Monday, August 2, 2010 Volume 82, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 82nd North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Fleisher strong in final, New Orleans chairman: Thanks for coming By John Federico wins Roth Swiss Teams I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the ACBL staff, our local team of volunteers and especially to all the players for visiting. Speaking for the bridge community of New Orleans, we hope your stay has been both pleasant and rewarding. We say goodbye with fond memories of great times and new friendships. Have a safe journey home. Greco, Moss win Fishbein Trophy Eric Greco of Philadelphia PA and Brad Moss of San Anselmo CA tied for the most number of masterpoints earned in New Orleans, thereby earning the Fishbein Trophy. The award is given annually to the player(s) who accrues the most masterpoints at the Summer North American Winners of the Roth Open Swiss Teams: Steve Weinstein, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Bobby Levin, Bridge Championships. Martin Fleisher and Mike Kamil. Greco and Moss each earned 301.82 points, The Martin Fleisher squad, well back in the Apteker, of South Africa, was playing with 250 of which came from their victory in the pack entering the second and final day of play, countryman Craig Gower, Frenchman Phillipe Spingold Knockout Teams. The other 51.82 came came on strong to win the Roth Open Swiss Teams Cronier and Americans Jacob Morgan, Adam from their 13th-place finish in the von Zedtwitz by 5 victory points over the multi-national team Wildavsky and Michael Polowan. Life Master Pairs. captained by Alon Apteker. The Apteker team won an appeal after the end In third with 298.04 was Norway’s Boye Fleisher led the same team to victory in the of play to move from sixth to second, replacing the Brogeland. United State Bridge Championship earlier this year team against which they won the appeal (Renee Masterpoint leaders in New Orleans: – qualifying to play in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl. Mancuso, whose team dropped to seventh). 1 301.82 Eric Greco The rest of the squad is Mike Kamil, Lew Stansby, After two qualifying sessions on Saturday, the 2 301.82 Brad Moss Chip Martel, Bobby Levin and Steve Weinstein. Fleisher team was in a 21st to 25th tie, well off 3 298.04 Boye Brogeland The team finished second in the Vanderbilt the pace. They ended the two final sessions with 4 293.48 Jill Meyers Knockout Teams in Reno earlier this year. 124.82 VPs to 119.82 for the Apteker squad. 5 292.73 Erik Saelensminde 6 288.18 Lew Stansby 7 266.07 Geoff Hampson 8 261.43 Alan Sontag 9 260.36 Fred Gitelman 10 250.00 John Diamond 11 250.00 Brian Platnick 12 238.80 Robert Levin 13 232.50 Guido Ferraro 14 232.50 Norberto Bocchi 15 229.66 Michael Kamil 16 228.81 Martin Fleisher 17 204.38 Gary Cohler 18 198.32 Giorgio Duboin 19 198.32 James Cayne 20 198.32 Lorenzo Lauria 21 198.32 Alfredo Versace 22 198.32 Antonio Sementa 23 198.32 Michael Seamon 24 197.50 Craig Gower 25 197.50 Alon Apteker 26 197.12 Jaggy Shivdasani 27 192.30 Steve Weinstein 28 188.70 Michael Polowan Second place in the Roth Open Swiss Teams went to Craig Gower, Alon Apteker, Adam 29 188.63 Nagy Kamel Wildavsky, Jacob Morgan and Michael Polowan. Not pictured: Philippe Cronier. 30 188.10 David Berkowitz 31 184.02 Chip Martel 32 183.00 Kyle Larsen 33 183.00 Rose Meltzer Attendance: 34 182.97 Andrew Gromov 35 182.97 Aleksander Dubinin 36 182.35 Zia Mahmood 10,955.5 tables 37 181.92 Justin Lall continued on page 3 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET 1 SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 11 Tables 10.0 Tables 28.90 1 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, A B C Marianna AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 2.83 1 1 Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA; Julie Connor, Washington DC 61.86% 20.23 2 Michael Mikyska - K Fung, Los Angeles CA; 2.12 2 Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL 59.86% Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; R Jay 1.59 3 2 Ronald Pruet Jr - James Andrew Pruet, Houston TX 57.70% Becker, New York NY; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 1.21 4 3 1 Barbara Pyburn, Metarie LA; Susan Beoubas, Metairie LA 57.14% 11.56 3/4 J Peter Tripp - Penny Lane, Williston VT; 0.90 5 4 Lora Adkins, Germantown TN; Ann Carlisle, Memphis TN 55.65% Helen Pawlowski - David Rock, Westfield MA 0.91 6 5 2 Judith George, Baton Rouge LA; W Arnete Jr, Zachary LA 53.02% 11.56 3/4 Carolyne Fox - George Fox, Manvel TX; Vic Sowers, Houston TX; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 0.68 3 Helen Martin - Karen Fisk, Windsor ON 51.53% SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET 