Volume 77, Number 4 77th Summer North American Bridge Championships DAILY BULLETIN Monday, July 25, 2005 Editors: Brent Manley and Karen Walker Three new members Hall of fame adds inducted into Junior Corps four members Four new members were inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame Saturday night at the ACBL Hall of Fame Banquet. Marshall Miles, Betty Ann Kennedy, Kit Woolsey and the late Percy Sheardown were Patrick Amrine, David Banh and Andrew Dubay honored. Special The ACBL Junior Corps officially welcomed recognition, the its three newest members at the Junior Reception Sidney H. Lazard Jr. on Saturday. Andrew Dubay, Patrick Amrine and Award for Nick Nickell David Banh were presented with pins from their Carol Sanders and Betty Ann Kennedy Sportsmanship, was ACBL Board of Directors representatives. They accorded Nick Nickell. also had the chance to chat with Microsoft Marshall Miles Chairman Bill Gates, who visited the reception Marshall Miles was presented the Blackwood and congratulated the new members. Award for his tremendous contribution to bridge. The youngest new Corps member is Andrew Master of Ceremonies David Berkowitz read Dubay, 15, of Voorheesville NY. He learned to excerpts from a letter from Eddie Kantar, a long- play bridge from his parents about two years ago, time partner of Miles. “Of all the players I’ve and he’s working to establish a club at his high known, no one loves the game more than school, where he’ll be a junior in the fall. Atlanta Marshall,” wrote Kantar. “Marshall never gets is his second NABC. angry, even when faced with disasters. He is an Patrick Amrine, 22, of Tulsa OK is a senior honest and honorable person.” at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He’ll Kantar described a hand in which Marshall graduate in December with a degrees in industrial played 7♣ with ♣A-K-8 facing a void. When they engineering and psychology. discussed it after the session, Marshall said “I Fred Stewart and Kit Woolsey Continued on page 4 was down five but they could have set me six. I scored my ♣8,” he related with a smile. Massachusetts duo Eli Borok presented the award. “Miles’ writing has benefitted players all over the world. takes LM Pairs Many of us were insired by All 52 Cards and How When they left the playing area Sunday, Pat to win at Duplicate Bridge,” stated Borok. “What McDevitt and Stephen Gladyszak thought they had shines through is his love of the game. The finished second in the von Zedtwitz Life Master gentleman of bridge is Marshall Miles.” Pairs, right behind last year’s champions, Zia Miles spoke and described being stationed in Mahmood and Walid Elahmady. The defenders the Navy in San Diego. He heard about bridge, so appeared to have edged the Massachusetts pair by he went to the local duplicate bridge club. The about half a board on a 38 top. first time he played he came in last. “I improved Thanks to a late score correction, McDevitt and the next time, though,” Miles continued. “I came Gladyszak are the new champions. The resulting Continued on page 4 change in the score cost them one matchpoint, but Zia and Elahmady dropped more than 24 MPs, enough to cause them to fall to second, about six David Maidman and Marin Marinov matchpoints out of first. The problem was, neither of the new champions New York City pair knew right away about the turn of events. McDevitt, Continued on page 16 wins Bruce LM Pairs Another last-minute score correction decided the Bruce Life Master-5000 pairs. The champions are David Maidman and Marin Marinov, who scored 490.28 matchpoints. Placing second, less than 2 matchpoints behind, were Will Engel, a college student from Freeport IL, and Jim Melville, a retired insurance executive from Springfield IL. Third were Harvinder Sidhu of Marlton NJ and Mark Eli Borok and Marshall Miles Brighouse of Towaco NJ. Maidman is involved in the real estate and investment business in New York City. He and Marinov have been playing as partners for about Today is five years. Marinov is a bridge professional and a Goodwill Day director and teacher at the Honors Club in New Pat McDevitt and Stephen Gladyszak Continued on page 9 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, July 25 Tuesday, July 26 2–3 p.m. District 7 Goodwill Reception. Location: Hanover C, 6:30–8:30 p.m. ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. Location: D & E. Hanover G. 7-9 p.m. ACBL Goodwill Reception. Location: International South. 10–Midnight Senior Team Trials meeting. Location: Hanover F. Note time change. 7–10 p.m. Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Saturday, July 30 Location: Hanover G. 2–3 p.m. National Appeals Committee Seminar. Topic: Play of the 8 p.m. Women’s Team Trials meeting. Location: Hanover F. cards — claims and tempo. Location: Hanover F. BRIDGE TALKS Regency VII, ballroom level. Tuesday, July 26 9:15 a.m. Mike Flader, Ruling the Game Monday, July 25 7:15 p.m. Zeke Jabbour, Winsome & Loathsome 9:15 a.m. Patty Tucker, Competitive Bidding 7:15 p.m. Allan Mazer, You Have the Right to Remain Silent Wednesday, July 27 9:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch, Jacoby 2NT 7:15 p.m. Michael Huston, Doing It with Finesse LATE NIGHT / ENTERTAINMENT All nightly entertainment will be held in Hanover Hall. Wednesday, July 27 7–9 p.m. Post-mortem at Max Lager’s, a popular brew-pub across the Monday, July 25 street from the northwest corner of the Hyatt. Enjoy specially 6–8 p.m. The Sentimental Journey Barbershop Quartet. made and named “Grand Slam” beer, “Down One” ginger ale and “On a Finesse” root beer throughout the tournament, and Tuesday, July 26 on this night, there will be food and live music. You must get 6–8 p.m. The Has Beens, a musical variety band. an advance ticket (it’s free, but act quickly, as capacity is 8–10 p.m. Team Trivia, interactive fun and prizes with host Rob limited) from the evening’s hostess, Jan Word. She’ll be Clark. Includes wearing a hat and a large pin, and she promises she’ll be easy to find! Or try the Information Desk. Two chances to play Convention card reminder Ruling the Game • Each player must have an ACBL convention by Mike Flader in a world championship card filled out and on the table. Please note that Associate National Tournament Director The 5th World Transnational Open Teams will other types of convention cards, such as the WBF Played Cards — part 1 be played in Estoril, Portugal, this year during the convention card or homemade cards that do not Of all the problems encountered by players and Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup. The WTOT will sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are directors alike, among the most common are the start Oct. 31 and conclude Nov. 5. not acceptable substitutes. various situations that can arise when a player Unlike the Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup, you • Each player is required to have a convention commits an irregularity in leading or following to a don’t have to qualify to play in the WTOT. It is card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a trick. open to players in good standing with their national session. Both cards of a partnership must be Let’s start out by looking at what constitutes a bridge organizations. Team members may be from identical and include the first and last names of each played card, bearing in mind that played cards are different countries, and there are no quotas for member of the partnership. defined differently depending on which player is participation. It is a Swiss teams, usually played as If a director determines that neither player has a involved. Law 45 deals with this issue. 10-board matches for 15 qualifying sessions, substantially completed card, the partnership may 1. In general, each player plays a card by followed by quarterfinal, semifinal and final play. play only the Standard American Yellow Card and detaching it from his hand and facing it on the table ACBL members should contact International may use only standard carding. This restriction may immediately in front of him. In the case of the Events at Headquarters in Memphis for more be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round opening leader, ACBL states that his card is information. after convention cards have been properly prepared considered to have been played when it is placed If you can’t make it to Estoril, you will have and approved by the director. Further, the face down on the table (Law 45A). another chance at a world championship in 2006, partnership will receive a 1/6 board matchpoint 2. A card is played from the dummy when the 8th World Bridge Championship in Verona, penalty for each board played, commencing with the declarer names the desired card, after which his Italy, June 8 to 24. All events in that championship, next round and continuing until the restriction is partner picks it up and faces it on the table. The including pairs and teams, are transnational. For lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the declarer may, if necessary, pick up the desired card more information, visit www.worldbridgehouse.com discretion of the director. himself (Law 45B). A card from dummy must be If the director determines the partnership has at played if it has been touched by the declarer except Child care least one substantially completed convention card for the purpose of arranging dummy’s cards or of Affordable child care is available at the but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, reaching for a card above or below the card or cards Summer NABC – morning, afternoon and the director may give warnings or assign such touched (Law 45C3).