue, New York NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 576.49 suit set as trump – a call of 4NT can be placed as ace 7 Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 570.28 asking. 8 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 569.80 Step responses show: 9 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 565.40 • Zero key cards 10 Massimiliano Di Franco - Giovanni Donati, Italy 563.90 11 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV 563.18 • One key card without the trump queen 12 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 562.31 • One with the trump queen 13 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Barry Rigal, New York NY 561.67 • Two without the queen 14 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 557.59 • Two with the queen 15 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 557.58 16 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 554.21 Some pairs (including two current world 17 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 553.94 18 Nabil Edutton, Australia; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand 552.53 champions) use the first step to say, “Not only do I 19 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 551.87 have none but you will be sorry you asked!” We will 20 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 551.18 assume you don’t need that one. 21 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 546.22 On Board 18 from the Mitchell Open BAM first 22 Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 545.92 final, John Lusky and Allan Falk probably tied the 23 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 544.24 record for reaching 7NT in terms of speed. 24 Jacek Robert Grzelczak, Lodz Poland; Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland 542.05 Dlr: East ♠ A J 25 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 541.26 26 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 539.85 Vul: N–S ♥ A K Q 10 8 5 3 27 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 539.66 ♦ 9 28 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 539.45 ♣ A 10 5 29 Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Magnus Eriksson, Sweden 537.90 ♠ 9 7 6 ♠ 4 2 30 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 537.61 ♥ 6 2 ♥ 9 7 4 31 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX 536.16 ♦ K J 7 6 3 ♦ Q 8 5 2 32 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 535.70 33 Michael Prahin - Elena Prahin, Irvington NY 535.33 ♣ K Q 9 ♣ J 7 3 2 34 Richard J. Probst - Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 534.71 ♠ K Q 10 8 5 3 35 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 531.68 ♥ J 36 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ 530.91 ♦ A 10 4 37 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 530.52 ♣ 8 6 4 38 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 529.68 When Allan, South, opened 2♠, Lusky could 39 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 528.30 40 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA 528.06 use 4♣ key card for spades and blast 7NT over the 41 Liam Milne - Andy Hung, Sidney Australia 525.89 response. Dummy’s J♥ was a nice bonus. 42 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden 525.13 43 Mark Moss, Piedmont CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 524.65 44 Fredrik Helness - Martin Andresen, Oslo Norway 524.43 45 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 524.09 46 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 522.60 47 Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Renee Cooper, Perth WA 521.97 48 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 521.88 49 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Victor King, Hartford CT 518.91 50 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 517.52 51 Frances Corney - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 516.54 52 Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India 516.52 53 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 514.65 54 Leigh Gold, Melbourne Australia; Kitty Muntz, East Malvern Australia 514.62 55 David Gold, London England; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway 514.34 56 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Richard Chan, Markham ON 513.16 57 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 513.02 58 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 512.99 59 Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 509.59 60 Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland; Mateusz Sobczak, 509.27 61 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 508.32 62 Larry Pocock - Yue Su, Vancouver BC 507.55 63 Yul Inn - Cheryl Mandala, Cupertino CA 504.49 64 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 504.39 65 Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 504.34 66 Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 502.59 67 Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; John McAllister, Keswick VA 502.24 68 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 500.89 69 Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON 499.91 70 Steven Smolen - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 499.59 71 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 499.01 72 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 498.87 73 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 498.56 74 Sanna Clementsson - Thomas Andersson, Sweden 496.94 75 Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA 496.51 76 Jeffrey Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 496.12 77 Linlin Hu, China; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA 495.94 78 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX 495.36 79 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 495.20 80 Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL 494.81 81 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Chris Moll, Durham NC 494.74 82 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 493.24 83 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 492.24 84 Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 491.96 85 Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 489.47 86 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 488.74 87 Kazuko Takahashi, Tokyo Japan; Sumiko Sugino, Fukuoka Japan 488.51 88 David Caprera, Denver CO; William Pollack, New York NY 488.15 89 Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 486.72 90 John Hurd, New York NY; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 486.53 Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Page 5