2 SATURDAY-SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES 9 Tables 7.0 Tables 16.68 1 Steve Tuggle, Pearland TX; Alfred Fortier III, A B C Katy TX; Marian Wilson - Joy Rieckers, Tucson AZ 11.68 2 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Lynne Newman, San 2.58 1 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 66.67% Diego CA; Mary Jane Barrow - Mary Bass, Mobile AL 2.43 2 1 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 59.17% 6.67 3/4 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland 1.82 3 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 56.67% OR; Charles Burns - James Windus, Vancouver WA 1.37 4 3 Daniel Takahashi, Las Vegas NV; Kyoung-Won Yoo, Seocho-Ku Seoul 6.67 3/4 John Berry, New Hyde Park NY; Marion South Korea 55.42% Yonke, Manhasset NY; Anne Dolbear, Cary NC; Jennifer 1.03 5/6 4 Burt O’Dell - Linda O’Dell, Jacksonville FL 55.00% Nabrynski, Durham NC 0.96 5/6 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 55.00% SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET 3 1.97 1 Jerrilyn Jones - Karen Lea, Ponchatoula LA 53.33% 10 Tables 1.48 2 Jerry Burford, Clinton MS; Deborah Wieland, Brandon MS 44.17% 10.94 1 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Jay Gibbons, Washington DC; Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Robert Michaud, SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS Saint David ME 14.0 Tables / Based on 15 Tables 7.66 2 Beth Gale - Alison Andrews - Kenyon Daniel, San Antonio TX; Sandy Smith, Calera AL; Ann Blohm - Faye A B C Baker, Houston TX 8.75 1 Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 61.46% 4.38 3/4 James Reese, Maurepas LA; Peggy Allen, 6.56 2 Daniele Gaviard, Paris France; Thomas Bessis, Issy-Les-Moulin France 59.19% Metairie LA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA; William Gurley, 4.92 3 Paul Linxwiler - Brent Manley, Memphis TN 57.01% Arlington VA 3.69 4 Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 55.30% 4.38 3/4 Jane Shepard, Panama City Bch FL; Carol Mitchell, Panama City FL; Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Yaping Ge, 5.36 5 1 Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX; David Farris, Austin TX 54.45% Highland CA 4.60 6 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Jim Cheney, Hilo HI 54.26% 3.02 3 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Frank Ayer, Calgary AB 50.85% 3.66 4 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Meg Myers, Portland OR 49.05% Songs to play bridge by 2.75 5 2 Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Josephine Tonkin, Canberra Act Australia 48.96% By Susan J. Fishbein [email protected] SUNDAY FLIGHT A/X SWISS TEAMS When our local public library in Huntington 48 Tables / Based on 93 Tables NY advertised beginner and intermediate classes A X in bridge last year, I jumped at the opportunity to 28.69 1 Brian Senior, Nottingham England; Kathleen Penfold, Tadcaster refresh my bridge knowledge and meet new people England; Milan Macura, 75301 Czech Republic; Michal Kopecky, 54101 as a recently retired educator on Long Island. Little Czech Republic 176.00 21.52 2 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Richard did I know that I would find myself part of a group Reitman, Los Gatos CA; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 161.00 of now-dear friends with whom I play rubber bridge 16.14 3 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Simon De three days a week for hours on end! Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Known to ourselves as “Bridge Buddies” Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Tilburg Netherlands 147.00 and “Huntington’s Trumpingtons,” like family, 12.10 4 Bryan Delfs, Pleasnt Prairie WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; Kevin we banter mightily in a good-natured way and, Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 142.00 at the same time, we keep our skills strong. As if 9.56 5 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Brenda playing together were not enough entertainment, Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Cameron Doner, we fell into the habit of humming short tunes that Richmond BC 136.00 pertained to bridge. (No, we are definitely not ready 7.69 6/7 Richard Oshlag - Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA 134.00 for the duplicate bridge club!) For example, we 7.69 6/7 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC; Fred started singing the phrase, “Second Hand Low,” King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC 134.00 imitating Barbra Streisand’s “Second-Hand Rose,” 6.38 8 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Franco at appropriate times in the play of the hand.