July 19-July 29, 2001 73rd Summer North American Bridge Championships Toronto,Ontario Vol. 73, No. 9 Saturday, July 28, 2001 Editors: Brent Manley and Henry Francis Wei-Sender team strong in Wagar KO victory The team captained by Kathie Wei-Sender, down by 34 IMPs at the halfway point of the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams, crushed their opponents in the sec- ond half for a runaway 170-102 victory over an all- Canadian team. It was the team’s second straight win in the event. The winners are Wei-Sender, Betty Ann Kennedy, Juanita Chambers, Janice Seamon-Molson, Jill Levin and Tobi Sokolow. They defeated the team which will represent Canada in the Venice Cup this fall in Bali, Indonesia: Dianna Gordon, Katie Thorpe, Sharyn Reus, Francine Cimon, Martine Lacroix and Ina Demme. Ralph Cohen as is their non-playing captain. Wei-Sender, Kennedy and Chambers each re- Continued on page 5 The new Wagar Women's Knockout champions, (l to r): Juanita Chambers, Kathie Wei-Sender, Jill Levin, Betty Ann Kennedy, Tobi Sokolow and Janice Seamon-Molson with her daughter Jennifer Two top seeds survive to Spingold semis Two of the four original top seeds will play each other in one of today’s Spingold semifinal matches. The many-time champions captained by Nick Nickell will oppose George Jacobs and his primarily Italian team. In the other match, the all-foreign team captained by Brigitte Mavromichalis will take on Mike Moss. Mavromichalis, playing with Paul Hackett and his Eric Murray, chairman of Toronto 1964, and Penny twin sons, Jason and Justin, held onto their No. 1 seed Augustine, chairman of Toronto 2001 yesterday by coming from behind to defeat Jack Coleman, 151-133. It took a whopping fourth quarter Augustine credits to accomplish this because they had a 19-IMP deficit to overcome. But they turned on the power and won Peter Boyd, left and Steve Robinson the final segment, 57-20. volunteers, promotion Mike Moss, Fred Chang, Jeff Schuett and Kerry Seldom have we met an NABC tournament Boyd, Robinson capture Continued on page 5 chairman with the never-ending enthusiasm, good humor, charm and energy that Penny Augustine has IMP Pairs championship displayed all week long. Sure, problems arise – but Sunday Swiss Teams she keeps right on smiling while she solves them. Longtime partners Peter Boyd and Steve For instance, her volunteers prepared 6000 regis- Robinson consoled themselves for an early exit from There will be two Stratified Open tration packages, but there are so many players the Spingold Knockout Teams by winning the IMP Swiss Teams tomorrow. Only one was more than expected here that they ran out yester- Pairs by an impressive margin. listed in the tournament program. The day. Without almost no hesitation, she placed an Their final score of 14,362.43 put them well order for enough convention card holders to take ahead of the runners-up, Neil Chambers and Norb Swiss not listed will start at noon and will care of the new registrants this weekend. Kremer, who finished with 12,777.74. consist of eight matches with a break af- “The tournament has gone along very well,” she In third place, with 11.654.47, were Barry ter the fourth match. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 6 Victors in the 0-5000 Mini-Spingold, l. to r.: Brooke Nelles, Brian Woodcock, First in the 0-1500 Mini-Spingold, l. to r.: Bill Kertes, Motaz Farag, Bob Hollow, Leo Gary Whiteman, John Lloyd and Brian Johnston Takefman and Jim Brickman. Irving Goodman was not available for the photo See complete stories of both Mini-Spingolds on page 6 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS Montreal World Bridge Championship Quiz Saturday, July 28 To heighten awareness of the Bridge World 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Easybridge! Accreditation with Easybridge! staffer Priscilla Smith. Manitoba Championships in Montreal, Quebec, next year Room, Royal York Hotel. (Stage A in the morning, lunch break, Stage B in the (Aug. 16-31), the organizers are offering a daily afternoon). Accreditation is free. $20 covers course materials. bridge problem with prizes for the winners. 