91 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 486.44 92 Zachary Madden, Bethesda MD; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 486.19 Chang 93/94 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 485.94 continued from page 1 93/94 Michael Christensen, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 485.94 95 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Samuel Bahbout, Antwerp Belgium 485.60 per year, but since then he’s been to maybe three in 96 Jianwei Li, Guangdong China; G Wen Wei, China 485.27 the past 20 years. 97 Ray Miller - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA 484.74 “My goal was never to reach for Grand Life 98 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 484.64 Master,” Chang says. “Just mental stimulation. That 99 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 484.34 100 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 484.05 is the key as you get older. Keep your mind and 101 William O’Shea - Vanessa Brown, Spit Junction Australia 483.91 body going because they work in harmony.” 102 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 483.86 Chang was fascinated by cardplay long before 103 Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Guy Gecht, Los Altos CA 483.49 he encountered bridge. As a 5-year-old, he could 104 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 483.39 spend hours watching his mother and her friends play mahjong. “I was a very strange child,” he QUALIFIERS IN THE 0–6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS admits. Later on Chang played trumps, a trick-taking 28.0 Tables Carryover game similar to spades. 1 Layne Noble, Ottawa ON; J. Mark Siegrist, Gloucester ON 409.58 While attending the University of Hawaii, 2 Rebecca Anspach - Keith Connolly, Saint Paul MN 395.23 he noticed a foursome of retirees playing bridge 3 Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 395.21 4 Jack Patnode, Kula HI; Alain Schreiber, Bellevue WA 394.43 at a country club. “As I was watching them play, 5 Stan Fong - Margot Loren, Toronto ON 390.74 I thought, ‘This looks like trumps.’” He bought 6 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 390.08 Sheinwold’s “Five Weeks to Winning Bridge,” and 7 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Surrey BC 385.94 when he got back to the university, jumped in and 8 Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI; Richard Gittleman, Kamuela HI 382.62 started to play. “No one dragged me down and said, 9 Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA; Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH 381.19 ‘You gotta learn this game.’” 10 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 377.30 11 Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI; Steven Johnson, Honolulu HI 375.24 He learned about organized bridge from a 12 Ronald Leight - Ivy Leight, Santa Fe NM 374.94 fellow student, Burton Long, who invited him to 13 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 374.72 play duplicate. “The taste of winning started to 14 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 372.60 come right away,” Chang says. In 1963 he and Long 15 Ken Rosenfeld, Mountain View CA; Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA 372.23 played in an ACBL-wide Charity Game and placed 16 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Leon Yu, Syosset NY 371.05 third with a 73%. 17 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 369.87 18 Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 369.07 As his stature among local players increased, 19 Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA; Barbara McKay, Alamo CA 367.86 Chang was asked to be appeals chair for the Hawaii 20 Cliff Marx, Everett WA; Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA 367.38 Regional, a position he has held for 30 years. He 21 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA 366.64 also served on the Hawaii Contract Bridge Units 22 Caryn Villalon, Bonsall CA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 366.36 Association board for eight years and six years on 23 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 364.09 the Honolulu Unit 470 board. 24 Dawn Foltz - Gregory Foltz, Fort Collins CO 363.07 It took more prodding to get him to start 25 Leonard Doerksen - Marlene Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 362.40 26 Edward Rais - Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 361.85 teaching bridge. Whenever Chang received the 27 James Herchenroeder - Laurie Herchenroeder, Harrodsburg KY 361.28 frequent suggestions he should teach, he would 28 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Arun Savara, Honolulu HI 360.60 smile and say he hadn’t really considered that. 29 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 359.91 Eventually he relented and decided to give it a try 30 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 358.50 as a way of giving back to the game. He discovered 31 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 357.09 teaching to be rewarding. “The reward comes when 32 Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC; Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 356.85 33 Gamil Tadros - Helen Dillen, Calgary AB 356.79 you light up that bulb, that joy when they see,” he 34 James Lindemann, Spokane WA; Dee Steil, New Westminster BC 355.91 says. “The other joy I get, they become part of the 35 Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Bonnie Macbride, Lafayette CA 353.96 family. The social network enlarges.” 36 Maureen Weiman - Magnus Weiman, Eden Prairie MN 353.35 37 Emelie Quennell, Calgary AB; Melissa Martin, Whitefish MT 353.26 38 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Judith Zimmerman, Columbus OH 352.05 39 Stuart Goodgold - Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 351.78 Vugraph operators needed 40 Marielle Brentnall - John Hindle, Winnipeg MB 351.29 Vugraph operators are needed Saturday and 41 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 350.86 Sunday for the Reisinger Board-a-Match broadcast 42 Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK; Cecil Henry, Kingman AZ 350.82 on BBO. The first session each day starts at noon, 43 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock, Valencia CA 350.12 the second session starts at 7 p.m. ACBL pays 44 Marilynn Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Susan Huber, Brentwood CA 349.19 operators $50 per session. 45 Andrew Krywaniuk, Burnaby BC; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 346.29 If you haven’t been a vugraph operator before, 46 Louis Trautwein III - Helena Fine, Naples FL 346.18 you will need some training, but it should not be 47 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 345.73 48 Edward Lee, Portland OR; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC 345.52 hard if you are familiar with playing on BBO. Jan 49 Jason Larrivee - Pamela Keim, Regina SK 344.67 Martel is available for training on Friday. If you 50 Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI 344.43 are available for any day/time, please email Jan at 51 Sedat Nassi - Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 344.19 marteljan at gmail.com or text her at 530-574-5780, 52 Romain Jacques, Gatineau QC; Lise Macra, Cantley QC 343.50 and she will answer any questions you may have. 53 Joyce Goldstein, Brooklyn NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 342.85 Thousands of BBO spectators around the world will 54 Leah Sieg, Seattle WA; Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA 342.38 55 Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA; Harold Binder, Dana Point CA 342.22 appreciate your help! 56 Tomi Storey, Frisco TX; Scott Nason, Dallas TX 342.08 Page 6 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin TOM LUM TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING COMPACT 0–10,000 IMP PAIRS KO 10.0 Tables / Based on 20 Tables 8 Tables Judy Cohen, Northbrook IL; Denise Kadleck, Chicago IL; Pat Teer - 40.00 1 Hua Yang, Plano TX; Yuan Wei Wang, Beijing China 93.18 Bill Teer, Fairfax VA 30.00 2 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 77.59 vs 22.50 3 Miriam Harris-Botzum, Orefield PA; Martin Harris, Chicago IL 69.56 Lee Stem - Laima Stem, Mississauga ON; Ruth Tschumy, Honolulu 17.78 4 Sam Madison-Jammal - Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA 55.70 HI; Eileen McCashew, Calgary AB 16.00 5 Leo Lin, Hsinpei City Taiwan; Clair Miao, Honolulu HI 44.20 14.55 6 Eugene Chung, Daly City CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 22.72 13.33 7 Jim Johnsen - Paul Darin, San Diego CA 15.21 Daily Bulletin delivery 12.31 8 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 9.89 Daily Bulletins may not arrive until as late as 11.43 9 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 7.96 9 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience. 10.67 10 Ivanie Yeo - Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 7.74 QUALIFIERS IN THE WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS New Life Master 14.0 Tables Carryover Dickie Motherwell of Pahoa 1 Allison L. Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 34.98 HI on the Big Island became a 2 Virginia Kellermeyer, Reno NV; Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV 30.58 3 Kate Hill - Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 30.03 Life Master on Tuesday in the 4 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 28.27 Edith Neff Daylight Knockout 5 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 27.72 Bracket 2 with Gail Buck, Judy 6 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 25.63 Blankenfeld and Betsy Hartley. 7 Susan Humphries, Auckland New Zealand; Julie Smith, Vancouver BC 19.80 Upon arriving in Honolulu, 8 Sharon Goldman, New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 19.36 Motherwell needed 8.26 gold 9 Tobi Sokolow - Claudette Hartman, Austin TX 19.03 points. That was down to 3.01 after Sunday’s Gold 10 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Junko Hemus, San Clemente CA 18.48 Rush Swiss Teams, and getting to the final of the 11 Gen Geiger - Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL 17.27 12 Peggy Ware, Denver CO; Cristal Nell, Seattle WA 16.94 knockout delivered the rest. 13 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA 15.84 14 Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; Sigrid Price, Napa CA 14.74 Milestone 15 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 13.97 Georgina Little of London 16 Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 13.42 ON became a Ruby Life Master 17 Margie Cole - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 13.20 on Tuesday playing in the 18 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 10.23 19 Barbara Dessi, Rome Italy; Cristiana Morgantini, Rome Italy 9.02 Godfrey Chang Monday-Tuesday 20 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 8.47 KO Bracket 2. Little played with 21 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 8.03 her husband Frank Stoffle, Bruce 22 Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 6.38 Moor and Tom Jolliffe. They 23 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Elizabeth Crenshaw, Birmingham AL 6.16 made it to the semifinal of the 24 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 5.28 event. 25 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 4.95 26 Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy 3.74 27 Yuanluo Wang - Yan Song, Plano TX 1.76 28 Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 0.00 Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Page 7 MITCHELL OPEN BAM – REVISED EDITH NEFF MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO 1 11 Tables 52 Tables / Based on 91 Tables 24.99 1 Hiroko Yanagisawa - Yukiko Tokunaga - Kenji 140.00 1 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Geoff Hampson, Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 35.91 17.49 2 Midori Sakamoto, Kawasaki Japan; Yasuyo 105.00 2 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Iida, Yokohama Japan; Atsuko Katsumata, Kanagawa Japan; Yoko Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Nenohi, Kawasaki-Shi Japan; Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 35.82 10.00 3/4 Howard Co - Barbara Linn - A Acey - John Donoghue, Honolulu HI 78.75 3 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark; 10.00 3/4 Elizabeth Golamco, Alamo CA; Rita Levin, Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Giorgio Duboin, Los Angeles CA; Robert Englekirk, Rancho Mirage CA; Liliane Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 34.77 Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA 62.22 4 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China 34.68 EDITH NEFF MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO 2 56.00 5 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; 9 Tables 11.54 1 Patti Moore, Kalaheo HI; Mimi Levison, Koloa Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; HI; L. Stuart Vance - Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI Franck Multon, Monaco 33.64 8.08 2 Gail Buck - Dickie Motherwell, Pahoa HI; Betsy 50.91 6 John Hurd, New York NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Wooldridge, Hartley, San Clemente CA; Judy Blankenfeld, Hilo HI Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33.05 4.62 3/4 Dawn Ligon - Annetta Patrick - Hal Saunders - 46.67 7 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; Charles Patrick, Santa Barbara CA; Alan Curtis, Thousand Oaks CA 4.62 3/4 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson - Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 33.00 Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA; Marge Van Hemert, Bonita CA 43.08 8 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 32.55 40.00 9 Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; How to qualify in the BAM Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; By Barry Rigal Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 32.45 Displaying a combination of bad luck, bad 37.33 10 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Zia Mahmood, judgment and bad karma, your team has struggled New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse ; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, to 25/51 with just one deal to go. You need a win on Stockholm Sweden 32.18 the final board to reach average (hooray!) and earn a 35.00 11 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Jiang Gu, spot on the roster for the BAM final. Can you do it? Mountain Lakes NJ; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 32.09 32.94 12 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Dlr: West ♠ A J 6 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; R. Rubinstein, Sunnyside NY 31.82 Vul: None ♥ 7 31.11 13 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, ♦ K J 3 Wejherowo Poland; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Steve Weinstein, ♣ A K 10 9 8 4 Montclair NJ; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 31.77 ♠ 2 ♠ K Q 7 5 29.47 14 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; ♥ K Q 10 8 5 2 ♥ A 9 3 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 31.23 ♦ 8 7 2 ♦ A Q 10 9 6 28.00 15 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, ♣ 7 6 5 ♣ 3 Wastervik Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 30.77 ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 26.67 16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace ♥ J 6 4 - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 30.05 ♦ 5 4 25.45 17 Wen Wei Gao, Xudong Sun, Lili Shen, Shao Hong Wu, Jianwei Li, Nan Wang, China 29.16 ♣ Q J 2 24.35 18 Adam Pawlowski, Kutno Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki - Jacek Robert Grzelczak, West North East South Lodz Poland; Sobczak Mateusz, Ozorkow Poland 29.05 2♥ 3♦ 4♥ 4♠ 23.33 19 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov Pass Pass Dbl All Pass - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 29.00 Identical auctions in the two rooms. Your 22.40 20 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; teammates have collected 500 from 4♠ doubled, so Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Antonio Palma, if you do better, you are in. If the same, you face a Evora Portugal 28.95 tie-break. And if worse, you get a sleepless night and 21.54 21 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; a 10 a.m. pair game – a fate worse than death. Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 28.91 20.74 22 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; West leads the ♥K and shifts to a MUD ♦7, Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 28.84 the sort of play that earns MUD its name and 20.00 23 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Daniel Friedman reputation. Naturally East cashes two diamonds then - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 28.50 disappointedly reverts to hearts. You get to ruff, and then what? TUESDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS ♠ A J 19.0 Tables ♥ — A B C ♦ K 6.28 1 Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 62.46% ♣ A K 10 9 8 4 4.71 2 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 61.91% ♠ 2 ♠ K Q 7 5 5.20 3 1 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 59.00% 3.90 4 2 Robert Weaver - Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 58.70% ♥ Q 10 8 5 ♥ 3 3.80 5 3 1 Dee Ann Hansen, Saratoga CA; Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA 57.78% ♦ 8 ♦ 10 9 6 2.19 6 4 Bruce Brownfield, Graham WA; Muriel Stitt, Honolulu HI 55.56% ♣ 7 6 5 ♣ 3 2.85 7 5 2 William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 55.28% ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 2.14 6 3 Dori Foster - Joe Foster, Atherton CA 54.72% ♥ J 1.60 4 Jan Dragoo, Sierra Vista AZ; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ 54.17% ♦ — 1.20 5 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 53.70% ♣ Q J 2 After cashing the ♦K to pitch your heart, it looks TOM LUM TUESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS natural to play ♠A J. East wins, forces you twice 5.0 Tables when in with top trumps, and collects 500. Your best A B C 1.75 1 M. Prebula - Adam Wilkinson, Juneau AK 58.93% chance here may be to give up on any miracle in 1.60 2 1 Charles Levin, Los Angeles CA; Natalie Englekirk, Pacific Palisades CA 58.55% spades. Cash the ♦K and exit with the ♠J! 1.20 3 2 Shideh Nikkhoo - Sandra Miano, Honolulu HI 55.95% If East wins and leads a red winner, you 1.32 4 3 1 Sally Flinn - Joyce Spoehr, Honolulu HI 52.77% can survive. You ruff in dummy and cross to the 0.99 4 2 Mollie Brackett, Longmont CO; Gail Lurie, Boulder CO 48.82% ♣Q having saved a tempo and can drive out the remaining top trump while retaining control for TOM LUM TUESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS minus 300. 6.0 Tables Of course East does have a recourse. He wins A B C the ♠Q and exits in clubs. Now you are locked in 2.40 1 1 1 Janis Rodden - Hazel Theodore, Honolulu HI 58.50% dummy and must concede the ruff and the master 1.80 2 2 Sharon Weber, Kealakekua HI; Elizabeth Reid, Kailua Kona HI 55.50% 1.35 3 3 Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA; Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA 54.50% trump. (This is the winning defense whether declarer 1.01 4 4 Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI 51.50% cashes the ♦K before playing the ♠J or not,) 1.32 2 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 49.00% Did you get a good night’s sleep? Page 8 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