10:00 & 11:30 a.m. ACBL Online Seminar. Join Canadian expert Drew Cannell in Room 801 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to learn about this new ACBL service. There will be a drawing from among the names of 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Shannon Cappelletti, Care and those who answer correctly – and five will win copies Feeding of Your Favorite Pet. Room 801, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. of the World Championship Book from 1995 or 1996 Cappelletti, Red Bank TN, is a full-time professional player and ACBL (your choice while supplies last). Turn in your answers Accredited Teacher. She and her husband, Mike Cappelletti Jr., won the 1999 to the Daily Bulletin office – Algonquin Room on the NABC Mixed Pairs. Mezzanine Level at the Royal York Hotel. Check the 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Prent Glazier, The Psychology of Daily Bulletin for the list of winners. Bridge. Room 801, Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Glazier, Toronto, is a Quiz #8 (the last one) Silver Life Master and Four-Star ACBL Accredited Teacher. He is the author of Dlr: South ♠ 10 9 3 “The Psychology of Bridge” series that appeared in The Bridge Bulletin. Vul: N-S ♥ 7 6 5 4 ♦ A 7 6 Sunday, July 29 ♣ Q 7 6 Noon – 5:00 p.m. Spingold final on vugraph. Ballroom, Royal York Hotel. 7:00 p.m. – Midnight Spingold final on vugraph. Ballroom, Royal York Hotel. ♠ A K ♥ K J 10 9 8 ♦ 8 4 3 2 Tale of the Club 10 ♣ A K Thoughtful defense West North East South Sometimes East-West made 2NT and sometimes The key card on this deal played by Genevieve 1♥ Hewitt was the ♣10. When it appeared in the end po- they went down one. At this table Bob Hamman suf- 2♦ 2♥ Pass 4♥ sition, she knew what to do. She played the hand in the fered a three-trick defeat as a result of thoughtful de- All Pass Monday afternoon session of the Senior Pairs. fense on the part of Betty Rossman and Bruce Ferguson. West leads the ♦K. You win the ace and lead a heart ♠ Board 15 ♠ A K 5 A J 10 ♥ at trick two. East plays low. Which heart do you play? ♥ 10 5 Dlr: South A K Q 2 Thanks again to Eddie Kantar for the problem. ♦ Vul: N-S ♦ K 4 7 4 ♣ Solution to Quiz #7 ♣ J 8 5 2 ♠ A K 5 4 3 2 ♠ ♠ K 10 2 ♠ ♠ J 8 7 4 3 10 9 6 ♥ 9 4 3 K 6 5 ♥ ♥ A Q J 10 ♥ ♥ 7 5 4 J 10 8 ♦ A J 7 2 Q 8 ♦ ♦ 10 5 4 ♦ 10 8 6 2 ♦ A J 3 7 6 3 J 10 9 5 ♣ A 3 2 ♣ ♣ ♣ Q 3 ♣ K 10 4 ♠ ♠ Q 10 J 9 8 7 6 ♠ Q J 5 4 3 ♠ Q 8 7 2 Q 2 ♥ K 9 3 2 ♥ 8 7 6 5 4 ♥ 9 6 3 ♥ K 9 6 4 3 ♦ Q J 6 3 ♦ A 2 ♦ A Q 8 2 ♦ K Q 9 5 ♣ Q 9 ♣ 10 8 7 4 ♣ A 9 7 6 ♣ – ♠ A 9 8 7 6 West North East South West North East South ♥ --- 1♦ Rossman Bob Hamman Ferguson Chris Hamman ♦ K 9 8 7 ♣ ♥ Pass 1♥ Pass 1NT ♣ 1 Pass 1 ♣ ♠ K J 6 5 Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 4 Pass 4 This is what Eddie Kantar, who provided the prob- Pass 6NT All Pass Pass 2NT All Pass lem, had to say about Quiz #7 Hewitt won the spade opening lead with the queen, Ferguson led a spade to Hamman’s jack, and he ♥ Your best chance is to make everything as simple covered the ♥10, forcing the king and ace. Rossman crossed to the A and led a club to the 9, losing to the for yourself as possible. It is unlikely that the opening led a spade through, Ferguson winning when Hamman queen as she rectified the count for a squeeze. It lead was a singleton. With A J 6 3 2, East would prob- ♦ worked! She cashed out her spade and heart winners, ducked. Ferguson switched to the J, taken by the king, th ably have ducked to insure both communications and and Hamman crossed to his ♠A, setting up a long spade. and East was in trouble when Hewitt led the good 13 two diamond tricks. So play the king of diamonds. Even heart from dummy. East had to hold onto all four dia- He led a heart to the 8, 9 and jack, and Rossman re- if West does ruff, you still have chances. If you play monds so was forced to part with the ♣10. Since Hewitt turned a diamond to Ferguson’s ace. Ferguson switched low and East is short, however, you are in deep trouble. to a club, and Hamman let Rossman win the queen. was sure East was protecting diamonds, she was rea- Assuming the ♦K holds, play the ♠A and a spade ♥ ♣ sonably sure the other card in East’s hand was the ♣K. ♥ ♥ She cashed the good 7 and got out with the 10. th to the king, followed by the A and Q, discarding Ferguson overtook with the jack when Hamman So she sluffed her diamond and won her 12 trick with two diamonds if the ♥Q is not covered.