dropping, or if East has a doubleton or singleton save despite his extreme distribution. Hamman led Improving your chances jack, in which case there’ll be a double squeeze. the ♠A, which declarer ruffed in dummy to lead a That improves the line to 65.7%. And you also have trump. Levin, looking at two trump tricks by force, in the Baze final the chance of running the diamonds when West covered the 9 and declarer played the ace expecting By Paul Barden started with ♠Q J x x, which brings the odds up to to claim, but Hamman discarded a spade. Declarer These deals come from the first quarter of the 68.3%. now cashed dummy’s ♦A K intending to pitch his final in the Baze Senior KO, featuring the Nickell What if East has five or six spades? Then if you spade loser. If Levin had ruffed, declarer, who had team against the Kasle team. Nickell played with establish an 11th trick in spades, you make whenever a complete count, would have had an easy make by Ralph Katz, Robert Levin, Bob Hamman, Jeff West has the diamond length, or if West has the ♦J overruffing, cashing his top club, crossing to the ♥A, Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Kasle played with short. You get that 11th trick by playing spades from running the jack, and discarding his spade loser on Drew Cannell, Jim Krekorian, Drew Casen, Michal the top if West has a singleton honor, or by finessing dummy’s top diamond. But Levin carefully worked Kwiecien and Wlodzimierz Starkowski. if West has a small singleton. This improves your out that his trump tricks couldn’t go away, and chances to 67.8% and 73.1% respectively. Finally, if resisted the temptation to ruff, just in case his partner Dlr: East ♠ 5 you discover that East has five or six spades but you had six diamonds. So the contract went an unlucky Vul: E–W ♥ A 9 6 haven’t established an 11th trick, you can try to play one off. Bd: 6 ♦ A K Q 10 2 the diamonds for five tricks, either by finessing (if ♣ A K 9 8 you played spades from the top) or by trying to drop West North East South ♠ 6 2 ♠ Q J 8 7 the tripleton jack (if you finessed in spades). That Kasle Katz Cannell Nickell ♥ J 5 4 ♥ 10 8 3 2 gets you to 69.4% playing spades from the top, or 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ ♦ J 9 8 7 3 ♦ 6 5 73.7% if you finesse in spades. 5♠ 6♦ 6♠ Pass ♣ J 7 6 ♣ Q 10 2 Of course, no one can do these calculations at Pass 7♦ 7♠ Dbl ♠ A K 10 9 4 3 the table. Starkowski tried a third approach: he won All Pass ♥ K Q 7 the lead with the ♥A and cashed two top diamonds. Opening lead: ♦K ♦ 4 His idea was that if the jack fell, he’d be up to 11 At the other table, the higher preempt forced ♣ 5 4 3 tricks and could consider how best to combine his North–South into their best fit. West is expected chances, depending on which hand had the diamond to have extra shape to bid 5♠; if East had known West North East South length. When nothing happened, he played spades the shape was in diamonds, he’d have passed 7♦ to Hamman Starkowski Levin Kwiecien from the top and went one off. give West the chance to make a Lightner double of Pass 1♠ 7♥. The grand slam can in fact be made if South is Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ West North East South declarer and he sniffs out the distribution – he can Pass 2NT Pass 3♥ Kasle Katz Cannell Nickell finesse against East once in hearts and twice, if East Pass 4NT Pass 6NT Pass 1♠ splits, in clubs, then ruff the clubs good and use the All Pass Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ third round of hearts as an entry to hand to run the Opening lead: ♥3 Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ clubs. In the Polish style, South’s 2♠ shows a minimum Pass 4NT All Pass As it was, West had to play 7♠ doubled. Katz hand and does not promise extra length. North’s Opening lead: ♥2 cashed the ♦K and the ♥A, then Kasle carelessly 2NT is artificial and asks about shape. 3♥ from At the other table Katz and Nickell bid naturally. claimed the rest, not considering the implications of South shows the sixth spade while denying diamond In a similar position to Kwiecien, Nickell chose not the 5–1 diamond break suggested by the auction. A support, and 4NT is a quantitative invitation, usually to bid slam. Katz played spades from the top and sensible order of play of play after ruffing North’s with a singleton spade since he could bid a forcing made 11 tricks. heart continuation at trick three would be diamond 3♠ with two. Kwiecien accepted, viewing his spade ruff high, spade to hand, diamond ruff high, spade to suit as a likely source of tricks. Dlr: West ♠ — hand, diamond ruff, and the defense gets one more Levin considered a spade lead, but eventually Vul: N–S ♥ A J 10 9 7 6 diamond for three off. Or it’s possible to endplay chose a safe heart. Kwiecien put his dummy down Bd: 12 ♦ A K Q 8 5 South in clubs for three off after drawing trumps and and took a bathroom break, while Starkowski ♣ 9 6 ruffing some red cards. But in law these lines are not thought about how to play the hand. ♠ A Q 10 8 5 3 ♠ K J 7 6 2 available to declarer unless stated when he claims, If the only consideration is to establish the ♥ 4 ♥ Q 3 2 so the director rightly ruled the contract down four spade suit for one loser, the percentage line is to ♦ J 7 6 4 3 2 ♦ 10 for an 800 penalty. play spades from the top. This succeeds against ♣ — ♣ Q J 8 7 Kasle’s reward for reaching two good slams in all 3–3 breaks and against 4–2 breaks where one ♠ 9 4 the first segment had been to lose 25 IMPs. Against or both of the queen and jack are in the doubleton ♥ K 8 5 the number 1 seeds they would have hoped for better – 9 of the 15 possible doubletons. That’s a 64.6% ♦ 9 luck. After 15 boards, Nickell led by 42 IMPs to 21. chance. The alternative of taking the first-round ♣ A K 10 5 4 3 2 finesse is better when West has a small doubleton West North East South – 6 distributions – but worse when he has honor Hamman Starkowski Levin Kwiecien doubleton – 8 distributions. Which makes it a 61.4% 2♠ 4♦ 4♠ 5♣ shot. However, the finesse has the advantage that Pass 6♣ All Pass Parking validation if it does lose to a doubleton honor, you’re not Opening lead: ♠A Players who are using daily parking: Please get yet off. Unfortunately West will return a diamond Starkowski’s 4♦ was leaping Michaels, showing your parking validated before game time. Volunteers before you find out the spade break, so you can’t at least 5–5 in the red suits. When Kwiecien handling validation are at the Information Booth – afford to finesse (if West doesn’t return a diamond, nevertheless bid 5♣, Starkowski not surprisingly located by the Christmas tree in the Coral Lounge it’s so suspicious you’ll probably choose not to went on to slam. Kwiecien gave that a long look near the Coral Ballroom 1 and 2 in the Mid-Pacific finesse anyway). Nevertheless you’ll recover from before passing, by which time Hamman, West, had Conference Center – prior to game time. There is no your spade play if diamonds are 4–3 with the jack decided there was enough doubt for him not to one staffing the booth after game time. Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Page 9

TOM LUM TUESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 9 Tables Rigal A B C continued from page 1 4.05 1 Minako Takahashi - Fumiko Kimura - Sachiko Yanamura - couple of days a week during lunch. “I was hooked,” Keiko Matsuzaki, Tokyo Japan 63.00 says Barry. “Bridge, chess and the occasional game 3.40 2 1 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Nancy Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Jan Dragoo, Sierra Vista AZ; Martin Leftik, Honolulu HI 60.00 of poker is how I spent my time – anything rather 2.55 3 2 Masako Otsuka - Hiroko Saito - Mari Mitani - Eriko Ito, Tokyo Japan 49.00 than working.” 1.91 4 3 Lester Kodama - Mitsuko Kodama, Mililani HI; Daniel Berman - Barry took his “Do as little as possible to get by” Bob Bradley, Honolulu HI 43.00 philosophy with him to Queen’s College at Oxford. 1.82 1 Doyle Johnson - Carolyn Johnson - Steve Dickason - Connie True, After university, Barry worked as a chartered Little Rock AR 39.00 accountant, first for Pricewaterhouse, then for Conoco. His chosen area of expertise was corporate TOM LUM TUESDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS tax work, which he specialized in even before 32.0 Tables qualifying, which was unusual at the time. But the 7 3 2 area was critical to companies such as Conoco, 11.03 1 1 1 Ralph Haberfeld, Jackson WY; David Larsen, Honolulu HI 61.31% 8.27 2 Barbara Wilson, Sudbury MA; Phyllis Bloom, Acton MA 60.89% for whom taxes were a major liability that drove 6.20 3 2 Sharon Putter - Margaret Paterson, Winnipeg MB 60.71% decision-making. 4.65 4 3 Margaret Randle - Cheryl Diane Patrick, Kansas City MO 60.17% “Under those circumstances, they listen to 3.68 5 4 Clare Smith, Walnut Creek CA; Jeanette Bartz, Clayton CA 59.67% you,” he says. “I found it immensely interesting and 3.51 6 5 2 Jean Mutchmore - Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC 58.42% enjoyable.” 2.76 7 C. Shipley, Kansas City MO; Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS 57.87% Between 1982 and 1995, Rigal won more than 2.63 8 6 3 Yukari Ishikawa - Atsuko Wada, Tokyo Japan 56.61% 10 major British championships, including the Gold 2.21 9 7 4 Maree Webster, Wilson WY; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 56.40% Cup, the Tollemache Cup and the Shapiro Spring 2.35 10/11 8 Suzanne Brisebois - Denis Piton, Longueuil QC 56.10% Foursomes. 1.93 10/11 Jefri Donovan, Reno NV; David Ouyang, Waianae HI 56.10% It was in Bal Harbour FL at the 1986 World 1.70 12 9 5 Leah Williams - Gretchen Bunnell, Crested Butte CO 55.95% 2.36 13 10 Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI; Robin McDuff, Santa Cruz CA 55.36% Bridge Championships that Barry met Sue Picus. 1.71 14 Gary Holt, Oro Valley AZ; Marcia Dalton, Peoria AZ 55.21% Sue, a four-time world champion, was also working 1.38 15 Rich Oom - Sharon Oom, Kentwood MI 54.61% in London at the time. They became friends and 1.38 16 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 53.57% bridge partners and then started dating in 1992. Then 1.34 6 Barbara Levine – H. Michael Mogil, Naples FL 51.49% Sue’s job took her back to the U.S. While their transatlantic romance was working, TOM LUM TUESDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS “It took Conoco to step in and play Cupid,” Barry 32.0 Tables / Based on 72 Tables says. A B C In 1994, Conoco decided to close its London 37.66 1 Fred King, McLean VA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 64.20% office. Rigal took the compensation package the 28.25 2 Ken Bloom, Acton MA; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 61.68% 21.18 3 Eugene Chan, Richmond BC; Gary Tomczyk, Las Vegas NV 61.53% company offered and moved to New York to be with 15.89 4 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 60.04% Sue. At the same time, he made the fulltime career 19.42 5 1 Christina van Leeuwen, Kansas City MO; Todd Fisher, Lincolnwood IL 58.66% switch to bridge. 10.76 6 Naomi Paasch, Moorhead MN; Roark Johnson, Edina MN 58.47% In 1997, Sue and Barry married. “We’re coming 9.42 7 Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA; Panette Talia, Kelseyville CA 57.27% up on our 21st anniversary,” he says, smiling. 14.57 8 2 Douglas Smith, Carson City NV; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 57.16% He is the president of the International Bridge 7.53 9 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 57.10% Press Association, which is he says is the most 10.92 10 3 Clinton Lew, Claremont CA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA 56.39% time-consuming of his bridge responsibilities. He 8.19 11 4 Robert Liu - Ann Bernson, Honolulu HI 56.04% commentates vugraph presentations for the World 5.79 12 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA 55.66% Bridge Federation in addition to writing for the 5.38 13 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 55.54% 6.47 14 5 Yuki Kondoh, Japan; Erika Kawano, Kanagawa Japan 55.31% Daily Bulletins. He also writes the WBF World 4.71 15 Bruce Luttrell - Karen Rice, San Jose CA 55.25% Championship books. 4.43 16 Robert L. McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 55.02% Barry ghostwrites a syndicated bridge column 9.89 6 1 Tomoko Uchiyama - Rieko Sako, Japan 53.46% and writes for a number of publications including 4.86 7 Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI; Ronald Resnick, Kula HI 53.02% Bridge World and the Bridge Bulletin. Of the experts 4.32 8 Susan Shaver - Anne Casey, Sun Lakes AZ 51.50% on the Bridge Bulletin’s It’s Your Call panel, Barry is 7.42 9 2 Roger David - Lise Bedard, Trois-Rivieres QC 51.24% always amongst the first to respond to the problems 3.53 10 Janet Parsons, St John’s NL; Darleen Bates, Durham NC 50.97% – usually turning around his answers the same day 3.68 11 Carmen Meuter, Brentwood CA; Teresa Duewer, Portland OR 50.89% the problems are emailed. 5.56 3 Julianne Wooden, North Vancouver BC; Freda Cryer, Kelowna BC 50.82% Barry’s writing is chock full of British 4.17 4 Emi Sonemoto - Tsuji Sanae, Tokyo Japan 50.46% 3.30 5 David Graham - Jill Graham, London England 50.42% colloquialisms and spelling that sometimes need 2.83 6 Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA; Kimberly Johnson, Olympia WA 49.72% translation for U.S. audiences. “I depend upon my 2.47 7 Catherine Hess - Peter Galbraith, Kaneohe HI 49.30% proofreaders to spellcheck my infelicities,” he says. Though it’s been nearly a quarter of a century, “I TOM LUM TUESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS still think of myself as English, especially as regards 10.0 Tables the Ryder Cup.” While he doesn’t golf himself, he A B C avidly follows the biennial contest between Europe 3.00 1 1 1 Rochelle Mathieu - Jane Waldron, Volcano HI 64.29% and USA’s best golfers. 2.25 2 2 Greg Manchuk - Kathleen Manchuk, Kihei HI 60.97% Between NABCs, WBF championships, EBL 1.69 3 3 Rod Goree, San Francisco CA; Warren Kenyon, Littleton CO 58.25% tournaments, the Gold Coast Congress in Australia 1.50 4 4 2 Judy Fisher, Redmond WA; Lola Leen, Bellevue WA 57.74% 0.95 5 5 Melody Harper, El Segundo CA; Esther Zacks, Hermosa Beach CA 55.36% and various invitational tournaments, Barry 0.71 6 Charlotte Riviera, Bellevue WA; Joanne Kerr, Kirkland WA 53.11% estimates he is away from New York six months of 1.13 3 Randy Wentross, Tucson AZ; Wendy Wiltse, Kailua HI 50.77% the year. He and Sue also make it a priority to spend 0.84 4 Kondo Fuyuko - Horie Machiko, Japan 48.98% time with their London family. Periodically he and Sue headline bridge cruises. GODFREY CHANG MONDAY-TUESDAY KO 1 Next month they’re going to Vietnam and Thailand 9 Tables – “Sue will teach the beginners and I will take the 36.60 1 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Alessandro Ganddougua, Rome Italy; intermediates. I’ll be able to tick another country off Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 25.62 2 Jun Shang, Beijing China; Bo Fu - Yichao Chen - Junjie Hu, Shanghai China; Yan Sun, China my bucket list.” 14.64 3/4 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Barry has a favorite story. He leans back in his Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland chair. 14.64 3/4 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Tim “When I was at Oxford, I read Latin and Greek Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands for two years and classical Hebrew for two years,” he says. continued on page 11 Page 10 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin

GODFREY CHANG MONDAY-TUESDAY KO 2 14 Tables 21.22 1 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; D’Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ; Bruce Yee, Paradise Valley AZ 14.85 2 Paul Christ - Lynn Larson, Traverse City MI; Linda Monahan - Pat Monahan, Interlochen MI 8.49 3/4 Frank Stoffle - Georgina Little - Tom Jolliffe - Bruce Moor, London ON 8.49 3/4 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Centerville OH; David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA

TOM LUM TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS 17.0 Tables / Based on 49 Tables A B C 29.50 1 Mark Bennett, Honolulu HI; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 59.56% 22.13 2 Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 58.95% 16.59 3 Robert Hope, Provost AB; Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 58.53% 12.45 4 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Steve Ramos Jr., Seal Beach CA 57.33% 9.83 5 Lisa Fishman - Robert Johnson, Beaverton OR 57.03% 8.43 6 John Ashton, Portland OR; Dennis Metcalf, Vancouver WA 56.13% 7.38 7 Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Bob Drake, Wassenaar Netherlands 55.77% 6.56 8 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 54.69% 5.90 9 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Barbara McLendon, New York NY 54.51% 11.71 1 1 Brenna Wundram, Los Altos CA; Vivian Betcher, Panama City FL 52.34% 8.78 2 Ryo Matsubara - Ayako Matsubara, Tokyo Japan 52.10% 6.59 3 Zag Kadah, Los Gatos CA; K Blumenthal, Portland OR 50.06% 4.94 4 William Brackett, Longmont CO; Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO 49.94% 3.90 5 Ron Frystak, Kaneohe HI; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 49.46% 4.10 2 Patty Michael, San Mateo CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 48.80% 3.08 3 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 48.32% 2.53 4 Jacques Simard, Montreal QC; Alain Cardinal, Santa Barbara CA 47.78%

TOM LUM TUESDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 10.0 Tables 7 B C 5.25 1 1 David Letourneau - Angela Letourneau, Indian Land SC 59.23% 3.94 2 Gigette Caldwell - Craig Caldwell, San Diego CA 54.61% 2.95 3 Beverly Walker - Benjamin Levy, Vancouver WA 54.02% 1.98 4/5 Susan Frieder, Wailuku HI; Jeanne Radtke, Larkspur CA 53.87% 3.00 4/5 2 1 Linda Shannon - Frank Shannon, Mesquite NV 53.87% 1.50 6 Conrad Larkin, Santa Rosa CA; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA 52.23% 2.25 3 2 Laura Mirsky, West Des Moines IA; Saul Mirsky, La Jolla CA 51.49% 1.69 4 Susan Wavada, Enfield CT; Mee Warren, New York NY 50.00%

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 7.0 Tables A B C 3.68 1 1 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA 71.25% 2.76 2 Paul Janicki - Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON 61.25% 2.76 3 2 1 Rich Ardini, Vienna VA; William Smits, Kapolei HI 57.50% 2.07 4 3 Laura Gastelum - Raymond Mack, Torrance CA 52.50% 1.55 5 4 Brenda Woodman - James Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 52.08% 1.02 5/6 Roger Smith, Modesto CA; Krista Kabacy, Vancouver WA 50.00% 1.02 5/6 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC 50.00% 1.71 2 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA 49.58%

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING 299ERS PAIRS 2.5 Tables A B C 1.95 1 Gail Lurie, Boulder CO; Mollie Brackett, Longmont CO 62.50% 1.46 2 Ed Tunstall - Nancy Tunstall, Warrenton NC 52.50%

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 10 Tables A X 6.21 1/2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 54.00 6.21 1/2 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 54.00 3.99 3 1 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 50.00 2.99 4 2 Kotomi Asakoshi - Junko Tsubaki, Tokyo Japan; Shugo Tanaka, Tokyo Japan; Yumiko Oda, Tokyo Japan 42.00

TOM LUM TUESDAY EVENING B/C/D/ SWISS TEAMS 7 Tables B C 2.98 1 1 Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA; Marlene Felix, Los Angeles CA; Jennifer Wellman, Manhattan Beach CA 57.00 2.24 2 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Lola Gebauer, Haiku HI; Marvie Kelly, Honolulu HI; Richard Betcher, Panama City FL 47.00 1.68 3 Tuba Unlu, Portland OR; Gul Acar, Turkey; Guler Uyanik - Nurten Kucukkoylu, Turkey 46.00

WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 1 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Fredrik 14 Tables Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Jan Jansma, Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Curtis Cheek - Ishmael Spijkenisse Netherlands Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV vs vs Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Marc Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Poland; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy Chapel Hill NC Daily Bulletin Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Page 11

Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Joris 10K IMP Pairs Rigal van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands continued from page 1 continued from page 9 vs After he left, Neil – a friend of his who planned Lei Jun - Yong Xue - Xinguo Fang - Yumin Liu, Burlingame CA to attend Oxford – asked Barry whom he might WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 2 speak to about Hebrew. Neil was also interested in 13 Tables studying Arabic, so he got in contact with Mr. Jones, Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Midori Horikawa - Ayako an Arabic professor. Nagayama - Ishino Hiroko, Tokyo Japan vs At the end of the conversation, Jones asked Neil Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Laurent Thuillez, Frede Ric France; how he knew who to contact about the program. Neil Romain Tembouret - Claire Tembouret - Pascale Thuillez, France named Barry. Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark - Paul Wayne English - Judith “Barry Rigal!” laughed Jones. “The laziest man Dubester, Seattle WA in Oxford.” vs Look fast. There’s that twinkle again. Charles Conrad - Ann Conrad - Valerie Byrne - Robert Hamilton, Castro Valley CA New Life Masters WAIALAE BRIDGE CLUB TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO 3 New Life Masters – share the good news! 9 Tables Shawn Cantlin, Tracy CA; Donna Neff - Linda Golm - Louis Golm, Anyone who advances in rank, please stop by the San Francisco CA Daily Bulletin office between noon and 7:30 p.m. or vs after the evening session so that we can report the Tom Singleton, Laguna Hills CA; Tobie Allard-Smith, Laguna Woods CA; Keith Kalway - Herbert Nakagawa, Honolulu HI details. We’re located in Iolani 1 in the Tapa Tower.

John Montgomery - Carol Lombardino, Tomball TX; Ivy Steinberg - Allan Quaile, Stouffville ON Runners-up in the 0–10,000 IMP Pairs: Josh No smoking vs Donn and Peter Gelfand Hawaii state law forbids smoking or vaping in Eli Zinner - Yolanda Medina - Jan Grieff Zinner, Nipomo CA; Marie public places, including restaurants, hotels, parks Sheehy, Nicholasville KY Wang recently got invited to play for a and beaches. There is a designated smoking area professional bridge club in China. “It’s like a soccer between the Diamond Head and Ali‘i towers. The club,” Yang explained. While in Honolulu, Wang’s legal age is 21 to smoke or vape in Hawaii. wife took Learn Bridge in a Day.

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Big Island Day Thursday, November 29, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Karen Lanke Wednesday-Friday Morning Knockout Teams 2nd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Jannie Feeback Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Mark Teaford Celebration of Life Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 1st single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Thursday, November 29, 10 a.m. Lester & Mitzie Kodama 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Lester & Mitzie Kodama 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Thursday, November 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Kathy Golitzen Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Rick Wall Thursday-Friday Daylight Knockout Teams 1-2 South Pacific 2, MPCC $16 $20 Thursday, November 29, 1 p.m. Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Thursday, November 29, 1 & 4:30 p.m. 0-10,000 FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q South Pacific 4, MPCC $17 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Thursday, November 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa $25 — SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 Q Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Ballroom $25 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. Contestants must have been born prior to Jan. 1, 1959. 0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Nautilus Suite, MPCC $17 — Jack Buchanan Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Castle Resorts Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 0-750. Leonard & Helen Fahrni Thursday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Patsy Lum Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Thursday, November 29, 3 p.m. Jack Buchanan Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single South Pacific 2, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Thursday, November 29, 7:30 p.m. Jim Bishop A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Jim Bishop B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Thursday, November 29, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.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 12 Wednesday, November 28, 2018 Daily Bulletin Today’s Bridge Events Karen Lanke Day Wednesday, November 28, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tom Lum Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Jim Bishop Monday-Wednesday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Karen Lanke Wednesday-Friday Morning Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Karen Lanke Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Honolulu Suite, Tapa Tower $16 $20 Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. Karen Lanke Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 3, MPCC $16 $20 Karen Lanke Bracketed B Teams (0–3000) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 2, MPCC $16 $20 Brackets of 8 teams by average masterpoints; 3 teams in each bracket earn gold. Wednesday, November 28, 1 p.m. Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 1st single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Wednesday, November 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $25 — WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Tapa Ballroom 1, Tapa Tower $25 — 0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Tapa Ballroom 2, Tapa Tower $17 — Karen Lanke Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Karen Lanke Open Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Tapa Ballroom 3, Tapa Tower $16 $20 Karen Lanke Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300/200) 1-2 South Pacific 2, MPCC $16 $20 Gold points for 750. Patsy Lum Wednesday-Thursday Knockout Teams 1-2 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Waialae Bridge Club Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams 3-4 Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $16 $20 Wednesday, November 28, 3 p.m. Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 p.m. Karen Lanke Evening Board-a-Match Teams (unlimited/3000/750) single Coral Ballroom 5, MPCC $15 $19 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrants Lake Minnetonka Bridge Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 2nd single session Coral Ballroom 4, MPCC $16 $20 Karen Lanke 299er Swiss Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Karen Lanke 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $19 Karen Lanke 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $15 $15 Wednesday, November 28, 11:30 p.m. Karen Lanke Zip Knockout Teams single Coral Ballroom 1, MPCC $16/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

present smile, her joyful nature and for her devotion Karen Lanke Day to the bridge community. By Dick Lanke and Ruth Tschumy Karen and her husband, Dick, met in Patsy L. Lum New York City at the By Tom Lum & friends of Patsy Cavendish Club: he Patsy Lum, a Diamond Life won the A flight in a Master, was an ACBL member for tournament and she won more than 40 years. During this the B flight. period, she was active in bridge, They married and serving on the unit board for visited Hawaii on vacation. Karen loved the islands many years and on the hospitality and they moved to Oahu in the 1980s. They founded committee for the Hawaii Spring their own game, known as the Honolulu Bridge NABCs in 1975 and 1983. Club, where Karen shared managing and directing Patsy was also a gracious hostess during the duties with Dick. 40 years the Hawaii Regional was chaired by her Karen was known for her warm and encouraging husband, Tom. Patsy elevated the game in a way few personality and her kindness and generosity – others have. Beneath her elegant dress and demeanor endlessly promoting duplicate bridge and teaching lay a sweet, but formidable opponent. and mentoring new players and new arrivals to the islands. Those of us who were lucky enough to Lake Minnetonka learn from her remember her admonition to “Do By Tom and Mary something intelligent!” when faced with a difficult Pokonosky bid or lead. Bridge by the icy shores Karen passed away in 2014; in 2016, she was of Lake Minnetonka in inducted posthumously into the Hawaii Contract January, or a balmy seaside Bridge Units Association Hall of Fame. Karen is escape to Waikiki? Any greatly missed but fondly remembered for her ever- doubts?